He was aware of how close she’d grown to Hyde, and he’d monitored them both closely, and knew even though Rissa had come on to him a few times, Hyde upheld that 'warrior code' Shade was always ranting on about, and nothing physical had happened between them. He’d kept that knowledge to himself just in case he needed it. With Rissa, he was never completely sure what to expect. He directed Santos to bring her outside to the courtyard as soon as she arrived home.
***
Hyde delivered her home and behaved as the gentleman he was, much to Rissa’s dismay. She gave him a soft hug, before telling him goodbye.
He nodded slightly toward her. "See you in the morning, Rissa, get some rest and behave."
She slid her hand along his cheek and smiled in reply. "Only for you, Hyde. Everyone else gets the bad girl."
She saw him shake his head in amusement as he left and waited until he was clear of the house before he teleported out. Santos informed her Alec was in the courtyard and wished to see her. Does he now? I feel so honored to be summoned!
She handed Santos her briefcase and tote, as he helped her off with her jacket. She poured herself a Midnight then casually made her way to the pool. Alec looked relaxed, and that was a good sign. Kicking off her red soled Louboutin heels, she strolled outside and sat in the deck chair beside him.
"You look very relaxed and comfortable. How was your day and what happened that you’re home so early?”
Alec closed the laptop and turned to her. She was dressed in pale blue for spring, the short pencil skirt showing off her long tan legs and her bare feet. He drank her in with his eyes and thought the mission he’d planned for her wouldn’t be a hard one to pull off.
"I was tired of being locked up inside an office, thought I'd do some work from home and enjoy some fresh air. I only seem to come out here when we’re entertaining. How was your day, my darling?"
She didn’t miss his eyes as they took her in from head to toe, and that excited her. Maybe tonight he’d be interested in more than business. She couldn’t remember the last time he’d come to her. She was careful to not display any signs of anticipation, but she didn’t have too, he already knew he could wind her up like a toy.
"Well, if you wanted fresh air, you should come out to Bel Rosso and ride with me once in a while. It’s great exercise and it’s beautiful, all except for that sniveling brat."
Taking a sip of the thick elixir, she laid her head back on the chair and pulled the diamond studded pins from her long blonde hair as it cascaded down past her shoulders. "My day was busy. If I hadn’t hired my assistants, I’d be drowning. Business has been booming."
Alec took a sip from his Midnight, letting her ramble on about her day. He knew he’d have to approach this gingerly. "So, I’ll have to throw my hat in the ring soon, to be a candidate. My biggest obstacle is the sitting President, John Ashton. There’s no reason to think he won't run for a second term, and if he does, he’ll automatically secure the party's endorsement. Then I'd have to wait another four years. I'll wait if I have to, but I'd like to move this process along. The timing is right for me politically. How about you? Are you ready to be First Lady?"
Rissa lifted her head from the chair as her wicked smile spread across her face. "I’m not willing to wait another four years. Let’s move on this! Oh Alec, I’m so ready. I think I’ve proven to you I can handle anything, including being First Lady. We’re a good team. I know you have this planned out, so give me the details."
Alec emptied his glass. "What I need, my darling, is a scandal. Something irrefutable that Ashton can't wiggle out of. Are you up for that?"
"A scandal?" Crossing her legs, her skirt hitched further up her thighs. "So, you’ll need me to assist on this scandal, I assume. I can arrange anything you need Alec, it’s my specialty."
He placed his hand on her knee and slowly slid it up her thigh. "Oh, it will take more than some arranging, my darling. You’ll need to be the bait. Ashton ran his election campaign on the whole 'family values' thing. He drags his wife and adult children out for every photo opportunity, and he makes sure they’re sitting on the front row in church every Sunday, with the Secret Service and the press in tow, for the entire world to see. I need for you to seduce him. It won’t be difficult. He’s had his eye on you for some time. We can plant some cameras, get some good video. Once I show him the footage, I can threaten to expose him to the press. There’s no way he’d want the public, or his dear wife of thirty years, to see that footage. He'll cave and announce he won’t run for a second term for personal reasons or some shit like that. What do you think, darling?"
She felt the heat from his hand as it glided like silk up her thigh and her breathing stopped. He only had to touch her, and she went up in flames. She concentrated hard to hear his words, as his hand lay between her thighs. Bait? Sleep with Ashton?
She cringed at the thought of touching that tiny dick and having it rammed inside her, hell she wouldn’t even feel it! She eyed Alec and stared into those pools of blue. Was he serious?
"You’d take the chance of dishonoring my name? Hell, Alec, he probably never even fucks his own wife. I’d bet he’s already getting something on the side. Have you checked that out yet?"
"That’s rumor and speculation, my darling, nothing concrete and no physical proof. And besides, it would make me look like a typical mud-thrower with nothing to back it up. This needs to be personal, just me and Ashton. Nobody else will ever see these tapes."
Sliding her well-manicured finger across her lips, she was still considering her answer. Let him sweat a bit. He’d force her to do it one way or another, but she refused to give in right away.
"Well, I need to know what I’m walking into. I don’t know how easy it will be to lure him in. But how hard can it be. Compared to that mouse he’s married to, I’m a fantasy come true." She drained her glass of Midnight and smiled at him.
“I don’t think you’ll encounter any resistance, but to be on the safe side, I'm sure I can get Shade to use his dream-walking skills to plant a few erotic fantasies in his head, staring none other than the long-legged shapely blonde goddess of one ambitious Senator. By the time you show up in the flesh, his head will be filled with all the things he wants to do to you. All you’ll need to do is pour on the charm."
She cocked her head to the side and answered him in a stern tone. "And do I get a sweet reward for doing this nasty little deed?"
He stared her down. If nothing else in her time with him, she’d learned to negotiate. No one got anything for free, not even him. "Of course, my darling, name your price."
Rissa was careful in how she approached this one. "There’s something I want. Something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. I want a playroom just like Shade has at Castello. But I want it inside this house."
He laid his head back against the deck chair and closed his eyes, remembering all the pleasures of that room. He was pretty certain the room remained dormant. He couldn’t imagine Shade dragging his precious queen down to that den of sin and depravity and strapping her in the stockades while his beast fucked her in the ass. He smiled at the thought of it. Maybe Shade would like for him to take all those toys off his hand. He’d be doing him a favor! He turned his head and looked at her, "I think that can be arranged, my darling."