8 comments/ 7322 views/ 5 favorites Nice Guys Sometimes Laugh Last By: Alphamon35 Eric was on cloud nine after leaving work. His neck was still a little tender from Tara's assault in the steam room. "No pain no gain." Eric said to himself as he pulled in his driveway. He made his way inside, and plopped down on the couch. While on the couch he decided to send Tara a text. If she replied, he would call. But after not hearing anything for awhile he figured the events at the gym was just Tara feeling guilty, or worse yet Tara trying to hide the fact that she is attracted to Dorian. "That was one hell of a way to hide something." Eric said to himself, before watching some t.v., then going to bed. The next morning on his way to work, Eric went over a million ways he was going to approach Tara, about her leading him on. He also prepared himself for any excuse she may come up with. As he pulled into the parking lot he saw that Tara was already there. "Ok this is the moment of truth." Eric said to himself, as he made his way to his office. Before any sort of emotion had time register Tara was already greeting him with an intense kiss. "I am sooo sorry I missed your text last night." Tara said between kisses. "My phone died and it took forever for me to find my charger." Tara explained, while softly caressing Eric's face. "It's ok I just thought...well I didn't know what to think honestly." Eric admitted. "I hope you are not mad at me." Tara said, giving Eric a sorrowful look. It was something about the way she looked at him that completely disarmed Eric. "Nah how can I be mad at such a pretty face. It was not like you tried to ignore me on purpose." Eric said, brushing off any apprehension he felt before coming into the office. "Well good." Tara said, backing away. "I better stop, before I'm no longer able to control myself." "Yeah I know what ya mean." Eric joked, showing Tara the side of his neck. "Oh honey that is just a love mark. You haven't seen anything yet." Tara teased, as she regained her composure. "Oh really, so I'm guessing I will find out tonight?" Eric said, trying not to sound too eager. "Maybe. We will just have to see about that. Won't we?" Tara said nonchalantly. "Oh you are such a tease." "Moi. A tease. Never." Tara laughed. "I just don't want to scare you off." "Oh I doubt there is anything you can do that will scare me." Eric boasted. "I am going to hold you to your word." Tara grinned. "Now that I got my kiss fix. Let's discuss plans for tonight. Shall we? What say you plan on coming by my place, and I'll make dinner, and we will go from there." "Yeah sounds good to me. Do you need me to bring anything?" "Nope. Just bring yourself." "That can be arranged." Eric said while involuntarily smiling from ear to ear. "Oh yeah! I better turn in this weekly report before someone chews off my head." "Um that is my job." Tara interjected. "Well I won't chew your head, maybe something else though." She said while tracing her finger along the spot where she bit Eric. "You will not hear me complain." Eric said as his cock began to stir from Tara's touch. "Ok I better get going, or no work will be done today." Eric said breaking away from Tara, and exiting the office. Tara let him go without saying a word. "I would love to see the look on that bitches face when she sees the mark I left on Eric." Tara thought to herself, before going to preparing her work for the day. As Eric made his way to the medicine room to give Nicole the weekly client report, it had not occured to him until now that he hadn't talked to her since she barged in his office last week. "Oh this should be interesting." He said to himself, as he opened Nicole's door. "Here's that report you wanted. Sorry it took so long. I completely forgot to turn it in." Eric said hoping Nicole would just take the report, and not say anything. That however, would not be the case. Nicole was still vexed. Not because she had feelings for Eric, she still couldn't justify being more than friends with him. It was the fact she felt like she would no longer be able to get the validation being friends with Eric provided. Thus creating a void that made her feel vunerable. A feeling that she was none too comfortable with. "Well it's about time. I should report this, but that would seem catty on my part. So I will let it slide." Nicole said as she noticed the marks on Eric's neck. "What's this? Are you in high school now?" Nicole sneered, as she moved closer to Eric and tilted his head to the side. "What is that suppose to mean?" Eric said, moving Nicole's hand away from his face. "Don't play dumb with me. You know full well what I mean. You let some bitch mark you up, then you wear it like a badge of courage." "Woah hey now. Watch your tone. Plus why do you care?" Eric said, biting his tongue, so he would not say anything else. "I don't care." Nicole retorted. "I just think it is trashy. Plus I figure you to be a better man than to flaunt your rendezvous with Tara at work." "How do you even know it is Tara?" "Oh please!! I wasn't born yesterday. I see the way you two act around one another. You aren't fooling anyone. So like I said. I thought you were more mature than to flaunt something that should be kept private." "Nicole you sound like a straight up mad woman right now. You are making no sense. No one is flaunting anything." Eric said defensively. "If anyone flaunts, its you and Dorian." "Oh I knew you would bring that up at some point. Well it is not my fault that Dorian is more man than you will ever be you soft, black bastard." Nicole said, even shocking herself. "Wow ok. I better go now, before I do or say something I will regret." Eric said, while he backed away and left Nicole standing there. "Yeah that's it. Run away from the truth you fucking pussy." Nicole said as Eric left. After Eric left, Nicole sat back down to try and calm herself, she was still shocked that she had gotten so mad. When the truth of the matter was she felt like she has been bested by Tara. Ever since Nicole has started working with Eric she was the top female at work. The one that every guy wanted to get with, and every lady envied, but the tide was starting to change, and she did not like it one bit. What hurt Eric the most from that exchange with Nicole, was her venomous use of words. He never thought in a million years that Nicole would stoop to such a level. But seeing this side of her made him even happier that he had distanced himself from her, and no longer held her on a pedestal. "Hey are you still going to be able to...so umm what do we have here." Derrick said before finishing his question. "Is that what I think it is?" "No well... you see what had happened was. I was vacuuming right? Well uh it started to malfunction, and attacked me." Eric said while trying to keep a serious face. "Man that is the lamest excuse I ever heard. Don't quit your day job. But anyway, were you going to still help me move today?" "Fuck!!" Eric said. "That is today isn't it?" "Don't tell me you forgot." I told you about this weeks ago. Please tell me you are not going to flake out on me?" "No I will still be there. It just sucks I have to break plans with Tara." "Oh it shouldn't be more than an hour and a half. I already got everything packed up." "Ok but if she kicks my ass it will be your fault." Eric said, while still processing what happened with Nicole. "I am sure she will understand you helping a friend out, and congrats for finally stepping up to the plate, and being a man for a change." Derrick said, patting Eric on the shoulder. "I hope I am around for when Nicole sees your new tattoos." "Too late you already missed the fireworks." Eric said. "Oh damn I hate I missed it. So how did it go?" Derrick inquired. "Let's just say if she were a man, she would be in the hospital right now." "Man, was it that bad?" "Yep that bad." Eric replied, not going into detail. "Anyway I'll talk to you later Eric." Derrick said, sensing Eric was not up to talk about it. "Alright man, see ya tonight." As Eric made his way to his desk, Tara could tell something was wrong. So she got up and made her way over to his desk. "What's the matter hun? Am I going to have to beat someone's ass?" Tara purred in his ear. "No it's nothing. I will be fine." "Ok don't make me pry it out of you tonight mister." "Oh yeah about that." Eric said with a sheepish grin. "Is it ok that it is a little later? I promised Derrick I would help him move." "Oh that is fine, it is not like the sushi will take long to make." "Wait a minute you know how to make sushi?" "Well yeah, considering my best friend is Japanese. I think I can do pretty good for a white girl." "Ok now I am definitely curious as to how good your sushi making skills are." "You will see them first hand tonight. And oh yeah don't go using all of your energy moving. You will need some strength for what I got planned later." Tara said, while biting Eric softly on the neck. "I'm almost afraid to ask." Eric said. "Remember what I said, a little pain can be pleasurable if done right. Now I want you to think on that for awhile." Tara said before going back to work. Work was the furthest thing from Eric's mind. He was experiencing an emotional roller coaster. One minute he was mad enough to punch a puppy, and just like that Tara was able to take the pain of what Nicole's words caused and make them a distant memory. Eventually he was able to get back to work, after seeing Tara at her desk mindlessly strumming her fingers across the keyboard. He figured he should do the same, so he would not come off as a starstruck groupie. After work Eric was so pumped about his evening with Tara, he moved at a supersonic pace, in order to help Derrick get his stuff moved. "Thanks man." Derrick said after they finished up. "I couldn't have done it without you." "That's what friends are for." Eric said while wiping his brow. "Now if you would excuse me I have to go shower. Since I have other plans this evening." "Don't let me hold you up any longer. Because this was a long time coming. Hell if I had time I would throw you a party." Derrick joked. "Derrick, go fuck yourself." Eric playfully shot back, before getting in his car. Eric wasted no time going home and showering. Luckily Derrick did not live too far away. After he finished getting ready, Eric called Tara just to make sure they were still on for the evening. "Hello." Tara said as she picked up the phone "Oh umm hey." Eric said fumbling over his words. Tara interjected before he could say anything else. "You better be calling to let me know you are on your way over here, because if not I see very bad things happening to you in the near future." Eric could not help but smile, knowing that she was joking, but also that there was a hint of truth behind that statement. "No worries. I was just calling to tell you that I am on my way and I will be there shortly." "Ok good because I would hate to have to hurt you for bailing out on me." "Again with the violence towards me? If I didn't know any better I would swear that you hated me." "Oh it is just my way of showing you that I care. Plus like I said before you know you like it, so don't act like you dont." "Ok you called my bluff." Eric admitted. It wasn't too much longer before he was at Tara's doorstep. "So are you going to open the door or am I going to just stand out here for my health?" "Here I come." Tara exclaimed, as she hung up the phone and made her way to the door. As Tara opened the door they both stood there and took a moment to check out one another. Eric could already feel the blood rush to his cock, as Tara stood there wearing nothing but a lace thong and cut off tee shirt, that barely covered her bustline. Tara could feel the moisture build up between her legs, as her eyes danced lustfully up and down Eric's body, while he stood there wearing a thin fabric tee shirt that showed off every knot and crease of his thickly muscled frame. She also noticed that the sweatpants he was wearing did little to hide his budding erection. "Well looks like someone is happy to see me." Tara said, softly touching the growing erection in Eric's pants. "Well when you answer the door wearing next to nothing then that is the result." Eric said, as his cock started to harden even more, from Tara's touch. "True. Well anyway come on in. Dinner is ready." Tara said as she removed her hand from Erics crotch, and made her way to the dining room. Watching Tara's ass sway from side to side as she walked to the dining room, did nothing to soothe the building inferno in his crotch. But Eric somehow managed to keep his pants on. "Wow you weren't kidding." Eric said finishing off the last piece of his sushi. "Eating that reminds me of eating at a restaurant, allbeit a buffet but it was still decent none the less." "You are such a jerk." Tara laughed and threw a wadded up napkin at him. "I'm only kidding." Eric said, dodging the napkin "Whoever your friend is you should thank her because she taught you well." "Well aren't you sweet Eric Lamar Jones." "Well you know I have my moments." Eric said trying not to blush. "Not to be rude, but I was kinda hoping after such an excellent dinner there would be a dessert of some sort." "Ohh I have just the dessert you are looking for. Only thing is it is not here, but in my bedroom." Tara said with a wicked grin. "Well what are you waiting for? Lead the way." Eric said anxiously. Their clothes vanished quickly once they made their way inside Tara's bedroom. After getting completely naked, Tara pushed Eric on the bed with ease and climbed on top of him, softly kissing him at first, then picking up the pace as she felt his member graze against her clit. While they continued to kiss Tara's thighs locked around Eric's torso holding him in place, then she broke away from kissing Eric, and used her tongue to lick a circle around Eric's neck, causing his cock to grow almost fully erect. The sensation of Eric's semi erect cock grinding Tara's clit sent her into overdrive, as she used her mouth to latch onto Eric's neck, while gyrating her hips against his. Eric was experiencing sensory overload by this point. But he was able to keep it together, and not climax, as Tara continued to bury her teeth in his neck, and use her clit to stimulate his shaft. Not able to take anymore teasing, Eric reached down and took a hold of his cock and aimed it for Tara's moist opening. Hitting its mark on the first try. It was Tara's plan to drag things out a bit, but soon as Eric's cock entered her pussy, she thought it best to save that plan for another day. "Oh my. Yes yes yes." Tara repeated as Eric's entire ten inches made its way inside her. She then sat up and braced herself against his chest as she started to meet Eric's thrust, with thrusts of her own. Eric reached up and started playing with her nipples. Trying anything he could so that she would cum before he did, since they were not using protection. But he was fighting a losing battle, because his body started to stiffen and he knew he was a few thrust away from blowing his load. It was like Tara read his mind. "Oh and dont you dare think about pulling out. I am taking shots, so we don't have to worry about any unexpected children." Upon hearing that, Eric's body gave in and his cock started to coat her insides with his fluid. "Argh." Was all Eric could manage to say as his cock continued to spray inside Tara. As she felt Eric unload his seed inside her, Tara began to have an orgasm of her own, and her fingers dug into Eric's chest, as her own juices mixed with his. After her climax subsided, Tara got off of Eric and snuggled up close to him. "Oh that was not what I had planned." Tara panted. "But that was definitely what I needed." She said as she traced a finger along Eric's abdomen. "Yeah same here, I am still waiting on my dessert though." Eric joked. "Looks like someone is a comedian." Tara said while tweaking one of Eric's nipples. "Ahh ok ok no more jokes." "You promise?" Tara said while tweaking his nipple a little harder. "Yes yes yes I promise. Anything. Just stop with the nipple torture." "Ok well here let me kiss it and make it better." Tara then leaned over and flicked her tongue around Eric's nipple then planted a soft kiss on it. "Now see. I kissed it and made it all better." "Uh uh." Eric nodded, as Tara's mouth soothed his aching nipple. "Mmm I could just lay here all night." Tara cooed as she wound herself tighter around Eric's body tangling her legs with his. "Me too." Eric replied. "I would say we should have another go at it but I think one time is enough for tonight." Tara whispered in Eric's ear. "Yes hopefully this won't be a one time thing." Eric said. "Oh it better not be." Tara said as she took a hold of Eric's cock. "Ok. You convinced me. It won't." "I am going to be busy for the rest of the week doing system updates, and won't be home until late. What say we pick up where we left off on Saturday?" Tara said while using her fingers to manipulate Eric's cock. It was like the universe wanted to play a cruel joke on Eric, because he promised his family he would come see them, and even though he was making good leeway with Tara he knew that he nor she was ready for family introductions. "Saturday is a no go for me. I will be in Memphis visiting family." Eric sighed, as he would much rather be spending time with Tara. "Well what about on Sunday? Or will you be too tired?" Tara said, giving her best pouty face. "I promise to make it worth your while." "That is fine with me babe." Eric said. "That gives me an excuse to come back early. I'll just say it is a work emergency." "But won't your family be mad at you." "They will be ok. I just mainly wanted to see my mother." Eric said, reassuringly. "Ok. As long as you are sure it won't cause any drama." The next day staying true to her word, Tara was nowhere to be found. Eric used this quiet time to catch up on work and reflect on his good fortune as of late. But that good fortune would come to a temporary halt as he ran into Nicole in the copy room. "Fuck." Eric cursed to himself as he saw Nicole come into the copy room. "If I was just a little bit faster. She is the last person I want to see right now." "Wait a minute." Nicole said as she reached and grabbed Eric's arm. Eric instinctively jerked away. "What the fuck do you want?" Nicole had never seen Eric mad like this before. True he was a giant and could hurt her bad, but up until this point she had never seen him raise his voice, let alone get angry. "Look I dont know what came over me yesterday but I was out of line." Nicole blurted out before Eric could do anything. "Well that is an understatement but I really shouldn't be surprised though." Eric said with a scowl on his face. "Ok I know you are mad, and you have every right to be I just wanted to say that I am sorry." "Where is One Republic when you need them. I could really use that Apologize song right now." Eric thought to himself, as he heard Nicole ramble on. "Ok that's fine. Just do me a favor. Only come to me when it's work related. I don't think I can ever forgive you, what you said to me was completely uncalled for. I have been there for you through thick and thin, but no more just please leave me alone." "Ok fair enough." Nicole said. "But I did wanted to at least apologize for yesterday." Eric felt his pulse rate go back down as he left the copy room, and his breathing go back to normal. Never in his life had he wanted to lay hands on a woman. But Nicole really pushed his buttons yesterday. "Ok shake it off." He told himself. "It's all over now. Nice Guys Sometimes Laugh Last Eric managed to keep quiet about his latest run in with Nicole, and he dared not tell Tara what happened for fear she may do something drastic. Though he did not see Tara the rest of the week they kept frequent contact with one another. When Friday came, Eric was getting ready to travel to Memphis when he got a call. "Hey have you left yet?" A voice said on the phone. "No not yet." Eric replied. "Oh good don't go anywhere. I will be there in five minutes." Tara said, before hanging up the phone. She was at Eric's house in a little under five minutes. "Oh I am so glad you haven't left yet. I rushed to get things done at work so I could come see you before you left." Tara said, as she tightly hugged Eric. "Well I am glad to see you too." Eric said straining for breath as Tara squeezed him. "In am glad my ribs are healed, because if not that hug surely would have cracked them again." Eric laughed. "Oh I am sorry." Tara said easing up a bit. "I am just going to miss you is all." "I'm not going far." Eric said trying to be tough. "I know but still. Well anyway I just wanted to come by and see you before you left. You better come back to me in one piece." "Don't worry I will." Eric said leaning down giving Tara a kiss. An electric pulse went through Tara as Eric kissed her. Never before has a man made her feel like Eric has. Most guys that looked like him are usually self absorbed, womanizing pigs. But not Eric. Tara was not sure how she got so lucky but she had no intentions of messing it up. "Ok be safe dear." Tara said before returning Eric's kiss then making her way to her car. While Eric enjoyed seeing his family for the first time in over a year, it was Tara that had his main focus at the moment. He would text her when he could. But he dared not call when family was around, since he was not ready to be barraged with a slew of personal questions. Tara seemed to understand his situation. But that did not keep her from sending graphic messages on how she was going to have her way with him when he got back. When Sunday morning came Eric said his goodbyes, and set out for the long journey ahead of him. No matter what he did to try and pass the time, the distance just never seemed to get shorter. Finally after three agonizing hours he made it home, and the first thing he did was call Tara. "Hello." Tara answered. "Hey. I was just calling to let you know that I made it home." "Oh good." Tara said containing her excitement. "I have a few things to do, but in a few hours I should be free if you still wanted to hang out." "You damn straight I want to hang out." Eric said without hesitating. "Awe did someone miss me?" Tara teased. "Why yes I did." Eric said being thankful Tara could not see him blush through the phone. "Well the feeling is mutual." Tara admitted. "In a few hours I plan on showing you how much I missed you. But let me get off of here so I can get some stuff done, and then come see you." "Good idea." Eric agreed. "I have a few things of my own to do." When in all reality all Eric had to do was put up his suitcases. Roughly two and a half hours later Tara called Eric letting him know she would be there shortly. At this point Eric's stomach was a knotted up bundle of nerves anticipating Tara's arrival. Eric knew that Tara was into him for more than just sex, but he wanted to prove this time that he was not a one and done man, even if his body was still fatigued from the long car ride. Tara eventually made it to Eric's house. As she got out of the car, she made her way up the driveway then rang the doorbell. Eric wasted no time getting up to answer the door. "Well it is about time you showed up." Eric said leaning down to greet Tara with a kiss. "Well I had to wait almost all weekend to see you. So it is only fair." Tara retorted, before returning the kiss. Eric suggested they sit on the couch for a bit and talk. Though Eric wanted to talk and catch up with Tara, he still wanted to buy himself some time to calm his nerves, and soothe the growing knot in his stomach. While sitting there talking, Tara draped her legs in Eric's lap, while he reached over and stroked her hair. After talking for awhile Tara began to notice that Eric started to get antsy and could not stay still. "Are you ok?" Tara asked in a concerned voice. "Yeah I am fine, just still a little stiff from all that driving earlier." Eric said moving his head side to side trying to work the kinks out. "Well I got just the thing for that." Tara said reaching in her purse and pulling out a bottle of scented massage oil. "Are you offering to give me a massage?" Eric said while eyeing the massage oil. "Why yes I am. But I think we should go to your bedroom, that way I will have more room to work with." Without saying a word Eric got up and flung Tara over his shoulder and made his way to the bedroom. All Tara could do was laugh like a little school girl, as this mountain of a man whisked her away. "Ok my only rule is you leave your boxers on for now. I don't want to rush into anything like last time. I want to savor this moment." "Fine by me." Eric agreed. "Who am I to turn down a free massage. He said, as he layed down on the bed. While laying there waiting on Tara to rub him down, she stripped out of all clothes, then took the bottle of oil and poured it down Eric's spine. Tara sat there for a moment to admire how the oil shined off of Eric's smooth chocolate toned skin. Then she straddled his legs and began to knead her hands into his back. "Mmm wow." Eric whispered as Tara worked on his back. "I feel like I should be paying you for this." "Oh don't worry I will be getting payment soon enough." She said, scooting up and placing her dripping wet slit on the bottom of Eric's back. "Hey no fair." Eric said, noticing that Tara did not have on any bottoms. "Why do you get to be naked and not me?" Tara then slid up his back to reach his ear. "Because dear if you were naked right now, your back would be the last thing I would be rubbing right now." "Oh ok." Eric said taking the hint. "Oh and I have another surprise for you." Tara said while scooting back down Eric's body. "This massage oil is edible." Tara cooed, as she slowly trailed her tongue down his spine, stopping right at his lower back then licking her way back up again. "Damn girl the hits just keep on coming." Eric said between moans. "You don't know the half of it." Tara said as she took off Eric's shorts and used her oiled hands to massage his cock and balls. "Turn over baby, so I can get a better view of that dick." Tara instructed. Without saying a word Eric turned over on his back, and watched Tara work her magic using her hands to bring his cock to life. After a few more strokes Tara curled her tongue around Eric's shaft, while grazing it with her soft lips. "Does that feel good baby." Tara paused before going back to work on Eric's cock. "More than you know." Eric said before his eyes started to close and his breathing became heavier. "Don't cum just yet." Tara purred, as the moisture in her pussy continued to build up. "Oh don't worry I'm not." Eric said as he reached down and grabbed Tara's waist coaxing her straddle his face. Needing no further coaxing, Tara was more than happy to use Eric's tongue to soothe her wet opening. Tara braced herself against the headboard, as Eric used his tongue to stimulate her clit first before inserting it inside her pink folds. This caused Tara to gasp and tighten her thighs around Eric's head. "Ohh yes that's it eat this pussy, dive that tongue deeper." Tara chanted, as she felt an orgasm creep through her body. Eric sensed she was close to cumming, so he reached up and held Tara in place so she would not move, and shortly aftwards, she was letting out a muffled scream and started cumming, covering Eric's goatee with her necter. Even though she climaxed Eric gave her pussy a few more licks for good measure, which caused Tara to almost crawl out of her skin, because she was very sensitive. "You are so mean." Tara said as her orgasm started to subside. "What. I had to make sure you fully climaxed is all." Eric said, trying to play innocent. "Well it is your turn now." Tara said while and evil grin crossed her face. She then bent over and started sucking on Eric's cock, while giving him a view of her luscious ass, he could still see the moisture glisten off of her pussy as she worked over his cock. "Oh shit!!" Eric said, as he started to feel his cock twitch, which meant he was about to cum. "Mmmm. That's it I want it all and you better not hold back either." Tara said as she sucked his cock urging him to unload in her mouth. Eric was just shocked at what he was hearing. He has never been with a girl that actually wanted him to cum in their mouth, but he had never been with anyone that was as passionate as Tara either. It is usually lick me, then stick me, wham bam boom goes the dynmite, and then it was over. But that was not the case with Tara, he could not describe it, but he felt a certain energy come from her. Something he has never felt before. It was like a force driving him to keep going for more even after he came already. "I hope you don't think you are getting off easy like last time." Tara said as she swallowed the last bit of cum. "This time you are not leaving this bed until this cock is spitting dust." She said shaking Eric's now flaccid cock. After cumming, Eric urged Tara to come lay beside him. Which was caught her off guard. But in a good way. Most guys she have been with once they cum that is it. They just want to roll over and go to bed. That was not the case with Eric, he seemed to really enjoy the intimate body contact. While they were laying there Tara laced her fingers with Eric's so that she could admire the contrast in their skin color. "I just love the way our skin contrast with one another." Tara said softly. "Yeah I agree." Eric said, unable to find any other words to describe the contrast. "It is very erotic." Tara said before climbing back on top of Eric and kissing him. Eric used his hands to hold Tara's head in place, as their tongues rapidly danced with one another. Normally any type of aggressive behavior from a guy would be a turn off, but it was something about Eric that made her want to relinquish control. While they continued to kiss, Eric rolled Tara on her back and teased her pussy with the head of his cock. It was all Tara could do to keep from thrusting her hips foward so Eric could bury all ten inches in her womb. Eric quickly moved down between her legs and placed his mouth on her clit, while his tongue buried itsself inside her wet entrance. Tara wound her legs around Eric's head keeping him in place. Before she was able to cum Eric managed to break free from Tara's hold, and plunge his shaft inside her, since she was well lubricated Eric had no problem burying his entire length inside her. To get a better angle Eric put both of Tara's legs on his shoulders and used his cock to deliver slow deliberate thrusts. Making sure he pulled out almost all the way before inching his way back inside her. "Yes fuck me Eric, shove that dick inside me, claim this pussy." Tara said between moans, not believing the words coming out of her mouth. Eric picked up the speed of his thrust, then put her legs down, so he could gain better leverage to fuck her faster. When Eric started to speed up, Tara's nails dug into his back, and she felt her toes curl, as his cock continued to piston inside of her. Wanting a change of pace Tara motioned for Eric to lay on his back so she could ride him. While riding him Tara used her hands and placed them softly around Eric's neck, then squeezing tighter each time he thrust his cock inside her. Normally guys would freak out when she did this, but Eric seemed to completely trust her, as she kept a firm hold of his windpipe. Eric decided to make an bold move and do the same to her neck. As he used his hands and placed them around her neck as well, Tara offered no resistance, and started bouncing his cock like a possessed woman. "Yes just like that, don't stop please don't stop." Tara repeated as she started to climax, causing her pussy to spasm. The combination of Tara's climax and spasming pussy pushed Eric over the edge, and he followed with an orgasm of his own. "Fuck..oh shit...damn." He breathlessly panted taking his hands from Tara's neck. "That was unbelievable. I never felt anything like that before." "I can honestly say me either." Tara said as she moved her hands from Eric's throat, and snuggled back up beside him. "I was afraid to try that at first, because most guys freak out." "Yeah I can definitely understand that." Eric said. "I don't know what it is about you, but I feel free to be uninhibited around you, so I just went along with it. I'm glad I did because that was amazing, I had no idea what my body was going to do next." "I feel the same way." Tara confessed. "Usually I want to be the one in complete control in and out of the bedroom. But there is something about you Eric Jones that causes me to let my guard down." "Well hopefully you won't resent me for it." Eric said as he leaned over to kiss Tara on the forehead, and played with her hair. "Not at all, if anything it may cause the opposite." Tara smiled and rested her head on Eric's chest. "I'm ok with that." Eric said, as he looked at on his counter to see what time it was. "Oh damn. I had no idea it was this late." "Me either." Tara said as she looked at the clock. "Well good thing I have a change of clothes in the car." "Oh were you planning on staying?" Eric beamed. "I had planned on it. I mean if that is ok with you?" "Permission granted." Eric said, still smiling. It was not long before they both drifted off to sleep. When Eric's alarm went off it took them a minute to get out of bed. Eric more so than Tara. "Yikes." Tara exclaimed, as she examined the rake marks she left on Eric's back. "Is it that bad? I didn't want to be a wimp and complain if nothing was there." Eric said. "You are defiantly not a wimp I marked you pretty good. I'm sorry, but I don't know what came over me. Guess I just got lost in the moment." "Yeah I know all about you losing it." Eric laughed. "Anyway enough bitching about a little scratch. I think we would save time if we showered together." "Yes that is a good idea and I can admire my handi... I mean I can wash your back for you." Tara said as her lips pursed into an evil grin. "And you say I'm the mean one. Ha." Eric said before getting up to take a shower. Even though they got off to a late start both Eric and Tara made it to work in a timely manner. As they pulled up they saw Dorian handcuffed, and being escorted to the police car. "I wonder what that is all about?" Eric said. "I thought he was Mr. Untouchable." "I don't know." Tara lied. "I guess no one is above the law. C'mon let's go inside it is not nice to stare." "Yeah you are right." Eric agreed. "Plus I don't want to give them a chance to try and find anything on me. Well not that they would but you know. Anyway let's go inside." The whole workplace was buzzing with gossip about what happened to cause Dorian to get arrested, no one seemed to know. Well no one but Tara that is. She made sure no one was around before confessing to Eric what happened with Dorian. "Ok you have to promise to keep this to yourself for now." Tara said as she gave Eric a serious look, to let him know she means business. "Ok I pinky swear." "Eric dammit this is serious. I need to know I can trust you." "Ok all joking aside lay it on me." "Ok here goes. Well it is true that I was hired to oversee the installation of the new operating system. I also installed a tracking program in all the computers." "Ok is corporate that nosey." Eric interjected. "Yes, but with good reason. Over the past few years someone from this branch has been embezzling large sums of money. So even though it was a long shot, they decided to hire someone to install tracking programs in all the computers. Hoping to catch the person. Honestly I thought it was crazy, and if someone was going to be that stupid, I figure they would catch on to why I am here, and stop taking money." "Wow that is crazy. So is there anyone else from branch they are looking at?" Eric said, slightly worried he would be implicated, even though he is innocent. "Not that I am aware of. Seems like Dorian acted alone on this one." Tara said, relieved that Eric was not involved. "Well it could not have happened to a better person. But anyway your secret is safe with me." Eric assured Tara. It did not take too long for Dorian's transgressions to come to light. Even though Eric was delighted that Dorian would never be back, he was sad about the prospect of losing Tara now that this ordeal was over, but she assured him that would not be the case. During this turn of events, Eric made no contact with Nicole at all, nor did she try to contact Eric. Eventually Nicole left as well, since most people at work had turned hostile towards her, and since Dorian would not be there to protect her, she saw little reason to stick around. Even though it was widely known that Eric and Tara were together. No one made a big deal about it. While at work they kept it professional so not to add any fuel to the fire. It was hard for them both to believe that three months time had already past and, things were still going good for them, but Tara was about to soon make a tough choice. When out of the blue an old friend of hers called. "Are we going to go through this again? You don't even have a finacial advisor yet." Tara said to a voice on the other end of the phone. "That is where you are wrong at. I have finally convinced the elusive Marcus Hampton to come aboard." Said the voice on the phone. "Wow Sheldon how did you pull that off." Tara said. "It's a long story, so does that mean you will consider my offer. I know you got a good thing going now, but think about how much more money you could be making. I am so confident in this business venture that I am willing to match what you are making now." "Ok Sheldon give me two weeks to think about it and I will get back with you." "Ok, but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, you are playing with." Sheldon reiterated. "And so is finding a guy like Eric." Tara whispered under her breath. "Two weeks." Tara said before hanging up the phone. Tara had known Sheldon Middlebrook since grade school. Though they never dated, Tara had a feeling that he had the hots for her but never acted on it. She had made it known on more than one occasion that he was like a brother to her. But despite him maybe having feelings for her, she knew that Sheldon was level headed enough to not let personal feelings get in the way of making money. His idea seemed like a crazy adventure, plus she would be moving from Nashville to Saint Louis, but if he managed to convince Marcus, whom she heard was stubborn as a mule, then maybe just maybe he might be on to something. "Fucking shit." Tara cursed to herself. "Why didn't this happen a year ago?" During the rest of the day Tara was in a fog. Not really sure on how to approach Eric about her delima. "Hell he just got over a broken heart a few months ago and here I go about to possibly break it again. But I also can't just ask him to pick up everything and follow me either." Tara said to herself, as she felt the bile rise in her throat, just thinking about having this conversation with Eric. Tara was able to have minimal contact with Eric over the next two days. Giving her time to build up enough nerve to finally talk about it. "See ya tonight." Tara said hugging Eric before going to the car trying to fight back tears. Nice Guys Sometimes Laugh Last Eric sensed something was going on with Tara but until now he had no reason to be suspicious. "Guess I will find out tonight." Eric said to himself as he went to his car and drove home. When Eric arrived at Tara's house she sat him down and cut right to the chase. "So yeah there you have it. It is not another guy like I am sure you were thinking." Tara said as her eyes were bloodshot and cheeks puffed up from crying. Much to her surprise, though Eric was upset he never raised his voice or threw a tantrum like she expected. Instead he just held her and listened to her as she had to make one of the toughest choices in her life. "Well you are a smart girl and honestly I never thought I would get this far with you." "Stop it right there Eric. Stop selling yourself short. You are a wonderful man. I count myself very lucky to have you in my life. That is why this is such a tough choice." Eric knew that even though she cared him, that she would never forgive him if things ever got bad between them. And that is something he would not be willing to live with. "I am not going to tell you what to do but as much as it hurts, if you decide to go then you have my full support." Eric said while hugging her tightly. "This sucks so fucking bad Eric, you just don't know. Why couldn't I have met you like a year ago or something." Tara wailed. "Because that would make things too easy, life is about the struggle." Eric tried to joke. "Always the jokester, even at a time like this." Tara said wiping her face, and laughing a little. "I am asking you what do you think I should do?" "Honestly I think you should go for it, and hell I'm not going anywhere. So if it doesn't work then you come back and we pick up where we started. But who knows you may meet some knight in shining armor, and I will be some distant memory." "Well I haven't decided anything yet. So don't go talking crazy just yet." Tara said leaning into Eric as he hugged her. Hearing her say that Eric knew he was on borrowed time, and decided to cherish these next few weeks with her. There was no passionate sex that night. Just somber silence. The next day after much debate, Tara decided to go through with it. Knowing that as great as things were with Eric she would secretly began to loathe him and blame him for holding her back. So when she put in her notice she made a call to Sheldon. "This is wonderful news Tara. You will love it here in Saint Louis. I can't wait for you to meet everyone." Sheldon said. "You sound like you hit the jackpot Sheldon." Tara teased. "I feel like I have. Convincing you and Marcus to come on board has been no easy feat." "Ok whatever you say Sheldon. Anyway let me get off of here. I was just calling to tell you that I made my mind up." Going through all that drama with Nicole toughened Eric a great deal. Even though he was not happy about losing Tara, he took it as a great learning experience and if he could he would do it all over again and not change a thing. Later that day Tara finally came into the office and offically told Eric her decision. They both cried, but ultimately agreed it was the best choice. During Tara's last week in town Eric took off work so he could spend as much time with her as possible. In Eric's eyes it was one of the best weeks he has ever had, and though he was sad it was about to end. He knew it could not end on a higher note. "Well I guess this is it." Eric said as he helped Tara load the last of her belongings. "Yep I guess so." Tara said somberly. "Hey remember you promised no tears young lady." Eric said with a strained smile. "I never promised anything. I said I would try, and as you can see I am not doing a very good job." Tara said as tears started to well up. "Yeah that's right." Eric said fighting back tears of his own. "Well you better get going you have a long drive ahead of you." Eric said reaching in to give Tara one final hug. "Yeah I guess you are right. You know if you ever visit Saint Louis you will have to look me up." Tara said breaking away from Eric's embrace, then hopping into the moving truck. "Will do." Eric said, as he stood in the driveway, waiting for Tara to drive off. When Tara first moved to Saint Louis they kept frequent contact with each other. But as time went on they still kept in touch with each other, but it was just not the same. Eric figured Tara had moved on to someone else but just didn't have the heart to tell him. After awhile Eric got to the point to where he enjoyed being single, and was ok not having a lady to warm his bed every night. One night while he was grocery shopping Eric spied Nicole a few isles over. It had been at least a year and a half since he had seen her. And though she still looked good as ever, Eric still had some built up resentment towards her. So he quickly tried to finish shopping so he could avoid bumping into her. It was too late, because before he could finish shopping Nicole caught up to him. "Hey stranger." Nicole said as if nothing had happened. "How is it going?" By this point Eric was hoping to just exchange pleasantries then leave. So he decided to answer her questions as quickly as possible then leave. "I'm doing pretty good I can't complain." "Well I see you are still taking care of yourself." "Yeah I try." Eric said looking at the ground shuffling his feet. "So how are you and Tara doing?" Nicole asked. Eric thought about lying but knew Nicole could always tell when he was telling a lie. So he told her the truth. "Yeah she moved to Saint Louis some time ago." "Well that sucks. I knew you really liked her." "Yeah you did a good job of telling me that remember." "Yeah I remember. And I still feel bad about that to this day." "Yep. Well anyway I best get going you take care of yourself." Eric said walking to the check out line. "Wow there is something different about him. I can't put my finger on it, but he is not the same Eric I knew. Hmm I bet he is not seeing anyone and I am not attached at the moment. Maybe I should shoot him a text to see if I still have some pull with him." Nicole said to herself, as Eric walked away. A few days later while on his way home from work Eric's phone buzzed. "Who could this be." Eric said as he picked up the phone to see it was a text from Nicole. "Some people never learn." Eric laughed to himself and erased the message without even reading it. -the end well at least for now anyway.