The Velvet Rope
JESS C SCOTT
THE VELVET ROPE
Published by Jess C Scott/jessINK, Smashwords Edition
Copyright © 2011 by Jess C Scott.
Cover Image © 2011 by Helga Weber.
Jess’s website: http://www.jessINK.com
Helga’s website: http://www.flickr.com/people/helga
Disclaimer: All characters depicted in this work of fiction are 18 years of age or older. All characters, even those based on real people, are entirely fictional.
Summary: A disenchanted lady boss recruits a personal toy boy, before the complexities of a recent divorce send her completely over the edge. Focus = story > violent/explicit scenes. Explores the psychosexual themes of S/M and mild erotic asphyxiation.
Notes:
This is a work of contemporary fiction (the focus is on the story, not erotic/romantic fluff).
Please visit Jess’s website for more info.
http://www.jessINK.com/porn_vs_erotica.htm
(Porn vs. Erotica)
http://www.jessINK.com/bdsm.htm
(BDSM @ jessINK)
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Note #1: Thank you for checking out my stories.
I usually aim for a more subtle/implicit > explicit route with bdsm stories. Bdsm can be a very intimate expression of affection, without the emphasis being on extreme physical violence/pain/humiliation. There’s lots more to the erotic life than explicitness ;)
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Note #2: Some parts of this story were inspired by Xia Xue (a.k.a “Singapore’s/Asia’s #1 Blogger¹,” “The Paris Hilton of the blogosphere²,” and “The Prostitute of the Internet³”), and Michelle Phan4 (YouTube’s #1 beauty vlogger).
[1] http://www.xiaxue.blogspot.com
[2] http://www.lovelovechina.com/celebrities/xiaxue-%E2%80%93-model-for-singapore-girls/
[3] http://www.bradleyfarless.com/2009/09/xiaxue-prostitute-of-internets-part-1.html
[4] http://gurugossip.omgforum.net/t2303-michelle-phan-s-hypocrisy
P.S. “Destiny” (character in The Velvet Rope) is neither XX nor Michelle Phan (I personally do not know either of these fine ladies).
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REFERENCES:
Cosmosutra Q&A (on page 4), from Cosmopolitan India | October 2008: http://www.cosmo.intoday.in/cosmopolitan/story.jsp?sid=6622
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The Velvet Rope
Chapter 1
“Ms. Makil,” her subordinates would greet her.
And the 42-year-old female supervisor at Stacie’s would think: it’s all superficial respect.
What wasn’t superficial, these days?
Nadya wished she could do away with everything, start life again on a clean slate.
She had been married to the same man for almost half her life.
Had been.
Charles, once the love of her life, was now her worthless ex-husband. Nadya divorced him since he’d left her for a younger woman half his age.
His new darling fiancee was a sweet, sexy young tart named Destiny, who was one of the newly recruited HR managers for his boutique advertising agency. Two months back, Destiny broke the news to Charles that she was carrying his love child.
“Good morning, Ms. Makil,” the friendly Clarins makeup counter girl with naturally arched and perfectly shaped brows greeted her. “How are you today?”
Everyone dies—shoot here and the world gets smaller! Nadya recalled the tune and lyrics from a Marilyn Manson song, visualizing what she’d do if she was God.
“I’m okay.”
Nadya gave a tight smile, seething inside, like she was going to crack any second. She needed some space when she started having vicious thoughts about people she knew were genuinely nice and helpful.
She took a break and went into the pantry, running a hand through her lifeless, flat hair, thinking of the tons of makeup clad idolized popstars in the world.
She couldn’t decide if most of them were singers, or strippers with a voice.
Nadya didn’t think of herself as an old prude, but she was fed up with how the pervasive mainstream media constantly paraded men and women as pieces of meat. Instead of taking man and womankind forward, by featuring good role models, ultimate importance was placed on how ultimately desirable Youth was.