Edith went to her desk just outside Mr. Li's office and sat down at her computer. She pulled up a blank document and began writing her formal resignation letter. She printed it and then gathered other paperwork he needed for the rest of the day. It was the last thing she would do for him. Her resignation was effective immediately and without requesting references. She placed her letter on top and knocked on his door he called for her to enter but when she came in she noticed he was on a business call. He motioned for her to leave the files on his desk. She nodded and turned to go. At the door she took one last glance back. And then she slipped out. She went back to her desk. There wasn't much for her to gather. It all fit in one box. She quietly slipped out while Holly was on her lunch break. She made it down to the ground floor and outside where she hailed a taxi to take her home. She felt like crying. But at the same time she felt relief. She couldn't work for him every day knowing he didn't want her. Not after what had happened. If things had stayed professional she could've done it. But after the lines had been crossed she couldn't pretend she didn't feel what she felt. Maybe he could, but she couldn't.
When she arrived home she changed out of her pink dress into a sports bra and leggings, and threw her hair in a messy bun. She grabbed a fuzzy blanket and made ramen and then sat down to watch her favorite TV series. She needed distraction and comfort right then. After awhile she found herself drifting off to sleep on the couch. Two hours later she was startled awake to someone pounding on her door so hard that everything seemed to be shaking. Was it the police?! Who else would knock like THAT?!
She jumped up and ran to the door, peeking out the eye hole. What in the Hell?! James Li?! She opened the door and started to ask, "What are—"
But before she could finished speaking James pushed his way inside, had her by the throat, slammed the door and pinned her against the wall, much like he had the night before in the bathroom, except instead of her chin, it was her throat.
"Tian a! What is wrong with you?! Have you lost your mind? Who do you think you are to quit me? You'll quit when I damn well say you can! Until then, you will be in that office every day. Am I understood?!" He shouted in her face.
Edith, for her part was not afraid. She was discovering in real time that she had a thing for asphyxiation play as she half hoped he'd squeeze her neck a little harder. His domineering attitude had her panties wet. But at the same time that was exactly why she couldn't go back to work for him. Her attraction to him was off the charts. She couldn't handle his boundary and knew that the best solution was for her to leave. She didn't want to torture herself everyday with a man she couldn't have.
"No." She said firmly, looking straight into his eyes. The grip on her neck did tighten just slightly. His eyes looked wild, like they'd bug out of his head. His hair was disheveled. It crossed her mind then that angering him might not be the best idea she'd had of late.
"What did you just say?" He asked, his voice dropping into a deadly low register.
"I said no." Edith gasped through his grip.
Before she could process what was happening she suddenly found her mouth being crushed by his. This was no gentle kiss. It couldn't even be called passionate. It was punishing. He was devouring her mouth, biting her lips, shoving his tongue deep into her mouth.
He suddenly tore his lips from hers, grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder like a sack of rice and carried her towards her bedroom. Edith was extremely confused.
"What are you doing?!" She cried. He tersely replied, "No one tells me no."
He kicked her door open, tossed her on her bed and began to undress himself. But even that was as done hastily. He shucked his pants and underwear off and jerked his tie off. He didn't even bother with his buttons on his shirt. He ripped it and the buttons flew everywhere.
Edith watched from the bed in fascination. When James Li lost control he really did lose it. She certainly didn't imagine a sixty-two year old man having that kind of fire in him.
He pounced on her. He ripped her sports bra off and mauled her breasts. He started shoving her leggings down. She fought against him, if only symbolically. She was figuring out that her resistance is what fueled his fire. He slammed his member into her with no warning. She was already dripping wet though, so while a surprise, it was not nearly so painful as the night before. And besides, she kind of liked the pain and pleasure mixed together. She couldn't hold back a moan and it slammed into James Li that Edith liked what he was doing.
He paused mid-thrust. "You enjoy this. You want this." He said aloud. "Yes, ohh yesss." Edith cried out.
He continued thrusting into her but he was overcome with wonder. She liked what he was doing. She enjoyed when he lost control and had his way with her. Her reaction to him was like gasoline on fire. It wasn't long before he came. But he realized something; she hadn't come yet. Both last night and now, he had finished without regard for her. He reasoned that right now she didn't deserve to finish. But then another part of him thought darkly, if he made her orgasm, she wouldn't quit his company, she wouldn't leave him, and everything could go back to how it was…this morning?
He sucked her breast into his mouth and simultaneously plunged his fingers into her folds below. He heard her gasp, then moan. She clenched and after awhile her legs began to shake.
"James! James! What's happening?! I…I think it's too much! I feel overwhelmed like I'm going to come undone!" Edith called out in a panicked voice.
If anyone told James that his heart could be moved to tenderness for a woman he'd have laughed. Until that moment. Her innocence. Her trust in him. Her calling out to him in her fear. Oh, God, it was his undoing. He'd have given her the world in that moment. He leaned his mouth against the shell of her ear and whispered, "Come undone, qin ai de, come undone for me like the good girl you are." He began kissing and sucking her earlobe.
Edith's entire body went rigid and then she screamed. It wasn't loud. It was somewhere between a scream and a moan but he could tell, with satisfaction, that he'd just rocked her world.