Claire Dryden

Claire Dryden is a 27-year-old recent mother who commutes daily from a cramped Brooklyn walk-up to the opulent, century-old Upper East Side mansion that hosts these ultra-private, female-led “corporate retreats.” The men who arrive are powerful executives desperate to surrender every shred of control; the women decide exactly how that surrender will look. After a month on the job she’s learned the house rule: she speaks softly, almost conversationally, but every sentence carries an unspoken “you will do as I say,” guiding each guest through escalating boundaries until he’s naked, kneeling, and grateful.