Chapter 1

"Show me."

Sir's voice came through the earpiece, low and firm. It sent a shiver down my spine.

I knelt on the cold hardwood floor of my apartment. My laptop sat open on the coffee table in front of me. The camera light blinked red. He was watching.

"Show me how wet you are, Velvet."

My real name is Vivian. But here, in the dark hours past midnight, I was Velvet. His Velvet.

I wore nothing but black silk—a short robe that barely covered my thighs. He had picked it out. Told me to buy it. Told me to wear it tonight. I did what Sir told me to do. That was the arrangement.

My hands trembled as I reached for the hem. The silk slid up my thighs like water.

"Spread your legs."

I did. The cool air hit my exposed skin. I was already wet. Had been wet since his first message tonight.

"Wider. Let me see."

I opened my thighs further. Tilted the laptop screen down. Angled it so the camera caught everything—my slick folds, the evidence of my arousal glistening under the dim light of my bedroom.

"Good girl." His voice was like velvet itself. Smooth. Controlled. "You're dripping for me."

"Yes, Sir." My voice came out breathless. Needy.

"Touch yourself. But don't you dare come. Not until I say."

My fingers found my clit. I was so sensitive already. Just the first brush made my hips jerk.

"Slow circles," he instructed. "I want to hear you."

I obeyed. Slow, deliberate circles around my swollen clit. A moan escaped my lips before I could stop it.

"That's it. Let me hear how good it feels."

It felt too good. That was the problem. Within minutes, I was climbing toward the edge. My breath came in short gasps. My thighs shook.

"Are you close, Velvet?"

"Yes, Sir. Please—"

"Stop."

I yanked my hand away like I'd been burned. A whimper tore from my throat. The denial was agony. Sweet, perfect agony.

"Put your hand back. Slower this time."

I did. He made me edge myself for forty minutes. Forty minutes of climbing to the peak and being pulled back. My fingers worked exactly as he directed—faster, slower, more pressure, less. Circles. Straight strokes. Dipping inside then back to my clit.

By the tenth minute, my thighs were shaking so hard I could barely stay upright.

"Tell me what you're feeling," he commanded.

"I'm... I'm on fire, Sir. My whole body. I need—"

"I know what you need. But you'll wait."

I whimpered. My fingers kept moving. Slower now. Drawing out the torture.

"You're so beautiful when you're desperate," he said. "I wish I could be there. Wish I could replace your fingers with mine."

The image hit me hard. His hands. His real hands on my body.

"Would you like that, Velvet? Would you like my fingers inside you?"

"Yes. God, yes."

"Then earn it. Show me how much you want it."

I pushed two fingers inside myself. The stretch was nothing compared to what I craved, but it was something. I curled them. Found that spot.

"Sir—" My voice broke.

"Not yet. Hold it."

By the twentieth minute, I was begging.

"Please, Sir. I can't—I need—"

"You can. And you will. Hold it."

Tears streamed down my face. My whole body trembled. I was a mess of sweat and desperation. Every nerve ending screamed for release.

"Sir, please. I'm begging you."

"I know you are." I could hear the satisfaction in his voice. "That's what I want. I want you ruined. I want you so desperate you'd do anything."

"I would. Anything. Please."

"Would you crawl for me?"

"Yes."

"Would you beg on your knees in public?"

"Yes. Anything. Please let me come."

"Would you let me tie you up? Blindfold you? Use you however I wanted?"

"Yes, yes, yes—" The words tumbled out. I meant every one.

Another ten minutes. I was sobbing now. My clit throbbed. My inner walls clenched around my fingers, aching for more. The pleasure had become pain. The need was a physical thing, clawing at my insides.

"Please," I whispered. It was all I could say anymore. "Please, please, please—"

"Look at the camera."

I lifted my tear-streaked face. Looked directly into the lens. Into the eyes of a man I'd never seen.

"You're mine," he said. "Say it."

"I'm yours."

"Again."

"I'm yours, Sir. Only yours."

"Come for me, Velvet."

The orgasm ripped through me like lightning. I screamed into my pillow, my body convulsing, wave after wave of release crashing over me. It went on and on, all that denied pleasure finally flooding free. My walls clamped down on my fingers. My clit pulsed under my thumb. I collapsed onto the floor, trembling, gasping, completely destroyed.

For a long moment, there was only the sound of my ragged breathing.

Then his voice came again. Softer now. Gentle.

"You did so well. I'm proud of you."

The praise hit different after what we'd just done. It sank into my bones. Made me feel warm and safe and seen.

"Drink some water," he said. "There's a glass on your nightstand."

There was. He'd told me to put it there earlier. He always thought of everything.

I crawled to the bed. My legs were too weak to walk. I grabbed the glass, drank deeply.

"Good girl. Now lie down. Close your eyes."

I did. His voice washed over me as he talked me through the comedown. Told me I was beautiful. Told me I was strong. Told me I pleased him.

"How do you feel?" he asked.

"Like I'm floating."

"Good. That's exactly where you should be."

I smiled. A lazy, satisfied smile. "Thank you, Sir."

"Thank you, Velvet. For trusting me. For giving me your submission. It's a gift. I don't take it lightly."

Something warm bloomed in my chest. Something that felt dangerously close to more than just lust.

I had never felt so seen by anyone. And I had never even seen his face.

That was the strange part of all this. Six months of this. Six months of kneeling for a man whose real name I didn't know. Whose face was always just out of frame on his camera. I knew his voice. I knew his commands. I knew exactly how he liked to take me apart.

But I didn't know him.

Why did that make it better?

Maybe because he couldn't judge me. Couldn't look at me with disappointment or disgust. In the dark, through a screen, I could be anyone. I could be Velvet—someone bold and sexual and free. Someone who wasn't afraid to beg.

Someone nothing like professional, controlled, perfect Vivian.

"Get some sleep, Velvet." His voice was fading now. He was ending the session. "You've earned it."

"Yes, Sir."

"And Velvet?"

"Yes?"

"You have a 7 AM meeting tomorrow. Get some rest."

My eyes flew open.

I stared at the laptop screen. At the camera. At the blinking light.

My heart pounded in my chest. Not from arousal this time. From fear.

I never told him about my work schedule.

I never told him about any meeting.

How did he know?

"Sir?" My voice came out shaky. "How did you—"

But the call had ended. The screen showed only my reflection now. A woman with tangled hair and tear-stained cheeks, staring at her own terrified face.

I grabbed my phone. Opened our message thread. Typed frantically.

How did you know about my meeting?

I waited. One minute. Two. Five.

No response.

I stared at our chat history. Scrolled back through weeks of conversations. Had I mentioned work? Had I told him anything about my schedule?

I couldn't find anything. Nothing that would explain how he knew.

My mind raced through possibilities. Maybe I had mentioned it. Maybe in some past conversation I'd forgotten. Maybe he just guessed. People have morning meetings all the time.

But 7 AM? That specific?

A cold feeling settled in my stomach. The afterglow was gone now. Replaced by something darker.

Who was this man?

I thought about what I knew. His voice—deep, controlled, educated. He said he worked in leadership. High-pressure job. Long hours.

But those were just words. Anyone could say those things.

I didn't know his name. His face. Where he lived. What he did.

I knew nothing about him.

And he knew... how much did he know about me?

I didn't sleep that night. I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, my mind racing through possibilities that got darker by the hour.

What if he'd been watching me? Following me?

What if he knew where I worked? Where I lived?

What if this whole thing—six months of submission, of trust, of giving him pieces of myself—had been a game?

His game.

And the worst part—the part that kept me awake until dawn—was that even now, even with fear churning in my gut, part of me was still wet. Still wanting. Still aching for his voice.

I was either falling for a stranger or being stalked by one.

And I wasn't sure which scared me more.

Who was Sir?

And what else did he know about Velvet?