“I...” Cat started to give a negative answer again, then stopped. It was only a dinner date, not sex, so she said instead. “Only if you never ask me again.”
Eric leaned against the office door frame, looking her straight in the eyes before saying. “Never is a very long time, but alright I’ll agree. Only if you don’t want me to ask you out again.”
Cat laughed at that reply. “Are you always so sure of yourself? And how would you know if I do want you to ask me out again?”
“Trust me Cat, I would know.” Then adding, “Yes, I’m always sure of myself.” He said in a serious tone.
Cat wrote her address on a piece of paper, then handed it over. She asked, “Seven o’clock.” Cat said one last thing before she left. “Eric, I really don’t want to see my face in the paper tomorrow. If it’s all the same to you, can we go somewhere low key?”
Surprising Eric with her request...
She sat up on the bed when she heard someone trying to push a key into the lock. When it didn’t work, he rattled the door. Then, even from her bedroom, she heard Eric swear when the key didn’t work.
“Cat, open the door, sweetheart.” Eric knocked on the door. Cat didn’t move or make a sound, just waited. Cat knew she wasn’t ready to face him.
“Kitty, come on, open the door.” Cat heard him rattle the door again. She got up from the bed and walked to her bedroom door. Slowly, she opened the door and took one step into the lounge room. From there, she could watch the front door and make sure Eric wasn’t getting in, considering all the noise he was making. Silly really with the work the locksmith had done. Eric wasn’t the type to smash a door in.
“Katherine! stop acting like a child and open this door now!” Eric was getting angrier with every passing second. He couldn’t truly be sure she was here anyway because there was no car in the driveway. Cat again said nothing, silence being the best way to deal with Eric right now. She needed to face him when she was ready and now wasn’t that time.
Cat turned away from the front door and re-entered her bedroom, laying down. She curled into a tight ball and did the one thing she said she wouldn’t do anymore.... cried. The first sob rocked Cat’s body before Eric even turned away from her front door.
Cat wasn’t sleeping and hadn’t slept since Eric had left. She turned her head enough to see the bedside clock on the nightstand. The green lights showed 3:42am, great! She was still curled into a ball, staring at the wall, clutching his pillow to her chest. Her tears had stopped some time ago, but her cheeks and pillow still held the evidence of her weakness. Had she done the right thing ending things with Eric? She felt so empty.
She had always promised herself that she wouldn’t do this!
She wouldn’t let a man wreak havoc over her life. She knew in her heart she wasn’t her mother. Didn’t she value herself more?
Then why was she questioning her decisions? She had to face facts Eric didn’t love her, it just wasn’t the norm for women to walk away from him. That was the only reason he was so angry. Eric was the master of any relationship, and he was the one normally pulling the strings.
Because if he had truly cared about her, he wouldn’t have hidden her away from the rest of his life. He had never introduced her to any of his friends, and no one at the office, excluding Joanna, knew about them. Not even his mother! No, to be fair, the reason his mother didn’t know was her own choice.
She had explained to Eric that if their affair was just that; she didn’t want her working relationship with Allison to be affected. Jo had only found out by pure chance. Joanna had left for the day before Cat had entered Eric’s office at his request.
Things had got a little heated, and she had ended up on top of Eric’s desk with him standing between her parted thighs. Eric was running kisses down her neck and unbuttoned her blouse one slow button at a time.
Cat’s hands had been in Eric’s hair, pulling him to her... when his office door had opened, startling them both. They had jumped apart like rabbits caught in a set of car headlights.
“Oh! Oh my god I’m so sorry... I didn’t mean... that is... shit, sorry.” Joanna just didn’t know what to say. Cat’s face had turned red. Eric had tensed, then frowned at Jo.
Joanna had just turned and left, leaving them there. Cat had pushed at Eric’s shoulders for him to move away, but he seemed to be frozen. “Eric, move now. I need to go speak to her,” Cat gave a nervous whisper.
Eric ran his hands through his hair and stepped back, looking from the spot Jo had been standing to look back at Cat. He lifted an eyebrow at her. “What exactly are you going to say? I think it’s pretty obvious what was going on.” Cat jumped off his desk.
Straightened her clothing as she moved to follow Jo. “Cat leave it, Jo isn’t a gossip and she will be embarrassed enough without bringing up what she saw now.” Eric demanded of her before she reached the office door, making her swing around. Eric could see Cat was upset by getting caught out.
“I’ll talk to her tomorrow. I promise and make sure she is ok” he added, knowing Cat was worried about this getting around the office.
Cat put her face in her hands, taking several deep breaths. Then, suddenly, her shoulders shook. Eric took a step towards her, thinking she was crying. Just as suddenly, laughter filled the room and Cat lifted her head as another burst of laughter left her. “I’m sorry, I know it’s not a laughing matter, but did you see her face? I don’t think she could have been anymore shocked had you been standing there buck naked.”
Smiling, Eric pulled her into his arms. “Trust you not to react the way I think you will. I thought you were crying.” Eric admitted, shaking his head at her.
Jo really hadn’t told anyone and, being Eric’s secretary, she had to keep a lot to herself, but normally that related to work information, not that Eric was undressing Cat on his desk.
After that afternoon getting caught, Eric had made it a point to always close and lock his office door.
The last thing they needed was Eric’s mother walking in on them. Now that was a scene Cat never wanted to experience.
The one thing it had done was allow Jo and Cat to have a closer connection that had developed into both women liking and respecting each other. Cat wasn’t like any of Eric’s past women.
Cat and Eric were cautious when it came to eating out, something they rarely did. It horrified Cat that at the thought of them ending up in the papers and her affair with Eric becoming public knowledge.
She would feel totally different if they had been dating, but that wasn’t what they shared. Even in the beginning, he had warned her on their first date, thinking back to that night......
When he had turned up at her townhouse on time, Cat had let him in, then left him standing at the front door saying. “Just give me a second to grab my handbag and shoes and we can leave.” Eric’s eyes travelled over her body, making her feel very hot.She was wearing a simple emerald jersey dress in a shift design that skimmed her figure and didn’t hug. Racing into the bedroom away from Eric, who looked delicious in his soft jeans and cotton button-up shirt. Totally different from his work attire. Hot as hell, in the bedroom, she leaned her head against her bedroom wall, taking a minute to slow her racing heart.What had she agreed to here? After a minute, she knew she couldn’t stay here any longer and picked up her bag and slipped on her heels. Walking out to find Eric still by the front door, waiting. Walking up to him. “I’m ready to go” Eric reached down and lifted her hands to his lips and kissed the centre of her palm. The intense heat made Cat squeeze her legs together. Looking
Eric groaned again, pulling back from her. Cat didn’t have time to say anything before he had her on her knees facing the couch, surprised she turned her head to look over her shoulder.He pulled the belt from his jeans then unbuttoning and pulling the zipper of his jeans down, pushing his jeans and underwear down his legs, exposing his enormous cock. Are they all that size?Cat’s eyes widen how was that going to fit? She thought and was about to ask when Eric took himself in hand, then slid his hand up his length. That was hot and Cat whimpered.Eric leaned forward to capture her lips in a deep kiss before saying to her, “Lean forward and brace yourself against the sofa” before lifting her skirt and just ripping her white cotton underwear from her body.Cat gasped when he slid a warm hand around her body and ran his finger over her sex. She then pushed back against him. When two alien fingers invaded her body where no man had been before.Eric ran his other hand around her front to p
He was still only giving her shallow thrusts of his shaft, and it was driving her wild. He slid his hand from her breast, moving it up her neck to her jaw, turning her head to receive his kiss. Cat moaned into his mouth.Eric used this opening to slip his tongue into her mouth, introducing her to his intimate kiss, savouring her taste and making love to her mouth.Hand no longer needed to hold her face, it returned to her breast, where he renewed his attention on her nipple.Cat was moving in his arms uncontrollably. Reaching back with one hand, she tried to pull him more fully into her body by placing her hand on his butt. Trying without success to push him forward, her other hand covered his hand on her breast, causing his hand to tighten on her nipple. Cat moaned.“You’re so responsive, so sensitive to the slightest touch...” he whispered at her mouth.Moving his lips to her neck, pressing open mouth kisses and bites under her ear. “You are going to come for me, you’re going to scr
Beep... Beep... The alarm going off brought Cat back to the present. Lifting her arm, she hit the alarm to turn it off. She hadn’t slept last night, and her pillow was wet again from crying...Getting up, Cat headed into the bathroom for a shower. She could call in sick, but that was being cowardly. At some point, she had to face Eric.Standing under the shower, she washed her hair and body quickly, then found the first thing in her wardrobe to wear. Really not interested, she dressed and pulled her wet red hair back in a ponytail low on her head.Applying much needed makeup to hide the lack of sleep and the puffiness around her eyes. Adding more makeup than she would normally wear. Today she was glad no one at the office knew about Eric and her, because she couldn’t handle any snide remarks or comments.Jo was her friend, and she would sympathise not criticise what Cat was going through. However, some of Eric’s employees did not share the same sentiment. One in particular seemed to ha
Cat couldn’t deal with the bus. She wasn’t sure about the timetable at this time of the day, so she flagged down a passing taxi and jumped in. It only took 20 minutes to get to her townhouse outside of peak hour traffic.Walking fast up the short drive, she turned the corner into her covered entryway and stopped dead. Eric was leaning against her door, arms folded against his chest, glaring at her.How did he manage to get here so quickly? Cat moved in front of him, lifting her head defiantly, sighing Cat said, “Look Eric, everything that needed saying was said in the letter I left you.”Eric straightened away from the door, looking grim. He grabbed the keys she was holding and opened her door. He then turned, hooking his hand on her elbow, and dragged her into the townhouse. Cat spun away from him, rubbing her elbow.“Was that really necessary?” she snipped angrily.Eric pocketed her keys and slammed the front door closed, making Cat jump.“You said all you wanted to say! What about w
Two months later, Cat hurried across the foyer at Logan holdings inc. Sydney office. Cat was running late for work.It was days like this that she missed having her own car. Public transport sucked. The buses always got stuck in traffic and the trains were often full.Stepping into a lift just before the doors closed. She let out a sigh of relief, only to then silently groan upon realising the identity of the person she was sharing the elevator with. She was sure everyone has a work nemesis, and Claudia was hers.Now Cat wished she had missed this lift because she could guarantee Claudia couldn’t help herself and would say something to put her in a bad mood for the rest of the day.Cat had first thought the other woman hadn’t known about Eric and Cat’s affair. During the last two months Claudia’s snide remarks, also comments had indicated that she had known. She had also implied that it hadn’t been a secret to everyone.Whether she had figured it out on her own or Eric had told her, C
By noon, Cat’s lack of appetite during lunch wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. She had lost weight over the last two months. Being slim anyway, she could ill afford the five kilos and it wasn’t a good look on her. The weight loss had come off everywhere but her bust, being a D cup that was one place, she would have been happy to lose some weight.Even when she ate, she still lost weight. Her eyes were hollow, and her hair was limp. She was keeping it pulled away from her face in a knot for work. That way, it wasn’t so obvious.Cat was currently using more makeup than she had ever used, and she couldn’t seem to shake this damn flu. It had lingered for three weeks. This was part of the reason she didn’t eat. It was also helping with making her look like shit. She had never known a flu to last so long. It was unfair because she had had her flu shot this year.Everything tasted and smelled horrible. Alongside the flu, headaches were another side effect. Cat had one now. It seemed worse
Sometime later, Cat opened her eyes to a splitting headache. To see Eric lifting her out of his car, Cat was a little disorientated and confused.“Eric? What?”“Shhh, Cat, it’s alright. Just relax.” His tone was reassuring.She did just that. Her head hurt too much to fight him. She couldn’t remember why him being here was a bad idea. The headache fried her brain, making it difficult for her to think clearly. She needed to get her thoughts together first.Sighing, Cat melted into Eric’s muscular arms, letting his intoxicating scent wash over her. God, he smelled good.She loved his smell so much; she had hidden a shirt of his in her bedroom. When she had returned all his other things, she hadn’t included the shirt. She hadn’t washed it, for the times she really needed him, and he wasn’t there. The closest thing she had was his unwashed shirt.Cat heard Eric open her front door. He must have taken the key from her handbag. He headed straight for the bedroom with Cat still in his arms. S