Before Khushi even realized it, she had finished her food. So had Arnav and he was settling the bill with the waitress.
"Wait, no, I-"
"I've got it," Arnav said, handing his credit card to the waitress before she walked away.
"But-"
"My treat."
"But-"
"And maybe this will pacify you into accepting my offer."
Khushi slightly shrunk in her seat. "I don't even know what the offer is."
"You'll find out soon enough."
Khushi looked at him with confusion while the waitress came back with his card. They exchanged a few words but Khushi paid no attention, her mind full of its own words.
What can this offer be? And how long will it take for him to tell me it? It's a cold winter night with snow outside, and I haven't even figured out a place to stay. At this point a hotel is my only option but-
Arnav stood up and stood before her. "Let's go."
Khushi's eyes met his and without asking where they were going, she followed up and trailed behind him.
For all I know, he may be a psychopath and an on-the-low killer.
Walking outside of the diner, Khushi followed behind Arnav in the little flurries of snow. They walked through the lot until they reached a black Bentley. Unlocking the car, Arnav held the door open to the passenger seat for her. Khushi looked at it and then at him in confusion.
"Well I don't want to freeze you to death," he teased.
Khushi gulped and hesitantly sat in the car. Although her mind was telling her to get out of the car, something within her told her to relax and to hear what he had to say.
Arnav went around the car and sat down in the drivers seat. For a moment, they sat in silence as the car warmed up, defrosting them from the bitter cold that had quickly taken hold of them in those short few minutes.
"Warm," he simply asked.
Khushi nodded, holding her hands in her lap.
"So, I have an offer for you, and I want you to think through it clearly."
Oh boy, Khushi gulped.
"You're a very beautiful woman and judging by the looks of you, you seem like a bright and talented woman."
Khushi blushed at his words.
"I would like for you to become my private secretary."
Khushi's eyes darted to his, wide with shock.
"It's a well paying job and it shouldn't be too difficult."
Khushi couldn't believe it. She was so worried about getting another job and maintaining her finances until she had gotten one, and yet here the opportunity was!
"But..."
Khushi's excitement paused. She should've known there would be a clause.
"Besides giving you a position from my company, there's something else you must do."
A darkness shrouded his eyes, making Khushi gasp. "What," she whispered.
"You must become my submissive."
*~*
Staring out the window with a cup of hot cocoa in her hands, Khushi couldn't stop thinking of the proposal she had gotten from Arnav Singh Raizada.
"You must become my submissive."
Khushi stared at him in shock. "What?"
"Become my submissive. There's a contract with all the information, which I can give you. In exchange for working with me, you must also be my submissive."
Khushi couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Why on earth would I want to be... be... spanked and treated like I'm an infant or something? Or be whipped and punished?"
Arnav slightly smirked. "So she does know something about BDSM."
"I think it's safe to say a majority of people do these days," she scoffed.
He cocked his eyebrow at her and Khushi slightly shrunk into the seat.
"I can email you the contract for you to review and then we can go over it and negotiate. And if you choose to call out, then that's totally fine."
"But... then I won't have the job?"
"No."
Khushi looked down at her hands. What do I do? What do I say? Should I agree? But-?
"Don't overthink it."
Khushi's eyes met his.
"Like I said, I'll email you the contract, unless you'd prefer me to get you a hard copy now-"
"No... no that's okay."
Arnav sighed and reached his hand out. Khushi watched as it got closer to her, though it played out slowly for her, as if years were passing by as his hand came closer and closer. She watched as his hand went into her hair and she couldn't help but to snuggle into his embrace. Something about it felt... passionate. But in an instant, his hands clenched onto her hair and gripped it, causing her to release a moan mixed with a gasp. Her eyes met his dark and clouded ones, making her bite her lip without even realizing it.
"Don't ever cut me off like that again."
Not knowing why, she nodded, and his grip loosened and caressed her hair.
"I'd really like this to happen between us."
Khushi blinked. "Why," she whispered. She truly didn't understand, it was all happening too fast.
He looked at her for a moment before taking her hand with his free hand. "To be honest... there's just something about you... something special."
Khushi didn't understand. "What do you mean?"
"I can't explain it, but I do intend to figure it out."
She pursed her lips.
"Just think it through with an open mind. Okay?"
Again she didn't know why, but she nodded.
After that, they exchanged emails and Arnav drove her to a hotel and got her a room to stay in. Again he had covered the bill, even though she had insisted she'd pay. But being the man he was, he paid anyways and the hotel treated her with luxury. After all it wasn't everyday the Arnav Singh Raizada came to your hotel. And since she was his guest, she would be treated like royalty.
Is this what it would be like if I agreed, she wondered. Luxury? ... with pain?
She took another sip of her hot chocolate as the snow got heavier.
Suddenly her phone pinged, showing her email notification. She knew what it was and when she looked at it, she was right. It read his name with the subject 'Read it with an open mind'.
Taking a deep breath, she set the mug down and picked up her key card.
I don't know why I'm not thinking this through, I mean this is all crazy! Yet for some reason, there's a part of me that's just saying to go with it. Why? What is it about me that he sees? What is it about him that has me picking up the key card and making my way down to the computer room? What is it that has me so engulfed by Arnav Singh Raizada, the Dominant?