Scoundrels & Scotch (Top Shelf Book 3) by Alta Hensley

Author:Alta Hensley [Hensley, Alta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-13T16:00:00+00:00

14

Ivy

I stared at the contours of my nude body in Victor’s full-length mirror in his bathroom. I couldn’t sleep—not after how intimate we had just been. So many questions were flooding my mind. He’d said he didn’t do what we did with all his dolls, and I believed him. So I was special. I had never been made to feel special before. But that also opened up my mind to a flood of insecurities and unanswered questions.

Staring at myself, I tried to silence my mind as best as I could as Victor slept in the other room. In the past, some would have called me waifish, fragile, and slight. But now I looked on with pride. After weeks of daily dancing and exercise, my body had become muscular, lean, and even better… strong. And along with my growing physique came skill. I truly was becoming the doll Victor wanted me to be. I had learned to keep a beat—not the best beat—but I had gotten much better. Even the choreographers said they had seen a huge improvement. My days were filled with pride in my accomplishments.

Each day, more and more dolls were assigned their art pieces for Japan. With props, we were quickly outgrowing our rehearsal space. I had heard murmurings between Victor, the choreographers, and his business manager about leaving for Japan and planning the exhibit soon. There had been a time that I would have been terrified to hear about an upcoming show and having to be on display in front of complete strangers, but I was actually getting excited now that I was becoming a true doll.

What did that mean for me and Victor? Would we acknowledge what happened tonight? Was it just a one-time occurrence? Did he want me more than me just being an art piece in his gallery? So many questions and no answers. Not even a hint from Victor as to what he was thinking or wanting, and I didn’t think I would ever get more from him.

I had noticed that as the weeks went by, I had seen less of Victor. We were both preparing for the show in our own way all day, and when the dolls weren’t rehearsing, we were exhausted from the day’s events and sleep was all any of us craved. It had seemed that whenever I had looked, Victor was always long gone. We each had our responsibilities—his obviously more crucial than mine—but for the first time in my life, I felt alive and important. Part of something bigger than just myself. I had been given a gift, the gift of feeling like I belonged. That I was needed.

The sound of footsteps entering the bathroom snapped me from my thoughts. “It’s a beautiful sight,” Victor said as he walked up behind me, staring into the mirror over my shoulder. “Your body represents hard work, dedication, and focus.” He placed a kiss on my shoulder, then continued to kiss up my neck and nibbled on my ear.

The Ivy of the past would have been embarrassed at being caught staring at her naked body.

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