The Office Romance That Blew Up

For years now, I've worked at a popular bar and have had my fair share of flings among the patrons. But one night, things got more complicated than expected when a regular customer, who happens to be married, started flirting with me in earnest. We ended up engaging in CNC (consensual non-consent) roleplay where he would pretend to be a boss figure, and I, his employee under his control. It wasn't real power, of course, everything was consensual and discussed beforehand. Yet, as we continued these sessions over weeks, the blurring lines between fantasy and reality began causing tension with both my partner at home and at work when colleagues noticed our growing closeness. While it felt exciting to explore forbidden territory in a safe, consensual way, I now find myself reflecting on how this could've ended differently had anyone found out about these games we played.