he finds himself taking over in bed even when he knows that’s not what the woman wants. I’d quite like to watch him being tutored. He was very attractive.’
‘He was probably attractive to you because he is powerful and important,’ pointed out Natalie. ‘He won’t be nearly as attractive if he’s seen being submissive.’
‘It’s odd, isn’t it?’ said Heather. ‘We both like beingin control in bed, but neither of us are attracted to submissive men. No wonder we were making such a mess of our private lives.’
Natalie glanced at the clock on the wall. ‘We’d better go and get ready for breakfast. I think they stop serving at nine.’
‘Yes, better not be late or no doubt that will be considered a punishable offence as well.’
Natalie looked thoughtfully at the other woman. ‘You know, I think you’re going to learn to change quicker than I am.’
‘Why do you say that?’
‘I don’t know. Perhaps it’s because you’re more relaxed about the whole thing than I am. Anyway, seeing you with Simon just now it was obvious that you were able to relinquish control to him.’
‘That’s not to say I’ll be able to relinquish control to someone else.’
Natalie sighed. ‘I know. But I haven’t managed to relinquish it at all yet.’
Heather smiled reassuringly at her. ‘Don’t worry, it’s early days and I heard that Simon’s never had a failure.’
Natalie shivered. ‘He’s not going to be very pleased if I’m his first, then, is he?’
‘No,’ agreed Heather. ‘He certainly isn’t.’
Chapter Six
AT TEN-THIRTY, OVER
an hour after they’d breakfasted, Simon came and collected Natalie and Heather from the lounge, where they’d been chatting together and surreptitiously eyeing the other guests. ‘Time for the next part of the learning curve, girls,’ he said. ‘I expect you’ve been looking forward to this.’
‘Not particularly,’ said Natalie. ‘I don’t think it’s going to turn me on.’
Simon looked sceptical. ‘How about you, Heather?’
‘I’m not sure,’ confessed the other woman.
‘At least you’re open-minded about it. The trouble with you, Natalie, is that you’re resisting change every step of the way. You don’t seem to realise that you’re the only one who’s going to lose out. It doesn’t matter to me whether you gain anything from your weekends here or not.’
‘Really?’ asked Natalie. ‘I’d have thought it would matter quite a lot to you. After all, you’re famous for never having failed.’
‘There’s no question of passing or failing,’ he said sharply. ‘This isn’t an exam, it’s a self-improvement course. You came here because you wanted to change yourself, and if you leave without doing that, then that’s your personal choice.’
‘So you wouldn’t consider it a failure on your part?’
Simon moved closer to her. ‘If you’re trying to annoy me, don’t,’ he whispered. ‘It’s a very dangerous game to play.’
‘Perhaps I’m getting a taste for dangerous games.’
‘You’re not ready to take me on yet,’ he said softly. ‘You’d be playing out of your league.’
‘Are we going or not?’ asked Heather.
Simon nodded. ‘Yes, we’d better hurry or they’ll have started without us. It isn’t likely, though: Rob prefers the men to have spectators for this particular exercise.’
The room to which Simon took them both was on the ground floor. It was large and, again, plushly carpeted, with three old-fashioned
chaise-longues
, but little else in the way of furniture. Rob, his piercing blue eyes bright, was standing at the side of the room with three girls next to him. In the middle of the room there were three men, all of them completely naked.
‘Are the women tutors?’ Natalie asked Simon.
‘No,’ he said quietly. ‘We don’t employ enough staff for all the activities that we run here. Fortunately most of us have friends, broad-minded ones, naturally, who are more than willing to help Rob
‘He was probably attractive to you because he is powerful and important,’ pointed out Natalie. ‘He won’t be nearly as attractive if he’s seen being submissive.’
‘It’s odd, isn’t it?’ said Heather. ‘We both like beingin control in bed, but neither of us are attracted to submissive men. No wonder we were making such a mess of our private lives.’
Natalie glanced at the clock on the wall. ‘We’d better go and get ready for breakfast. I think they stop serving at nine.’
‘Yes, better not be late or no doubt that will be considered a punishable offence as well.’
Natalie looked thoughtfully at the other woman. ‘You know, I think you’re going to learn to change quicker than I am.’
‘Why do you say that?’
‘I don’t know. Perhaps it’s because you’re more relaxed about the whole thing than I am. Anyway, seeing you with Simon just now it was obvious that you were able to relinquish control to him.’
‘That’s not to say I’ll be able to relinquish control to someone else.’
Natalie sighed. ‘I know. But I haven’t managed to relinquish it at all yet.’
Heather smiled reassuringly at her. ‘Don’t worry, it’s early days and I heard that Simon’s never had a failure.’
Natalie shivered. ‘He’s not going to be very pleased if I’m his first, then, is he?’
‘No,’ agreed Heather. ‘He certainly isn’t.’
Chapter Six
AT TEN-THIRTY, OVER
an hour after they’d breakfasted, Simon came and collected Natalie and Heather from the lounge, where they’d been chatting together and surreptitiously eyeing the other guests. ‘Time for the next part of the learning curve, girls,’ he said. ‘I expect you’ve been looking forward to this.’
‘Not particularly,’ said Natalie. ‘I don’t think it’s going to turn me on.’
Simon looked sceptical. ‘How about you, Heather?’
‘I’m not sure,’ confessed the other woman.
‘At least you’re open-minded about it. The trouble with you, Natalie, is that you’re resisting change every step of the way. You don’t seem to realise that you’re the only one who’s going to lose out. It doesn’t matter to me whether you gain anything from your weekends here or not.’
‘Really?’ asked Natalie. ‘I’d have thought it would matter quite a lot to you. After all, you’re famous for never having failed.’
‘There’s no question of passing or failing,’ he said sharply. ‘This isn’t an exam, it’s a self-improvement course. You came here because you wanted to change yourself, and if you leave without doing that, then that’s your personal choice.’
‘So you wouldn’t consider it a failure on your part?’
Simon moved closer to her. ‘If you’re trying to annoy me, don’t,’ he whispered. ‘It’s a very dangerous game to play.’
‘Perhaps I’m getting a taste for dangerous games.’
‘You’re not ready to take me on yet,’ he said softly. ‘You’d be playing out of your league.’
‘Are we going or not?’ asked Heather.
Simon nodded. ‘Yes, we’d better hurry or they’ll have started without us. It isn’t likely, though: Rob prefers the men to have spectators for this particular exercise.’
The room to which Simon took them both was on the ground floor. It was large and, again, plushly carpeted, with three old-fashioned
chaise-longues
, but little else in the way of furniture. Rob, his piercing blue eyes bright, was standing at the side of the room with three girls next to him. In the middle of the room there were three men, all of them completely naked.
‘Are the women tutors?’ Natalie asked Simon.
‘No,’ he said quietly. ‘We don’t employ enough staff for all the activities that we run here. Fortunately most of us have friends, broad-minded ones, naturally, who are more than willing to help Rob
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