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If there was one thing Gio had learned this past few days, it was to listen and ask questions. He’d almost lost Tiffany because he gave orders instead of asking questions. He’d lost years with Abi because he hadn’t listened to what she was saying and asked questions, instead making assumptions. This time, he would not do that. He walked over and kneeled down in front of Abi’s mother and lifted her face until she was looking at him eye to eye. “Is that what you want, Becky? Do you want to go home to the house you own? Or do you want to accept my collar, stay here with us and be one of my ladies? Part of my family?”
She looked at him. “It isn’t necessary anymore Gio! Don’t you understand that?”
Gio smiled and laid his hand against the side of her face lovingly. “Isn’t it Becky? Isn’t it necessary? You are right, it isn’t, not because of your need to be safe from Clarence’s threat of taking the house from you. But I think for you to be happy and cared for the way you desire it is necessary. Isn’t it? I’m not asking you if you have to do it, Becky. I’m asking you. Do you still want to do it? Do you want to belong to me?”
His future mother-in-law looked down and whispered. “Yes, I want that more than anything. But I’m not like your other women, Gio. I’m not sweet and innocent like your sister, or playful and loving like Tiffany. I’m not forceful and dominant like Abi or even nurturing and passionate like your mother.”
Gio smiled. “Do you think I haven’t figured that out, Becky? I saw you last night it was the humiliation and degradation that excited you. I’m going to guess that you need the bite of pain with your pleasure. The darkness you refuse to let out in front of the world needs a safe place to escape from you.”
Her face snapped up and eyes locked on his. “How?”
“I’m learning to watch and listen, Becky. I have a houseful of women, each with different needs. My sister needs a loving yet authoritative man to replace the one who abandoned our family. Tiffany needs someone strong and protective who will take the decisions of what to do away from her and give her orders. Mom needs, well, mom needs someone to fuck her stupid and meet her heart’s desire of a baby and grandchildren. Who will run the business side of a home and let her run the nurturing side. Abi needs a strong, equal partner who will allow her to control herself and others without criticism. You each need something different.”
Gio shrugged. “I’m learning that and trying to be that for each of you. You, Becky Long, need a disciplinarian who will give you a touch of pain and humiliation with your love and pleasure. You need to feel the sting of punishment with the orgasmic touch of your lover. I’ve never done that before, but I am willing to try it. If you are willing to place yourself in my control.”
Becky stood and wrapped her arms around the man in front of her and started kissing his lips, cheeks, and neck. “Yes, Gio, that’s what I want. Oh, thank you! Thank you for wanting me.”
He placed his hands on either side of her head and sealed his lips to hers. Then, before pulling away, he bit her lower lip. Not enough to draw blood, but hard enough that she felt the sting of pain. Her mouth opened as she gasped in pleasure. His tongue was in her mouth, tasting her, teasing her, before he withdrew with another stinging bite. “Tonight, after dinner and our business discussion with Mom and Mia, then we will return to the basement where I Abi and I will collar you and claim you. I’ll have everything we need. When I return, there will be a uniform for you as well. It will look like mothers only in Black or Grey. You will wear it tonight and every night from here on out. Same as all the other sluts and slaves. No panties or bra, downstairs uniform down here; sleep uniform or naked up stairs. Understand?”
“Yes, Master.”
He kissed her once more. “Good Girl Becky. Now go wash your face, no more crying. Have what you and Abi need moved over here moved. Have both beds and bedroom furniture moved into whichever bedroom upstairs is empty now. I’m assuming it’s mine.”
“Yes, Sir.”
“Then work on putting together what you think we need to do to get G. L. Creations up and running.”
“So you’ve decided to keep Click-talk?”
“I haven’t decided to keep it, but I’m not selling it for six million. If they want to talk about real money, we will talk. Until it’s sold I’m saying we run it like we’re keeping it and I want to keep working on other projects as well.”
“Then I will make a list of positions we need to fill and start putting word to the staffing agency that we want to have some interviews. Office staff first then advertising then what ever technical staff you want.”
“Okay then, Mom, Abi and I are heading to the bank to set up the account. Then Abi and I have some shopping to do. Please ask Fiona to figure out something for dinner tonight.”
“I’ll take care of that since I’ll be here today. Call me if you think of anything else we need.”
Gio stopped as something washed over him. A feeling of concern. “Security, find us a really reliable security company. I’d like a couple of guards on site during the day and good security systems installed in both houses.”
“What are we going to do with my house, Gio, if Abi and I are staying here?”
Gio smiled. “Offices for the company of course.”Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.
“Then I’ll order office furniture too.”
“Sounds good. We can talk more tonight. Keep the house locked today and make sure you keep your phone close. I’m worried, things have been too quiet since last night. Especially since Abi broke up with Dean and you served notice to Chadwick.”
“You think they are going to cause trouble?”
Gio nodded. “I think they are. Once they decide what trouble to cause.”
“I’ll research and hire security first then.”
“Good idea.”
With those words. Gio, Abi, and Cecilia headed for the garage. Cecilia grabbed her son before he got on his Harley and kissed him soundly. “I’m so proud of you Gio and the man you’re becoming.”
Gio felt his eyes tear up and his heart fill with pride. “Thank you, Mom. Coming from you that means everything.”
They headed downtown to set up the bank account Gio needed for the business. It didn’t take long for them to get the business account set up. By the time they had gotten to the bank and Gio had checked, there was almost three hundred thousand in his personal account that two hundred and fifty got transferred to the business account. Gio had taken out forty thousand to pay off his outstanding bills and pick up an engagement ring and possibly buy the bike he was using.
It thrilled the bank manager to have such a cash rich business opening an account with them. He’d even offered to let Mia come in after normal hours on Friday to sign her signature card as the company’s Financial Officer and an account user. He also offered them a line of credit that would be based on the Valuation when they had a physical copy of that. Gio told him they would discuss it as a company and get back to him.
Cecilia said goodbye to Gio and Abi after they were done at the bank. She headed in for a part day of work at Anderson Advertising. She really needed to talk with Greg about his suggestion that she resign and start working for Gio. As much as she loved her Job at Anderson. Greg was right with a baby coming, then working at home for G. L. Creations might be a better idea. But she hated change, if she was honest. After Liam’s abandonment and divorce, she was afraid to let go of the stability of her current Job. Should she take the chance that Gio’s company was indeed going to be at least a multimillion dollar company if not multibillion in the next few years? She wasn’t sure what to do.
Gio was deep in thought himself. Things were changing fast. His little family was growing. And the home he had grown up it didn’t feel big enough for the growth that was coming. It was already obvious that his women didn’t want to sleep away from him. Yet they didn’t all fit in one bed. The only solution Gio could think of was to have a custom bed built for them. However, the Master bedroom wasn’t big enough for a bigger bed. It was wall to wall bed now with just the king and full size in it.
Then there was the conversation Abi had whispered in his ear that morning. His mother was probably already pregnant. Fiona wanted to have his baby and had already stopped taking her birth control. Plus, Abi planned on getting her mother to have his baby, too. There wasn’t room for three babies and all of them. He was hoping Mia would join the family, too. Without the babies, they were looking at seven people living in a house built for four.
Then, as if to further torture him, he remembered that his grandmother, aunt and cousins had planned to spend the holidays with them. Where the heck was everyone going to sleep? Would his mother’s family be able to accept his family’s alternative lifestyle? He bit his lips. This poly amorous life wasn’t as simple as those stories on the internet made it seem. That was another conversation he needed to have, and soon. For now he was going to stop overthinking everything and focus on getting Abi an engagement ring.
They entered the jewelry store, and the clerk looked at them, bored. Gio told them what he was looking for, and the guy behind the counter sighed. “How much are you looking to spend on your ring?”
His attitude pissed Gio off. “Is there someone else we can talk to? You seem like you don’t want to deal with us today.”
The guy sighed again. “Look kid, no offense, but your what nineteen, twenty? That means the two of you aren’t likely to buy an expensive ring. The cheapest engagement ring in this store is probably more than you can afford.”
While Gio had been dealing with the clerk, Abi had been looking at the rings in the cabinet. She gasped. “This one, Gio. This is the ring!”
Gio looked and saw a twenty-four karat yellow Gold ring. It was in a braided Celtic knot style with a moderate size diamond cut in a heart shape with two smaller triangle shaped diamonds in the knot on either side of the heart in the center.