Diana's POV

It took forever to convince Ava to get up. She wouldn't budge. I don't know what snapped her out of her submissive state. It was starting to agitate me but I feared she was going through something and not yet telling me. As much as I pushed for her to go I couldn't get the sight of Zachary from my head. What did it mean? Was I hallucinating?

"I feel cheated on," she said and my eyes widened. "Are you still upset about that?" I asked irritated and she sat up quickly and dare looked at me in disbelief. "You fucked the girl in front of me," she spat and I sighed. "It was a scene Ava. It was nothing but a tactic to piss you off and realize exactly how lucky you are," I explained.

"Fuck off," she said bitterly and I broke into a smile. She hasn't been this defiant and bold until I first met her. "Dian-" I grabbed her by her face and pressed my lips against hers. She fought for a couple moments but my hands found her legs and I pulled. She fell flat against the bed harshly, loosing all the air she thought she owned. I pressed my hands into the pillows on both sides of her head. I bent down to her ear.

"I spent a lot of money, energy, and time on creating this event perfectly to show you off to all the people downstairs. You're my collared one and I need you to compliment me. So get out of this bed. Get those forbidden tear stains off your face and get you're sexy ass downstairs," I said swiping her sweet spot with a kiss, earning a moan from her.

I made eye contact with her and her mouth opened and closed. She wanted to say something but had nothing to say but I had made my point clear. Nobody had interest in Lilah and I , including myself. She sat up on the bed as I got off and began to fix myself. "What does the collar mean?" she asked and I looked at her.

"Possession. You're mine. There are masters and mistress's downstairs who envy me because of you. The collar screams 'off limits' and any who ignore that and pursue's you is breaking a sacred rule in this community. However ... they break it all the same," I explained and she nodded.

The elevator ride down was quiet and I needed her to be more lively. I halted the elevator and pressed her against the wall. I bit down hard into her neck, just to leave a dark fresh love mark over it. She moaned and wiggled as my hands toured the soft spots of her body.

"Enjoy yourself," I said and continued the elevator. She caught her breath and constantly rubbed her new mark.

When we entered back into the ballroom eyes all attention turned to us and it went quiet for just a moment but that moment lasted minutes. Then the event continued. Derek approached us first. "I know our first conversation might have been quite sour Ms. Greene bu-"

"It's Elizabeth," she corrected not even making eye contact with my ex-husband and walked past us both and towards to the bar. "Is she even of legal drinking age?" he asked. "I'll let her have one... I'll let Ava Elizabeth have one," I said and smirked as he stood there with a speechless and full of defeat facial expression.

I went over to the bar and snaked my arms around Ava's waist and pulled her into me. Her ass pressed against me in the most correct ways and I held my moan back. That silence swept over the event and I took advantage of it. I left a trail of light kisses down her neck making her gasp at each shudder and shiver that run through her. Ava didn't know what this night had in store. At a submissives debut everybody waits to see the beauty of their true submissiveness.

Whether it was her accepting a punishment, or me fucking her right here but I had no intention of such activities. My display of her submissiveness would be simple and leave everything to the imagination.

The party went on and after two drinks I shut it down and she pouted to which I responded by raising my eyebrow. She didn't keep eye contact after that and moved around the ballroom. She would mingle and talk to some of the guests and constantly kept a lock on my exact location. It was cute. She was speaking to somebody I myself couldn't figure out. I could only see the back of his head.

I circled and a server walked over to them and they each took a shot. She held hers in her hand though. I waited and sooner or later she took the shot, her face grimaced with the sharp burn the cognac had caused. I walked over and once again the silence fell.

I looked at the boy. Anothony. I smiled and he slipped away as my gaze landed back on Ava. I hooked my finger in her collar and pulled her body into mine. She looked up at me with wide eyes, almost pleading for me to just let it go. "I want you to go upstairs to our room. I want you to strip and lay on the bed patiently for my arrival. Is that clear?"

Her face slowly turned to panic and regret and she played her role perfectly and smoothly. "Y-yes Mistress," she said and I released her. The crowd remained silent and jaw dropped as Ava made her way upstairs , turning in for the night. I smiled to myself and went into the lobby, through the employee hallway, into the employee elevator and down into the basement.

I made a sharp left, down a discreet and hidden ladder , into a hallway , swung the door open and revealed my secret for the night. Jennifer. "Who is that?" she asked.

I sat down in front and nodded at Twain who left. "Jennifer there are two ways you're going to leave this room. Either you're going to crawl out after I break both your legs so bad that they can't possibly heal or my men carry you out in a urn," I threatened.

"Now you see , you messed with someone close to me and that's not going to fly without punishment. You've also been dabbling in business that isn't yours ... so come clean or get dirty they say," I finished.

"People will notice I'm missing," she said through tears.

"That's not what I'm worried about Jennifer. It's if they can find your body..." I said slow and smoothly and she broke instantly to it. She began begging and crying hysterically.

I let it die down and leaned back in my seat. "So I'm gonna treat this as a game. I'm gonna come in here once a day. I'm going to ask you a question. You lie, I might break something. You lie to cover a lie and I'm going to scar you. Nothing is off limits.. not even that pretty face. I'll let you sit on that," I said and got up and walked out.

She screamed my name but once up the ladder, I couldn't hear her.

Besides, Ava was upstairs pleasantly naked and waiting for me and I hated keeping people waiting.