But before Eric had a chance to say anymore, Cat cut him off. “Don’t Cat me like that Eric, it will not work anymore. I’m not happy with the way things are.... I have tried to verbalise how I feel to you. All you seem to do is override them or use sex to keep me quiet. We don’t love each other.” oh! how that lie hurt, but she will keep her pride if it was the last thing she did... “maybe that’s what I need to look for. I want so much more than we are giving each other. Eric, Sex on the run is just not for me! there is no point continuing this.... this affair” Cat took another deep breath holding back tears she would not cry, she would not cry... she told herself over and over again hoping that, if she told herself this it would somehow keep the tears at bay. She had just told this man so many lies because she knew if this kept going, he would kill her slowly with his indifference.
Tears formed around her eyes, even though she tried to hold them back.
“Come on baby, don’t be silly everything is fine, I’ve just been working a bit hard lately that’s all..” Eric looked at his gold watch before adding “... look, I can’t talk now, I really have to go, we will talk when I get back.”
Seeming to be convinced that she would be happy with this, he stood up, preparing to leave. A single tear rolled down her cheek.....
“Don’t bother coming back Eric, I meant what I said about us being over. I can’t go on like this.”
“Now Kitty...”
This brought a rumble of anger from Cat’s throat. “No,” she shouted. “NO ... I mean every word Eric, forget the keys I gave you. They will not work after tomorrow. I’m having the locks changed.”
He frowned, “Cat..” he tried again, not silly enough to use the stupid nickname after the last eruption it had caused.
But she still didn’t give him a chance. “OUT,” she cried. She really couldn’t take it anymore. So she picked up his pillow and threw it at his head. It missed ...... Shit!
“I’ll see you when I get back. We will talk then.”
“No. We. Will. Not.” she screeched back, but all she was yelling at was the closed bedroom door. He was gone seconds later as she heard the front door click closed. Cat curled herself into a tight ball as the first sobs rocked her slim body.
Cat opened her eyes to a room full of sunlight. Her pillow was still wet from last night. After Eric had left yesterday, she had stayed in bed and cried herself to sleep.
“God, I'm pathetic.” Sitting up, she pushed her long red hair off her heart-shaped face.... “God, she was pathetic.” she said again. I feel like death. Cat looked at her reflection in the dressing-table mirror.
“Guess what Cat! You look much worse than death. Rigor mortis has set in.” She said out loud.
It was then that Cat noticed the clock. “Damn, look at the frigging time!”
Cat slid off the bed and headed for the bathroom. Twenty minutes later, she added the finishing touches to her makeup, which she badly needed this morning. Having not slept until the early hours. Picking up her handbag and keys from the lounge room where she had dropped them last night, Cat headed out the front door of her two-bedroom townhouse she rented 30 minutes from work in a leafy area of Sydney. Cat could never live in an apartment complex.
Luckily she had taken this week off, needing the time to finish things with Eric she had known there would be things to deal with. It gave her a chance to get her shit together.
Today being Friday, she had this last business day to get things done before the weekend. The locksmith was due this afternoon after 3pm. Cat sighed. This final break away from Eric was going to be hard. At least the townhouse was her rental and not something she needed to return or move out of. She got into her BMW that Eric had given her and headed for Eric’s company head office in Double Bay.
Twenty minutes later, Cat entered the top floor, heading straight to the very pretty little blonde sitting behind a desk outside the inner sanctum of Eric’s office. Sometimes she didn’t understand how Eric had never made a move on this pretty woman, No! not just pretty, but gorgeous woman...... who looked something between Jessica Alba and Brittany Snow with beautiful white blonde natural hair and honey brown eyes, only 5 feet 6 inches and I figure of a pocket Venus, she could hold her own against any man.
Eric had once told Cat that she just wasn’t his type. How could any man look at Joanna and not fall for her? God, if she batted for the other team she would go there.... Cat laughed silently.
“Jo, honey, are you ready for lunch?”
At Cat’s voice, the blonde looked up, smiling. “Just give me five minutes to finish this letter and I’ll be with you.” Jo reassured her.
“Jo, I have to write something for Eric. Mind if I use his desk?” It was time she broke free and got on with her life.
Not seeing anything amiss, she waved Cat on saying. “Sure hon, go straight in.” Jo was about the only one at the office that knew about Eric and Cat being an item for the last eight months.
“Thanks.. I should be done when you’re ready to leave.”
Cat walked into Eric’s office, stopping in the doorway. It smelled like him and she had always liked this room. The wall behind his desk was a wall of glass windows overlooking the Double Bay Area, expensive and very exclusive. It always surprised her how he faced away from that view and people facing him got to enjoy it.
But understanding Eric as she now did, he would have a good reason or two why he did this ..one to distract people he was meeting with to slip them up or find out information he needed ...two to show anyone and everyone the worth of his business. Arrogant, she knew!
On the left side of the office were two doors, one leading to a personal kitchen and the other to a hidden area that hid his printers and fax machine and anything else that an office needed to run. He only kept his ultra thin MacBook computer on his desk.
The office was very spacious, lush in taste and very rich in furnishings. On the right side was a brown leather chesterfield lounge with two single chairs to match. Cat looked away from this quickly, remembering a time when she had met Eric here one night and he had taken her from behind as she had leant over the armchair.
She moved behind Eric’s desk, sitting down in his leather chair, sighing she needed to get this over with and remembering moments in this office were not good! Just too many memories... even being at this desk wasn’t helping! closing her eyes for a moment to clear her mind and focus on what needed to be done....
Cat reopened her eyes and pulled open the desk’s left-hand drawer, removing pen and paper. She really should have done this at home and then just left the letter on his desk, but there just hadn’t been time and even now she wasn’t sure what to write! What should she say? Will he even listen? Maybe not! knowing Eric like she did. Eric was used to getting his own way and getting anything and everything he wanted.
Well, to hell with it! Here goes...
Cat began writing;
Eric,
I have tried talking to you, but it’s like talking to myself. Nothing I have said matters to you or you just choose not to hear it. You don’t listen. I think it’s best all around if we don’t see each other anymore. All I seem to be is a warm body for when the urge hits. You had a long string of lovers before me, so l’m sure ending things will be no hardship for you and no feelings hurt. Wishing you all the best.
Cat
Cat sat there for a long time just staring at the letter. She wanted to cry. She told herself, No more, she wouldn’t cry and not here. She wasn’t sure how long she had sat there. When Joanne called her name a few times from the doorway, she hit earth.
“Sorry Jo, my mind was elsewhere. I’ve got a few things going on right now.” Cat folded her letter, putting it into an envelope also found in Eric’s top drawer before sealing it. “So I noticed.” Jo smiled “Jo, can you give this to Eric when he comes back?” Joanne frowned at her request, because Jo would know after an extended time away the first person to see Eric would be Cat. Cat stopped any questions now by saying quickly, “I will explain later, ok.” but that didn’t stop Jo as she hoped. “Cat, what’s going on? Has something happened between Eric and you?” Cat frowned. She had set herself on this path. There was no hiding it and she didn’t want to... it’s just how much was she ready to talk about. “It’s over between us, Jo. He doesn’t love me, he takes our relationship for granted... well, what relationship really, he told me at the onset what it was to him when we started this. So this affair isn’t going anywhere and I find that now I need more than I have with Eric.” “Cat,
On Monday morning, Cat arrived at her new job early and finding as the day progressed, she didn’t have any trouble with the tasks given to her. Allison was more than happy with her standard of work. It was only just before lunch Cat gave a silent giggle.. Oh! She felt so much happier not having to worry about being asked to stay late or being left only with her boss. When the lunch hour did arrive, the friend who had told her about the position who happened to be a secretary on the same floor asked her to lunch to celebrate getting the job. “Julie! let’s not celebrate just yet. l’m still on probation and I don’t want to go out for lunch on my first day. What would Allison think?” Allison walked out from her office at that moment, saying. “Don’t be silly, Katherine. We have worked hard this morning, and you arrived early. Go enjoy a nice lunch. No need to watch the clock.” Allison liked to use Cat’s full name even after she had told her Cat was ok. Cat jumped up smiling.“Are you s
The doorbell brought Cat back to the present. She slid off the bed and headed for the front door. “Yes?” Calling from her side of the wooden door.“Locksmith Miss Sinclair.” An unfamiliar man’s voice replied.Cat sighed in relief. “Hang on.”Cat unlocked the door, letting the locksmith in. “Hi, I want the locks changed on both the front and back doors please, and a deadbolt put in as well.” While the locksmith got busy, she went about cleaning the townhouse, finding a few more things that belonged to Eric, and put them into the box in the bedroom. Closing the box up, she sealed it, writing his name and address neatly on the top and leaving it by the front door to give to Jo next time she saw her. Cat had never told her foster parents about Eric, and he had never asked to meet them. Jack and Dawn are old-school in their thinking, not that you had to be a virgin on your wedding night.What they didn’t believe in was casual sex. Sex was part of a deeper relationship with the person yo
“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. The
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