(Liam's POV - Mon. 2 December 2013)

I wake up alone and cold to an empty bed. In the darkness of the room, I feel a bit lost for a few seconds but the little light provided by the alarm clock allows me to recognize the nice bedroom of the Langham Hotel where we have spent the last three nights and memories of the week-end flow back to my mind. Seeing that it is not even six in the morning and that I still have time before I need to get up, I roll to my other side, wrapping myself in the warm comforter and smile at how great a time I have had in New York.

I had expected Josh to take me to the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty, but he chose to show me different kinds of places instead. I absolutely loved Greenwich Village and Central Park and Manhattan and wow... just being with Joshua in a different atmosphere than at work or at the club was great. I not only had fun with him wandering in the city or doing some shopping yesterday, but I also felt surprisingly at ease each time he took my hand or kissed me or simply wrapped his arm around my shoulder while I would wrap mine around his waist. I think we just looked like two lovers. Of course Joshua had to add a little spice on Saturday evening, but I felt so much pleasure that I don't really mind and anyway, I also like our BDSM relationship, even though what happened in the car was a little embarrassing knowing that Tony was just a glass away from us.

Well it was a good way to compensate for our absence at the club this week-end and I guess that however romantic he tries to get, Joshua just can't help exerting his dominance on me. Even when we made love on Friday evening and he eventually let me be on top, he had to lead the dance and make me follow the pace he wanted by guiding my hips. However, the sight of him being underneath me while my hands rested onto his firm chest and the sensations provoked by his member deep inside of me in various angles were just mind-blowing and my orgasm reached a level it never had before.

This week-end was so good that I barely missed going to the club and spending some time with my new friends there, which is something I am getting to like a lot. I will need to call Jeremy to see how things went though, because I wonder if that Dominant bugged him again. Last week-end, while we were dancing and before the incident happened with the other Doms, Jeremy went for a drink with a Dominant and on Wednesday he called to tell me what happened. The Dom, who is apparently rather new to the club, tried to hit on him and was clearly interested in Jeremy; he even proposed him a one-week trial contract to see if they could fit together, but it seems like Aaron intervened, warning my friend that this guy is a Sadist and might not meet his expectations knowing that Jeremy is not a masochist. Jeremy was supposed to provide a negative answer to the guy this Saturday and I really wonder how it went, so I will have to find a moment either today or tomorrow to call him.

The bed suddenly dips behind me and I startle a little, opening my eyes widely, not having heard Joshua get back in. This is scary how he is always so silent, walking like a feline despite his height and weight when I can't help not making a wooden floor creak even if it's not old enough to screech. With the light now flooding from the living-room, I can see how great he looks even drenched in sweat, as he plants both his hands on each side of my shoulders, leaning down to peck my lips.

"Good morning, Beautiful," he whispers.

"Good morning... Sweaty," I reply, grinning and hoping that he won't take it badly, but thank God, that makes him chuckle.

"Sweaty I am, and I need someone to rub my back in the shower... Any volunteer...?" he asks playfully.

"Hmm... that's tempting..." I reply, biting my lower lip.

"Even if it wasn't tempting, I'd make it an order," he smirks, wriggling his eyebrows. "Room service will deliver our breakfast in half an hour and Tony will meet us in front of the hotel in an hour, so up you go!" he cheers, backing away from me but grabbing my hands to make sure that I follow.

After a rather quick - or long - though very sensual shower that didn't lead to anything sexual - or pretty much anything... - we hurry to get dressed and swiftly down our breakfast before we meet Tony just out front of the hotel, wearing his smug look as usual when he sees us run five minutes late. If I thought that he always had a smug face in the past, well that was nothing compared to how it's been since Saturday evening after our little episode at the back of the limo. Joshua assured me that it was soundproof, but it doesn't mean that Tony didn't have a guess on what we were doing there. Joshua keeps telling me to ignore him but I can't help blushing at the thought that the man was just a meter away from us when I climaxed...

Today we are meeting one of Joshua's biggest customers in their old headquarters; they sell electronics and are established all over the North American continent. Pierce Construction built several buildings for them over the past few years and their last order was a new office building just outside New York where they are going to move their headquarters. The purpose of the meeting is to negotiate the next construction in Mexico and we are also going to make a tour on the new building site in Newark to see how things are going. Like my boss said, it will be a good experience for me to see how preliminary negotiations work and I am also eager to visit the site and see one of those luxurious office buildings, although the ones we have in Chicago are already great.

Devon Hawler, Joshua's new compliance and quality manager is already waiting for us in the reception hall of Barkins Electronics when we finally get there and I don't miss his narrowed eyes when he sees us walk in together. I voluntarily stay a step behind Joshua until we reach him and shake hands. The man looks a little better, or at least cleaner, than usual and I don't need to hold my breath when he greets me with this disingenuous expression of his. Maybe someone finally taught him how to use a toothbrush...

"When did you guys arrive?" he asks with mock innocence as we go and sit in the waiting area.

"Yesterday afternoon," Joshua amiably replies though with a confident voice. "Liam kindly accepted to sacrify part of his week-end so that we could finalize the presentation yesterday at the hotel." Did we now? I didn't know that being given a blow job while I was tied on an armchair was part of the preparation for a meeting... although... that could be seen as a relaxation preparation seeing how limp I went after releasing in his mouth.

"Nice of you, Liam..." Devon comments and I truly hate the seething note in his tone.

"I didn't have any special plans for the week-end... so it didn't bother me..." I mumble, blushing against my will.

"You must have a very tolerant girlfriend to let you work over the week-end..." he trails on.

"I don't have a girlfriend," I reply too quickly, the words escaping my mouth before I could withhold them, causing me to blush again. Damn... why did I say that? This is none of his business! So does Joshua seem to think from the scowl he addresses me.

"How am I not surprised...?" Devon comments under his breath with a meaningful smirk. If the scowl Joshua addressed me a second ago looked disapproving and a bit scary, it was nothing compared to the dark glower he sends to Devon right then, unnoticed to the addressee, and ready to pounce on him.

"Pierce!!!" someone suddenly calls out, distracting us from the suddenly tense atmosphere. A tall man, in his late forties with salt and pepper hair, is approaching us with long stride. He is wearing a nice fitted navy suit with a flashy pink shirt and its assorted silk scarf, with a very poofy bearing. I can't help noticing how Hawler scrunches his nose at the buoyant character we have here. "It's good to see you again, my friend! How have you been doing?" he asks in a very affected and high-pitched tone. Oh my God! That guy has to be gay!!

"All good, Jeff, all good... let me introduce you to Mr. Reed, my personal assistant, and Mr. Hawler, our new compliance manager. Liam and Devon, this is Jeff Barkins, CEO of Barkins Electronics."

We all greet him and follow the man to a large faded meeting room on the ground floor, where we are met with several of his collaborators. The whole building looks old, but from what I can see, it seems to be nicely set up and comfortable.

"It's good to meet you, Mr. Hawler. You should know that your team have done a great job since your predecessor left, but it will be nice to be able to deal with one person rather than a different interlocutor each time. How is the wonderful Ally doing, Joshua? Is she still enjoying the pleasures of motherhood?" Mr. Barkins asks as we all take seats around the long table, me on Joshua's left side and Devon on the right, and all pull out our laptops.

"Yes, she is. She will be back in April or May," Joshua simply replies. For some reason, I appreciate how he remains discreet and doesn't divulgate on his employee's private life, leaving it to her whether she wants people to know about her son's health problems or not. When I visited her at the hospital last week during a lunch break, I completely fell for the little boy... I had never been attracted to babies or kids in the past, not having siblings myself, but this one little baby really touched me with his little button nose and his very expressive eyes. To my utter amazement, Ally let me cradle him in my arms while I was in the armchair, and I couldn't explain the emotions I felt when his tiny hand wrapped around my little finger.

Now that I have found out about my gayness, I wonder if I will ever become a father myself. Not that I intend to do so in the coming months - or even years, but I don't even know how this really works, although I have already heard about gay couples adopting. This reminds me of this family we saw in the River Hudson Park on Saturday while we were strolling there... There were these two men with a toddler and a little girl of maybe five years old; they could have been just two friends enjoying a walk in the park with their respective kid and this is what I believed in the beginning, until I saw them hold hands and share a brief kiss while the kids were running a bit ahead of them. The picture was just wonderful and the family gave off a lot of love and affection when the kids bumped into each other and both men hurried to their side to comfort them.

Our meeting with the people from Barkins Electronics goes very well. I am impressed by how Joshua deals with the negotiations for a new building in Mexico City; he is clearly a good business man as he manages to make his conceptual ideas prevail and in the end and after three hours of discussions, he wraps up the meeting with the promise of a detailed project plan within the next two weeks. The meeting is followed by a delicious lunch in a vegetarian restaurant nearby with Mr. Barkins during which I learn that the man is married and about to adopt their third child with his husband. I smile inwardly at the near-repulsion on Devon's face, prettily ignored by the two CEOs. If only he knew that he is surrounded by gays at the moment that would spoil his appetite which is anything but light considering how much he stuffs into his mouth.

When we arrive at the building site in Newark, driven by Tony, we are met with the works foreman of Pierce Works, Kenny Olson. The man might be forty-five or maybe fifty, but I don't really have time to figure him out since he immediately hands us some safety helmets and leads us around the almost finished building. I have to admit that this new location is something else compared to their old headquarters; only the last two floors need some finishing and Mr. Barkins is hoping to move in in less than two months, or maybe less considering that the rest is almost ready to welcome part of his employees. After a good two hours of roaming among workers, cables, tools and materials as well as discussing about the quality of this or that, Devon and Kenny escape to talk about compliance matters they say, while I follow Joshua and Mr. Barkins back to the twelfth and last floor since the latter wants to show him how he wants to organize his leadership floor.

I have been needing the bathrooms for nearly an hour now, bitterly regretting that I chose a spicy meal for lunch and drank so much water, so after a little while of listening to Joshua's advice on how his client should set up his team, I excuse myself from them, saying I would be right back. Remembering that the eleventh floor is still under construction, I directly head back to the tenth and finally get to relieve my bladder. Looking around myself, I notice that even the bathrooms look great; they are spacious and built with irregularly stacked pebble shaped sinks and stone water taps. Back at the lifts, both screens display that they are both on the ground floor, so I head for the staircase. My attention gets caught by muffled voices coming from a few floors down, stroke by how vehement the tone is, stopping me in my tracks.

"The boss said we can use these ones..." someone yells in a hushed voice.

"And I say that you can use this other brand... cheaper..." the second whispers.

"... minimum of quality... much difference..."

"... discussed with him already and he..."

This is when the strap of my laptop bag decides to break and although I am able to hold it back, it still falls on a step with a little thud, revealing my presence and putting an end to the conversation downstairs. Not wishing to make myself known, I hurry up the last flight of stairs and scurry back to Joshua and Mr. Barkins who are waiting for me by the lifts. I haven't had much time to recover from what I just heard and my rush to escape, but I still manage to put on a poker face despite a light blush before I reach them.

"Oh there you are Liam! Were you visiting the staircase?" Joshua asks playfully as the doors of the lift open.

"The lifts were on the ground floor when I came out of the bathrooms, so I thought I could use the stairs..." I explain quickly while Mr. Barkins presses the button. The doors close right on time when I hear the doors of the staircase open in a bang that my two companions ignore or just don't hear. Well I might never know who these guys were, but at least they won't know either who was listening to conversation...

* * *

The following morning, I wake up to soft kisses trailing along my neck and the smell of Joshua's expensive perfume. We finished quite late yesterday evening and I wish I could sleep a little longer. After the building visit, we headed back to the hotel with Devon for whom I had booked a room on the first floor, and we had a relatively agreeable dinner at the hotel restaurant which specializes in French and Italian cuisine. Devon and Joshua made most of the conversation about various qualities of materials, which brought me back to what I heard in the staircase. I didn't know if I should tell Joshua about it. One of the guys had mentioned something about the boss and I was wondering if he was speaking about Joshua. There was clearly something about the materials but I couldn't guess whether it was good or bad since I only got snatches of the whole conversation. I mostly didn't want to get into trouble and decided that what I heard wasn't enough to bother Joshua with.

Since both men kept on talking and talking after their coffee had been served and I didn't want to experience that awkward moment when we would have to part ways to reach our respective bedrooms, I apologized to them, pretending I was tired - though I really was - and wishing them a good night. There was no way that we could let Devon know that Joshua and I shared the same bedroom, so it was better this way and when Joshua joined me about fifteen minutes later, he praised me on this brilliant idea - his words - I had to go up first. You can easily imagine how I was rewarded and it was almost one in the morning when it ended...

"I have to go, Baby..." Joshua whispers in my ear as I try to snuggle deeper under the comforter.

"Already...?" I mumble.

"I'm meeting Devon at 7:30 at the reception, so yes... already," he chuckles. Is it that late already? "Sleep all you want but don't forget to go to the gym and try to have the minutes of yesterday's meeting ready for this afternoon, okay?"

"Mmm yes, I will..." I whisper, turning around to kiss him. "Have a good day... and good luck!" I cheer, remembering our little conversation of yesterday evening about how he would enjoy his day between Cole and Devon.

"Maybe I should quickly call Devon to delay our departure and force you to come with us..." he threatens me.

"No way... You said I could work from the hotel today..." I argue.

"I could also change my mind..." he smirks.

"No... that would mean I don't have time to go to the gym this morning, so... I'll let you enjoy a nice ride in the backseat with Devon..." I tease him.

"Argh... it won't be as pleasurable as Saturday night..." he says and we both burst out laughing.

"I should hope so... I don't share my Master..." I murmur suavely as I grab the lapels of his vest and pull him down for another kiss.

"I don't share myself either, I'm all yours..." he purrs against my lips, slipping a hand underneath the comforter to reach for my crotch that instantly hardens, before he pulls away with a smirk. "I'll see you tonight..."

With that, Joshua stands up, straightens his Hugo Boss suit and leaves me alone. Argh great... Now that I am fully awake, I decide to go and get it over with my gym and mostly use the treadmill since I usually run on Tuesdays. After more than an hour and a half, I head back upstairs, glad to see that the cleaning lady already passed, and order my breakfast that I take in the living-room while I begin to work on the minutes of the meeting we had yesterday morning. The next time I check the clock on my laptop, it is past one in the afternoon and just when I am about to order my lunch, I get a text from Shannon asking me to call him when I am available.

Shan didn't know how long he would stay in this new farm but I hope he will soon be back. Even if my days and week-ends are fully busy now, I miss him a lot. Jeremy and the other guys at the club are great, but they're just not Shannon. I have often wondered what attracted us to each other since we are so different, but I think that we just complete one another and need each other like brothers would. I've always needed him to protect me at school and to take my head out of my studies to enjoy a bit of life, and he has always needed me to tame his energetic temper and to give him the bum's rush. I quickly order my lunch with room service and then dial Shan's number.

"Bunny!!!!" he calls out, answering only after the second tone.

"Hey Chipmunk! How are you?"

"Tired, but good... that work is killing me... I swear, Li... if I didn't get such a good pay, I just wouldn't do it..." he complains.

"Poor thing... it does you some good! And it keeps you busy!" I tease me, remembering my mother's words.

"Working like twelve hours a day is more than busy! This is slavery..."

"Wow, that's nice... hope you get all these extra hours paid..."

"Yep! The boss gives us cash every day, so that's good... How are you? I thought you'd have a few minutes for me during you lunch break... so I tried to see if you could call while I take a little break too, thinking your boss might be out of office," he chuckles. Oh yeah, true... it's only noon in Illinois...

"Didn't you get my text? I'm in New York..."

"What...??? Which text...?" he exclaims. "What are you doing in New York??" Well, I should have been surprised that I never got an answer from him after the text I sent last Thursday to let him know about Joshua's plans... So I tell him how my boyfriend decided to spend the week-end in New York and what we did there, leaving aside the kinky parts of course and how we are staying here until Wednesday evening to attend meetings and so on. "You're such a lucky fucker..."

"A fucker...?" I repeat, dumbfounded by the insult he chose.

"What...? Your boyfriend and you haven't tried to switch places yet?" he asks smugly and I burst out laughing at the image of me topping Joshua... as if he would let me... Oh my God, I can only imagine his face if I proposed him to try it!

"Hmm nope..." I reply once I have calmed down.

"You should try it Li... the other way is nice too..." Shannon replies very seriously, completely entranced in his big-brother role.

"I don't think so..." I chuckle.

"Why...? Does he think himself too superior to take it up his ass?"

"Hmm... I don't think he would... and to be honest... I don't really mind... and it's not your business anyway!!! Why do I even answer your questions??"

After a few minutes of babbling, Shannon tells me that he will be back on Friday next week late in the evening or on the Saturday morning the latest, which is nice in a way because I still have next week-end to enjoy with Joshua and then I can spend the following one with Shan. After our call, I get my lunch delivered and set back to work, but by 5:00 pm, I am all done and left with nothing else to do. I sent the file to Joshua a bit earlier and he quickly replied with a thanks and letting me know that he should be back for dinner around 7:00, which leaves me another couple of hours. I try to keep my mind busy with the television, but as usual, there is nothing interesting so I send a text to Jeremy to ask him when I can call him. The reply comes back almost immediately.

"Hello Liam! I'm glad you're calling! I've got great news!!" he cheers as soon as he picks up the call.

"Hi Jeremy... what is this about? How did it go with Master Andrei?"

"Oh... I declined his offer! I'm not into sadomasochism, so... He insisted a little bit, saying he would take it easy on me, but I gave him a firm no," he says nonchalantly, arousing my curiosity as to what could be more important.

"You sound weird... Did it go well?"
                 
"Yeah... it's just... he has those strange eyes... extremely light blue, even clearer than yours... and it's... I don't know... even if he wasn't a sadist, I probably would have said no... his look just sends shivers down my spine and I hate it... Anyway! It doesn't matter because..." he lingers on with excitement.

"Because...?"

"I have a new Dominant!!!!" he chants, squealing in the phone.

"Really...? Who is that?" I ask, now really curious.

"Master Gary!!" he squeals again, obviously very happy.

"Which one is this?"

The name rings a bell to my ears, but I'm not too sure. There are so many members in this club and I am still new... Moreover, I spend most of the time with Joshua and his friends when we are there, so I don't know much about the other Dominants.
                  
"Come on Lili!! He's the Dominant I told you about some time ago! The one I had a contract with and who went to live in Asia! So, you haven't met him yet. He was a member ever since Master Aaron opened the club I believe. He came back to Chicago last week apparently. And oh my God... what a night!! I was doing some... naughty things in the showers with Ed and..." he explains.

"You what??" I interrupt him.

"Ugh, Liam! You do know that this sometimes happens!" he grumbles. Yes, I know that free Subs sometimes have fun together in the showers of the Subs' Room, but I never saw my friend doing this! At the same time, I'm not there every night... "Anyway, that doesn't matter! For the fun part, Master Aaron caught us..." he laughs and I feel myself blush for him. "But that's not important either! He actually summoned me to his office and I thought he was going to lecture me on I should start thinking about getting a permanent Dom and so on but..." he lingers again, making me impatient to hear what happened next.

"Spill the beans, Jer!!"

"And he actually lectured me a bit, but he was mostly checking in on my current situation... you know, just to make sure that I'm not going off the rail again, and to make it brief, he said he had a surprise for me and Master Gary popped in!! I'm so happy, Liam! He offered me a contract!!"

"That's great news!! I'm happy for you! You sound so excited..."
                  
"I am! Master Gary is really great! I mean, before he left to Asia, we really had fun together. We're meeting on Friday this week to finalize our agreement, so I can't wait!"

"I guess!" I chuckle, feeling really happy for my new friend. "Does that mean I won't see you on Saturday?"

"Yesof course!! Master Gary told me we'd go to the club on Saturday, so I'll seeyou! And he's a good friend of Master Aaron's and his friends, so I might evenbe kneeling close to you sometimes!"

"Wow... that would be great!"

Jeremy keeps me on the phone for another thirty minutes, telling me everything he knows about this Gary with more squeals and screams. Damn, he really reminds me of Shannon sometimes and makes me wish my friend could join us in the lifestyle. Thinking about it a little after our phone call, that has me laugh all by myself. Shannon, a Submissive...? No way... His poor Dominant would grow gray hair before his time... or maybe someone like Master Camden...? Someone who would be able to tame him... Argh... Not even he would be able to do that and Shan would end up all bruised and marked considering how Master Camden likes to play with whips. Well, no... this is definitely not a lifestyle for Shan... And yet how I wish it could work. Jeremy is definitely becoming a good friend of mine, but having my best friend at the club would be the ultimate bliss!

Published on 11 Oct 2016

And that's it for their little time in NY!!! (You see Cara that nothing bad happened in NY ;) )

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Next update should be on Saturday :)