Chapter 3Edward hated the paperwork of running a small business.  He supposed it kept everyone safe but it was still irritating as hell to have to be in his office and not on the floor helping his clients with their form or spotting for them.  Instead he had to shuffle paper, which didn’t distract him enough to not think about her.She kept invading his thoughts.  It was like she had taken up residence in his brain.  And cock.  Every thought about her was either to protect her or possess her.  To keep her safe or to fuck her silly.Lisette Smith.Even her name was sexy.  Lisette.Just picturing her beneath him, all that gorgeous black hair splayed over his pillows, sinking into her hot wet pussy got him semi-hard.  Never had only the thought of fucking a woman given him an erection.  Usually they were much more involved fantasy with ropes and whips.  But only the thought of tasting Lisette’s sweet pussy was enough to bring him to half-mast.He didn’t understand his need for her.  Usually he needed to get to know a woman before he felt anything toward her even sexually.  Looks alone didn’t cut it for him.  Women with personalities or unusual quirks often attracted him.  He needed something more than the average.Lisette was an innocent mystery to him.  Perhaps that was why he felt such a strong pull towards her.  That unworldliness coupled with her obvious difficult past and paired with that banging body made her a temptation to him.  She was truly shaped like an hourglass.  Large tits and thick thighs with a nice rounded ass begged to be touched by him.  But it was that inexperience he sensed in her that made him keep her at arm’s length.  He couldn’t be responsible for corrupting her.The fact that she worked at a sex club didn’t take away from the fact that she didn’t belong there.  He knew she was a virgin.  Even though the sex and kink didn’t seem to faze her, he knew that she wouldn’t be able to handle him and his proclivities.  It would be too much for her pure imagination.  She would end up not respecting him and that would break his heart.She didn’t need a submissive man but a Dominant alpha to take the reins and show her the ropes.  And whips and spreader bars of the life.  He could do that with a man but he had never been able to dominate a woman.  It was beyond his abilities.  Dominating a woman took a precise touch.  Their bodies were so very different from a man’s.  Their thresholds for pain and pleasure were different from a man’s.  Afraid that he would be hurting her too much he was loathed to do that to her since she seemed like she had gone through a lot of shit in her past already.  He didn’t want to become another nightmare for her.Jace would eventually notice her and bring her into his harem of subs.  Jonathan wouldn’t because he was her boss.  Simon couldn’t because he was a submissive.  Peter seemed to have left the lifestyle since he hadn’t been seen in quite awhile by anyone.  Anyone else in the club wasn’t good enough for her.Even the thought of Jace being her Master didn’t sit entirely well with Edward.  He couldn’t help thinking that Lisette was his.  Despite knowing he could never be what she needed he still selfishly wanted to hold on to her for himself.  There would be no way he could watch the two of them interacting like he could do with all the rest of Jace’s subs.  Why he didn’t want to think too hard about.“So let me introduce you to the owner of Body Right, Edward,” he could hear his receptionist say to some possible clients right before knocking on his door.“Come in Patty,” he called out, standing up in order to greet the two women she brought into his office to meet him.He was stunned when he saw the woman of his thoughts standing in front of him.  He quickly recovered and held out his hand to her, smiling.  She didn’t seem to recognize him.  She smiled shyly and shook his hand with a surprisingly firm grip after Patty introduced her.“Hello Edward!” her companion a pretty, tall redhead said enthusiastically and hugged him before she could be introduced.  Immediately, he could feel how hard her breasts were against his chest.  At least her boobs would stay still while she did cardio, he thought uncharitably.He managed to disengage himself from Lisette’s friend despite her reluctance to let go of him.“My name’s Joan,” she finally told him stepping back from him right in front of Lisette, who made no move to come out from behind her friend.“Hello Joan,” Edward said politely.  “Lisette.”He saw her wave a hand at him from behind Joan but still didn’t step out to the side so that he could see her.  He wondered why she seemed to be hiding from him.  Whenever club members met in public the rule was that they were to not act as if they knew each other through the club.  If that was the only way they knew each other, they were to refrain from saying so.  Employees especially were told not to acknowledge patrons from the club out in the “real” world.Perhaps Jonathan told them to ignore patrons, Edward thought not liking that he couldn’t see her because she was cowering behind her friend.“What brings you ladies to Body Right?” he asked courteously.“We want to get our bodies right!” Joan replied with a high giggle at her own quip.  “Well I’m pretty much almost right.  Need to lose a couple of pounds from the summer drinking.  But Lisette obviously needs to lose a bit more than a couple.”Before he could think about what he was saying, Edward let it slip, “I think your friend looks great.”Now Lisette poked her head out from behind her friend.  Her hair swung away from her face and he saw for the first time the scar that she tried so hard to keep hidden.  It was nasty looking.  It seemed to start at her hairline and traveled down her cheek to the corner of her mouth.When she saw his face tighten with anger, she quickly pulled back behind her friend moving her hair back in front of half of her face.  She misdirected his anger at her and not the bastard who had hurt her.“You don’t have to be polite,” Joan chided Edward.  “Lisette knows she’s fat and needs to lose about fifty pounds.”“I don’t think Lisette is fat,” Edward countered letting his irritation at the person who had harmed his woman be taken out on this annoying friend of hers.His woman, he thought incredulously.  What they hell was he doing?  He had no claim on her.  He didn’t want any claim on her.  She was too pure for him.  Best to quit trying to be her defender.“You’re kidding right?” Joan asked sarcastically.  “She’s a cow.”“Why don’t we go check out the weight room,” Patty quickly chimed in, knowing how much her boss hated when people made judgments about other people’s physical appearances.Edward barely kept his rage in check.  How dare this vain, plastic woman call his woman a cow?Again with your woman, he reproached himself.  She is not your woman.“Edward we won’t bother you anymore,” Patty said, herding Joan out of the office.
“Bye Edward,” Joan said happily as Patty grabbed her arm to take her out into the hallway.  “Hope to see more of you.” All he could muster was a grim smile.
“Come on Lisette,” Joan called for her friend who hadn’t moved from her spot even though the barrier Joan had provided was now gone.  Instead Lisette cocked her head and looked at Edward inquiringly.  Her hair lay against her scar.Before he could stop himself, Edward reached out and pushed the locks back off her face.  Lisette’s eyes widened but she didn’t move to stop him.  Instead she straightened her head and kept her gaze on his face, looking for any tell that what he saw disgusted him.She watched his eyes sweep over her face from her scar to her forehead to her nose and chin.  He looked over every inch of her countenance before coming to rest on her big brown eyes.“Lisette?” her friend called.“Joan, I’ll make sure she gets back to you,” Edward told the other women, not looking away from Lisette.  “Patty take Joan to the weight room.”“Of course, sir,” Patty reached in and closed the door of Edward’s office.
“But why would he want anything to do with –” he heard Joan begin but then Patty hurried her out of the hallway and into the gym.