Chapter 53: Welcome to My Home

Chapter 53: 53: Welcome to My Home

"Ugh... What am I supposed to do?"

Rhea clutched her head as she walked home from work.

A passerby glanced at her, so she lowered her voice.

"What are you planning, Ed...?"

Everything that had happened since yesterday was absurd.

It was bad enough that she had met MonsterCam Guy and had sex with him.

He had turned out to be Ed, her coworker who had joined the company at the same time.

And he was already involved with Manager Selena too.

The reality was unbelievable, but she had seen all of it with her own eyes.

That wasn’t the only thing troubling her.

’What am I supposed to do around Ed from now on...?’

A man she had always dismissed and looked down on now had leverage over her.

Not only did he possess photos and videos of her most degrading moments, he had casually shown them to her.

Then, at the office, he had treated her completely differently from usual and even put his hands on her body.

’Ugh, seriously!’

She was angry.

But not because a man she had despised had touched her.

The exact opposite.

’When Ed touched my shoulder... I couldn’t resist him!’

She remembered the way he had looked earlier.

There had been something different about him. Confidence in his posture. Ease in the voice that handled her so naturally.

’How can Ed... act like that?’

And then there had been his eyes.

He already seemed to regard her as nothing more than a slave beneath his feet.

It was humiliating.

She had never been looked down on so completely by a man she considered pathetic.

Rhea had always been the one who trampled men, mocked them, and struck them.

No man had ever crushed her with silent pressure alone.

But the most humiliating part was...

’I liked it when he looked down on me...’

She couldn’t believe herself.

It felt as though the degrading version of her from the hotel had awakened in the middle of the office.

Obey this man. He is extraordinary.

He is the man with the enormous cock that satisfied you last night.

’Why did I have to see that...?’

It might have been different if she had only suspected the truth.

But she had seen it.

She had watched Ed grip Manager Selena by the hair and make her suck his cock.

Even from a distance, the cock had been so huge that Rhea recognized it immediately.

It made her feel that even she couldn’t treat him carelessly anymore.

She had never been like this.

She had never felt so intimidated by a man.

With nothing but one cock, Ed had ground her pride beneath his heel.

And—

’I want him to step on me harder...’

She stopped walking merely because the image of his cock had returned to her mind.

Rhea was already its prisoner.

Honk!

A horn sounded beside her. She looked over and saw a sedan idling at the curb.

"You startled me... Assistant Manager Barry?"

"Hey, Rhea."

"Is this your usual route home?"

"No. I just came this way because I need to pick something up before I head back."

"Oh. I see."

"Get in. You’re going to the subway station, right?"

"Yes. K city Forest Station."

"Ah, that way?"

Without thinking much about it, she got into his car. He had a fiancée, and the station was only five minutes away.

Unlike Ed, Barry usually carried himself with confidence, and she had thought reasonably well of him.

"I heard Manager Selena tore into you today."

She didn’t appreciate that being the first thing out of his mouth.

Still, she forced a casual smile and answered.

"Yes. I was late this morning."

"You need to be more careful. Manager Selena lets things go if you follow the basics, but if you don’t, she gets angry."

"Ah... Haha. Y-yes, she does."

"That’s part of her appeal, though. You know what she’s like. Completely by the book. Principles first."

"..."

Rhea had thought so too.

Until this morning.

’I never imagined she’d be sucking Ed’s cock...’

She glanced at Barry. He clearly knew nothing.

This secret belonged only to her, Ed, and Manager Selena.

"By the way, do you know what got into Ed today?"

"E-Ed?"

She turned at the sudden mention of his name.

Barry tightened his grip on the steering wheel, visibly irritated.

"Yeah, Ed. That bastard suddenly got full of himself. Did you see how he tried to push back against me today?"

"Ah, um... I-I’m not sure."

She had seen it.

Normally, Ed let Assistant Manager Barry walk all over him.

Today, however, he had answered with an ease that suggested he knew something no one else did. She had found it strangely impressive.

But saying Barry had been challenged would probably hurt his pride, so she pretended not to know.

"Well, women might not notice that sort of thing. But the way that bastard acted today was practically an invitation to fight. I let it go because I’m generous."

"Did he...?"

"There are things men understand between ourselves. Even if we took off our titles and settled it physically, I’d obviously win. Then Ed would have to pack his things and quit. I don’t want that, so I’m being patient for the sake of his future."

Mm. She understood why he was saying this.

He was making excuses because he feared she had seen him lose ground and might look down on him for it.

Assistant Manager Barry was pettier than she had realized.

"And he treated you however he wanted too. That bastard must have lost his mind. Why was he touching another person’s shoulder?"

"..."

You do the exact same thing, she wanted to say.

She held it in.

"Right, Rhea? Didn’t it make you uncomfortable?"

"Ah... Well..."

"Report him to HR. Or sue him for workplace sexual harassment. Who does he think he is, acting like that when he isn’t even your superior?"

"..."

"Exactly. Right, Rhea? It was unpleasant, wasn’t it? Just say it was—"

"I-it was fine!"

Rhea cut him off so sharply it was almost a shout.

"Fine? There’s no way— Hm? What did you say, Rhea?"

"I said it was fine. I..."

Barry stopped at a light and stared at her in disbelief.

She turned away to avoid his eyes.

Damn it. Should she not have said that?

But she had wanted to say it.

Don’t talk about Ed so carelessly.

"What is this all of a sudden? Hm? Rhea?"

"Don’t imagine anything strange. I only meant I’m going to let it go."

"Oh. That’s what you meant? I thought something else was going on. But you shouldn’t just let it go, Rhea. It’s one thing if it’s me, but when some loser touches you, you need to draw a firm line. Otherwise, a creep like that will keep crossing it."

"It’s fine. I’ll handle it myself."

Her answer came out curt.

Barry looked offended, but she ignored him.

A man like you, who got pushed around by his own subordinate and then made excuses, had no right to speak carelessly about Ed.

Ed might not be much at the office...

But in bed, he was her master.

"Please let me out here."

"What? Um..."

"Thank you for the ride, Assistant Manager Barry. I’ll see you tomorrow."

"Ah. R-right. See you, Rhea."

He couldn’t find anything more to say before she got out.

She noticed his car remained there until she entered the subway station, but she ignored it.

Had he always been that pathetic?

Compared to him, Ed...

Even if he was lacking and awkward in most ways...

There was one thing at which he was truly exceptional.

"Ah."

She stopped inside the station.

People flowed past while she stood alone.

A mirror hung beside her. In it, she saw a single female animal staring back.

’Ugh...’

It was already too late.

Her mind had begun correcting her image of Ed.

Once you started liking someone, even their flaws could look appealing.

In other words, she was already seeing him through rose-colored glasses.

’I...’

In a single day, she had fallen this far for Ed.

She checked her phone. There had been no DMs since morning.

She considered messaging him, then stopped.

Sending one too quickly would make her look desperate. She didn’t want that.

Instead, Rhea opened her social-media account.

<Femdom Queen Yaaale>.

She posted a notice.

╭─ [Notice]

│ Activity Suspended Until Further Notice.

╰─

The queen was disappearing.

In her place, a female slave was about to be born.

***

"Hmm... This should be the place."

The address from the DM was surprisingly close to my office.

It was a towering skyscraper. I hadn’t realized it was an officetel.

Whoever I was meeting was clearly wealthy.

As far as I knew, rent here alone was about twenty thousand dollar a month, with another thousand in maintenance fees.

I remembered seeing it in a short video.

It was strange that being MonsterCam Guy had brought me somewhere like this.

╭─ [Notice]

│ Show the QR code below at the entrance. Someone will escort you.

╰─

Apparently, the building issued separate visitor QR codes.

I approached the lobby in ordinary clothes, feeling distinctly out of place. An employee greeted me.

"What brings you here, sir?"

"I’m visiting someone. I was sent a QR code."

"Ah. One moment, please."

The employee scanned it, and one eyebrow twitched.

He looked me up and down, then called another employee over.

I knew that look.

You have the nerve to come somewhere like this?

"Welcome, sir. This employee will escort you."

His expression transformed at once, and he bowed.

Another uniformed employee approached me.

"This way, please, sir."

With the practiced warmth of customer-service politeness, the employee led me toward the residents-only elevators.

After entering something into a panel, the elevator finally arrived.

"Let me confirm once more, sir. You’re visiting the penthouse on the sixty-fifth floor, correct?"

"What? The penthouse?"

"Yes, sir. The QR code identifies you as a penthouse guest."

"I suppose... that’s right."

"Understood. I’ll take you straight up."

A penthouse?

What kind of rich woman had summoned me here?

Was she the wife of some conglomerate chairman or something?

A flicker of anxiety ran through me. I didn’t want to get tangled in some cheating affair and have my life destroyed.

Ding.

The high-speed elevator reached the sixty-fifth floor almost instantly. My ears even felt slightly blocked.

"We’ve arrived, sir. Enjoy your visit."

When the doors opened, there was no hallway—only the entrance to the residence itself.

I stepped out and walked inside.

’Is no one here...?’

That couldn’t be right. Jazz played softly through the apartment, the kind of music meant to accompany a view of the city at night for the rich.

A little intimidated, I cautiously called out.

"Hello...?"

"Oh. You’re here?"

I turned toward the voice and saw a woman in a robe.

"You arrived right on time. I only just finished showering."

"..."

Wait. This woman...

Hadn’t I seen her somewhere before?

"Welcome to my home, MonsterCam Guy."