Chapter 15: Part 2 - Prawn Kisses

I decided to take a cold shower to cool down my body and my head. 

Thankfully there was the unfolded laundry still on the shelf in the bathroom, so I grabbed a change of clothes from there and threw my towel into the dryer to give it a quick spin before hanging it up. 

To be honest, I was just looking for reasons to procrastinate as I wasn't sure I could handle any more surprises from Chris. Just thinking about her made me blush, was this love? I wasn't sure but it was something. 

I finally left the bathroom forty-five minutes later and peeked into the kitchen, which was where Chris was busy preparing dinner.

Instead, I found that dinner was already ready and plated, waiting for me with a plastic covering protecting it from dust and ants. 

"There you are, I didn't think you would take so long, what were you doing, pleasuring yourself?" Chris asked as she stood up from the couch where she had been doing work on her laptop. 

"I was doing no such thing!" I exclaimed and hurried over to the kitchen sink to grab a glass of water. 

Chris shook her head as she pulled off the plastic covers of the food " You are too easy to tease. I should call you a pufferfish cause you puff up with the smallest provocation" 

I snorted as I gulped down the water, causing some to run down my neck and soak into my shirt.

I turned to glare at her but all I got was a wink in return.

"Puff Puff," Chris said as she eased herself on a bar stool and poured herself some wine.

I fought back the urge to pout and sat down across from her. I really shouldn't play right into her hands like this but she knew how to press my buttons all too well!

"Then what should I call you? Vixen?" I shot back.

"I'd prefer Mistress," Chris grinned as she picked up a delicately prepared prawn from a prawn and mandarin salad and popped it into her mouth.My jaw dropped, the audacity, how could she just cooly decide such a dramatic shift in our relationship. 

Chris casually picked up another pawn and popped it into my open mouth. 

I sat back and clamped a hand over my lips, pulling out the prawn and placing it down on the empty plate in front of me. 

"You can't…why would….don't you think that's a bit…" I stammered, trying to get the words out. 

"What my pet, you don't already think that's what's going on here? Landlord/tenant, teacher / student…you are the one asking, and I am the one answering. You're taking, and I'm giving… it fits the narrative," Chris grinned and picked up the prawn I had put down, " Wouldn't you want to get things right when you tell all your little online friends about me when I'm not around?" she said before popping the prawn into her mouth.

I felt myself flush. Did Chris know about my stream? Then I recalled telling her about how I liked to talk to a bunch of people online, so that must be what she meant. 

"That was just in my-" I said but was cut off as Chris reached across the table, her hand cupping the back of my head again, and pressed her lips to mine. The prawn found its way back into my mouth, this time with a lot more persistence, and as I reached up to make a futile attempt to push her off, Chis released me, sitting back down with a smug expression on her face as I sat there, mouth full of prawn, stunned and really….turned on. 

"Don't waste food, my colleague and I spend ages deciding on this menu for next week's gala, I want you to try it out and tell me what you think", Chris said smoothly, leaning forward and resting her elbows on the table. She folded her hands and propped her head on top of her hands, regarding me cooly with all the confidence of a snake watching its prey.

I quickly chewed and swallowed the prawn. Considering what happened when I tried to remove it, I wasn't taking that route again. There was definitely something different about Chris…she was behaving far bolder than before…maybe a little bit more, possessive than before as well?