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physical companion. She placed her bagel
on the plate, her appetite gone. Reading the advert in the paper left her with
no illusions. A paid physical companion pretty much asked for a woman willing
to have sex. She wasn’t stupid.
    “I
think I made a mistake.” She reached for her bag with the intention to stand
when he stopped her, his hand on her wrist.
    “Sit
down.” He didn’t ask but ordered.
    She
followed through with his order. She had to obey him. Matthew was her boss. She
needed her job more than she needed to leave the café. When had her life become
all about money?
    “You
applied for the position of my companion.”
    Each
of his words made her cringe. “I’m sorry,” she said. What else could she say?
    “Don’t
be sorry. I’m intrigued by you, Clara.”
    She
gazed around the room. Is this all a set up?
    “There
is no need to be. I’m boring.”
    “No,
you’re not.” Silence fell on their table while he took a sip of his coffee. “Do
you have any idea what you applied for?”
    “Yes.
You want a physical companion, which I can only deduce as a person you want to
have sex with.” Her palms were sweaty. She felt she would pass out from the
heat at any moment. Why did she think she could go through with this?
    Matthew
reached over and removed her scarf. “We’ve got the rest of lunch to talk. Calm
down. Relax. I don’t want you fainting on me. I want to get all the business
out of the way before we get down to the pleasure.”
    “I
had no idea you were the person who placed the ad in the paper.” She rubbed the
perspiration from her brow. Would she have answered the ad if she’d known?
    “Are
you not relieved to know that the person is someone you’re acquainted with?”
    Clara
shook her head. “You’re my boss. I can’t apply for this. Why are you
advertising for a woman? Don’t you have plenty of women to keep you occupied?”
Her mouth always ran off when her nerves got the better of her. His next words
left her speechless.
    “I
want you.”

 
     
     
    Chapter Two
     
    Matthew
gazed at the woman staring across from him. He knew her nerves were getting the
better of her. Her nerves didn’t stop her looking any less than gorgeous. Since
he’d seen her working in his offices he had worked to try to get her closer to
him. Clara had become an obsession to him. The moment he saw her, he’d known he
had to have her. She wore her innocence like a coat. He wanted to show her how
to lose it.
    For
the last few months he’d been testing the waters with her. Her reactions to him
spurred him into action to place the ad in the paper. He knew far more about
her than he let on. Her father’s gambling habits being one of them. The need
she had for money. He’d placed an advert in the paper, and waited. Every woman
who applied he rejected. Everyone until he heard the sound of her voice over
the line. He had anticipated her call. Each time another woman answered he’d
been filled with disappointment. Matthew refused to give up. He wanted Clara.
His hopes and plans hadn’t been for nothing.
    Clara
didn’t need to know he controlled her father’s debt. She didn’t need to know
her father had given her to him. He never requested anyone’s permission but he
held the contract binding her to him as payment for his debt. Her fingers
trembled as she picked her bagel up again. He watched her lift the food to her
lips then placed it back on the plate. Her movement’s jerky.
    “I
don’t know if I can do this,” she said.
    “I’m
your boss, Clara. You have no choice. This morning you accepted the job.”
    “I
didn’t know who you were. This changes everything.”
    “Do
you really think knowing the man you’re going to be servicing is a bad thing? Were
you hoping for a complete stranger?” he asked.
    She
stopped fighting like he knew she would. Her shoulders slumped in defeat. The
submission inside her would be clear to any Dom who saw her. Matthew had seen
her submissive nature the instant