Excellent "aftercare" transitional piece, with some playful, tantalizing banter between Steph and Alan. Obviously, a full-service dungeon is being diligently installed, per Dianna's specs down in the basement (fun fact: a venerable "standard" BDSM reference in print for years, called "Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns" has detailed plans for dungeon and play furniture--actual blueprints for a build-your-own setup, what angle to hold whips, and all manner of helpful hints--a real hoot to read!). Looks like I'm caught up to real-time now with "The Contract," and am all-in! I'm enjoying the "adult" nature of the dialogue and behavior here; the principals are all very mature and accomplished (yes, Dianna's in her mid-20s, but she's something of an "old soul," a prodigy who's highly intelligent and whip-smart, stylish and sophisticated, and a sexual virtuoso), and generally acquainted mutually in some way. Everyone in the story is in on the game and the role play, and it's all about having a good time. Again, you're making a case that erotica can be titillating, white hot, and fun--yet also, done with style and panache. The subject matter in "The Contract" demands very complex character interactions, with a married couple, consensual "limited" infidelity (for lack of a better thing--or, perhaps, "supervised" or "regulated" infidelity), BDSM (including humiliation and degradation play), all within a femdom scenario. It's very easy for this to degenerate into a vomit-inducing, profanity-laden Literotica smut vehicle with Alan spraying his "precious male essence" all over the place in such copious amounts and at such velocity that you'd have to do a double take to make sure you weren't reading the recent performance reports for the most state of the art fire engine! One is never subjected to such atrocities in a Simone Francis tale! Standing by for Dianna's next hard lesson.
I like the idea of Dianna being 'whip-smart'. She is, in all senses. Since I am writing this 'on the hoof' I haven't quite worked out where she is going with this but she is developing into a nice character to write (although nice is probably not a word the other characters would use to describe her). There will be a bit of 'precious male essence' spaying in the next episode but it's all part of Dianna's plan.
Well, I think you know what I meant. Seriously, though, Dianna is a very well-done, powerful young woman. Others' opinion of her shouldn't be of any concern to her, but for a small circle of intimates of both sexes (whether professional, creative, sexual, whatever). She's neither democratic nor egalitarian--she lives for pleasure, for experience, for the sublime--the aesthetic of the power, the thrill, the hunt. She's supposed to be in the corporate takeover business--not a line of work known for philanthropy! I'd say that adds to her allure as well--independent, unattainable--in a word--a goddess, perhaps? In closing, given her mercenary line of work and obvious level of material success, why can't she have an Aston in the parking lot? Sorry, had to ask. I just cannot see a beauty like Dianna getting where she needs to be in a "high performance" two-horsepower Yugo hatchback. But that's me...
He's in over his head I'd say! But loving it so ... enjoy Alan!
Excellent "aftercare" transitional piece, with some playful, tantalizing banter between Steph and Alan. Obviously, a full-service dungeon is being diligently installed, per Dianna's specs down in the basement (fun fact: a venerable "standard" BDSM reference in print for years, called "Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns" has detailed plans for dungeon and play furniture--actual blueprints for a build-your-own setup, what angle to hold whips, and all manner of helpful hints--a real hoot to read!). Looks like I'm caught up to real-time now with "The Contract," and am all-in! I'm enjoying the "adult" nature of the dialogue and behavior here; the principals are all very mature and accomplished (yes, Dianna's in her mid-20s, but she's something of an "old soul," a prodigy who's highly intelligent and whip-smart, stylish and sophisticated, and a sexual virtuoso), and generally acquainted mutually in some way. Everyone in the story is in on the game and the role play, and it's all about having a good time. Again, you're making a case that erotica can be titillating, white hot, and fun--yet also, done with style and panache. The subject matter in "The Contract" demands very complex character interactions, with a married couple, consensual "limited" infidelity (for lack of a better thing--or, perhaps, "supervised" or "regulated" infidelity), BDSM (including humiliation and degradation play), all within a femdom scenario. It's very easy for this to degenerate into a vomit-inducing, profanity-laden Literotica smut vehicle with Alan spraying his "precious male essence" all over the place in such copious amounts and at such velocity that you'd have to do a double take to make sure you weren't reading the recent performance reports for the most state of the art fire engine! One is never subjected to such atrocities in a Simone Francis tale! Standing by for Dianna's next hard lesson.
I like the idea of Dianna being 'whip-smart'. She is, in all senses. Since I am writing this 'on the hoof' I haven't quite worked out where she is going with this but she is developing into a nice character to write (although nice is probably not a word the other characters would use to describe her). There will be a bit of 'precious male essence' spaying in the next episode but it's all part of Dianna's plan.
Well, I think you know what I meant. Seriously, though, Dianna is a very well-done, powerful young woman. Others' opinion of her shouldn't be of any concern to her, but for a small circle of intimates of both sexes (whether professional, creative, sexual, whatever). She's neither democratic nor egalitarian--she lives for pleasure, for experience, for the sublime--the aesthetic of the power, the thrill, the hunt. She's supposed to be in the corporate takeover business--not a line of work known for philanthropy! I'd say that adds to her allure as well--independent, unattainable--in a word--a goddess, perhaps? In closing, given her mercenary line of work and obvious level of material success, why can't she have an Aston in the parking lot? Sorry, had to ask. I just cannot see a beauty like Dianna getting where she needs to be in a "high performance" two-horsepower Yugo hatchback. But that's me...
She does arrive in a Mazda MX-5 in a future episode but might get upgraded.
A two-seater, mid-price vehicle, eh? Well, since she's in her mid-twenties it could make sense. Is she REALLY a corporate raider? Hmmmmm.....