CHAPTER 24

 

Cate woke up in her L.A. hotel room on Saturday morning to the sound of somebody knocking on the door. Wondering who it could be, she folded her arms across her chest (she wasn’t wearing a bra) and walked to the door. She hadn’t ordered breakfast. She peeled back the plaster she’d covered the peephole with and then quickly flung open the door. “What are you doing here?”

Kian wasn’t supposed to arrive until later that afternoon. “I got an earlier flight,” he grinned, sweeping Cate up in his arms and carrying her back into the bedroom. “I wanted to give you something before the show tonight.”

“OK,” Cate looked at him curiously.

They were interrupted by her cell-phone ringing. She had to check in case it was Nate calling about the children. It was Ruby. Cate looked across at Kian.

“Answer it,” Kian dropped his overnight bag on the carpet. “I’m just going to the bathroom.”

Cate sat down on the bed. “Hey Rubes, what’s up?”

“I booked my ticket last night,” Ruby squealed, almost piercing Cate’s eardrum. “I’m coming to Seattle.”

“That’s fantastic,” Cate was so excited that she was going to see her half-sister again, especially after everything that they’d been through in the last month. “You know there’s going to be a tug of war with Liv about who you stay with, right?”

“I know,” Ruby said happily. “I can’t freaking wait!”

When Kian walked back into the bedroom, Cate had a huge grin on her face. “Ruby’s coming to Seattle,” she explained. “She’s booked her flight for a week on Monday.”

“That’s great,” Kian said. “Is Nico coming with her?”

Cate shook her head, “I think they’re having some problems. He didn’t agree with her decision not to press charges against Emily.”

“That’s too bad. Maybe this break will do them both some good. Are you ready for your present now?”

“I’m ready,” Cate giggled. She felt so light and happy. She closed her eyes and held out her hands.

Kian chuckled, “it’s not that kind of present, angel. Take off your shorts and bend over the bed.”

Cate raised her eyebrows, “really?”

When she realised Kian was being serious, she pushed down her shorts, stepped out of them and bent over the bed. The air-conditioning was on full and her bare skin was full of goose bumps.

“No peeking,” Kian warned, prowling towards her. He put his hands on her buttocks. Regretfully, there was nothing left to show that she’d been spanked on Wednesday night.

He took something out of the back pocket of his jeans. Cate thought she heard him unscrew the lid off something. “I don’t need any lotion. It’s gone back to normal.”

Kian smirked, “this isn’t lotion, angel.”

She heard a clank as he put something down on the table and then his hands were on her again, parting the cheeks of her bottom.

Cate took a deep breath; she really wished that she could see what he was doing. “Oh,” she gasped as his thumb gently pressed against her anus.

As it pushed deeper, breaching her hole, she realised that it wasn’t his thumb. It felt hard and slippery. Kian placed his hand firmly on the small of her back as he worked whatever it was inside her bottom. At first, she didn’t know if she liked it. It felt foreign.

When the jewelled butt plug was firmly ensconced inside Cate’s bottom, Kian stood back and appreciated the view. The purple jewel glistened seductively between her buttocks.

“You can stand up now.” Kian wrapped an arm around her waist and helped her to her feet.

Cate turned around and looked at herself in the mirror. “What is it?”

She saw the familiar purple jewel peeking out from inside her bottom. “That’s my present?”

“I thought you might like something familiar,” Kian stroked his thumb over the twinkling jewel. He’d bought it when he’d whisked Cate away for a very dirty weekend in Brighton after she’d finished her final exams at university. It was the same weekend that they’d conceived Mateo.

Cate bent down to pick up her shorts, “every time I move, I can feel it.”

“That’s kind of the point, angel. When you’re doing the Rumba tonight, I want you only thinking about me.”

Cate looked shocked, “you want me to wear this on the show tonight?”

Kian’s eyes were fiery with lust, “I want you to wear it all day. I’ll decide when I take it out.”

“You’re such a caveman,” Cate swatted him. “I can’t believe you want me to wear a butt plug.”

“You said you didn’t feel sexy.” Kian gathered her up in his arms. “When you make even the slightest movement, you’re going to feel that plug in your bottom and you’re going to remember that you are so fucking sexy.”

Kian bent her over, recreating the Rumba drop, “You can really feel it now, can’t you?”

“Yes,” Cate gasped. All he’d done was bent her over and already she felt close to orgasm.

“It’s going to be torture,” Cate said, trying to cool down.

Kian looked at her stiff nipples pushing against the front of her thin t-shirt and grinned. “I’ll see you after the show.”

Cate couldn’t believe he’d got her all turned on and now he was leaving. “Where are you going?”

“I’ve got a couple of meetings this morning.” Kian chastely brushed his lips against hers. He skimmed his hand over her still-bare bottom and she shivered. “Don’t take it out and don’t touch yourself.” He looked at her darkly, “I’ll know.”

Cate narrowed her eyes at him, “I’ll get my revenge, Kian.”

He backed towards the door, “I’m sure you will, angel.”

After he’d gone, Cate quickly showered and dressed. Even if she had been “allowed” to relieve the throbbing ache between her legs, she didn’t have time.

“Are you feeling OK?” Declan asked as Cate climbed into the car which would take them from the hotel to the studio. “You look a little strange.”

“I’m fine,” Cate shifted on the leather seat, trying to get comfortable.

He must have mistaken her fidgeting for nerves because he put a hand on her knee. “You’re going to do great. That last run through yesterday was the best yet.”

“Thanks,” Cate said quietly, watching the streets of L.A. speed past the car window. Except of course that yesterday, she wasn’t wearing a butt plug.