“I’m not asking you to do or say anything. Just IF the topic ever comes up we were together. That’s it.”
The sound of the front door opening took Tasha’s attention away from whatever Sabrina was saying. “Whatever just makes sure it doesn’t come up okay? Anyway, I’ve got to go. Eric’s here.” Sabrina gave an exaggerated sigh before Tasha disconnected the call. She hurried to pull the scrunchie out of her hair before coming out of the kitchen.
*****
Eric was putting down his overnight and work bag when Tasha came out of the kitchen. “It smells good in here.”
Standing on tip toes, Tasha wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. “I wanted to make sure you had a good meal tonight.”
Eric kissed her back and wrapped his arms around her waist, “Now, this is how a man wants to be greeted when he comes home from work.”
“Well you haven’t seen anything yet. Why don’t you go into the bedroom and get comfortable?”
While Eric was in the bedroom changing, Tasha turned down the lights, lit a couple of candles and put on some soft music.
She brought dinner out from the kitchen and was pouring them glasses of wine when he finally came out. Tasha handed him a glass.
“So, what’s gotten into you?”
She shrugged her shoulders, “Why does anything have to get into me to want to do something nice for us?”
They sat down to dinner and Tasha listened intently as he talked about his day. “It just drives me crazy that I have to work twice as hard as everyone else just to get half the opportunity as my counterparts. I’m counting on this bonus. Otherwise, I might have to sell the condo.”
Tasha reached out and touched his hand, “I know you’ve been working really hard on this presentation. You’ll get the account and the bonus.”
“I hope so. If I don’t…I’m going to start seeing what else is out there.”
“It won’t come to that but if it does, I can always reach out to some people that I know for you too.”
Eric tensed up, “Who? Like Tim?”
“Well, I wasn’t thinking about anyone in particular but I’m sure he would be in the pool of people I’d reach out to.”
“No thank you.”
Tasha took a sip of her drink, “Okay, if you don’t want me to reach out to him on your behalf, I won’t. But…what I don’t understand is what is it about Tim and Sabrina that bothers you so much? You know Sabrina is like a sister to me and Tim is good guy.”
Eric rolled his shoulders, “Both of them act like they are better than us because they have money. Especially Sabrina. She’s one of those sistas that doesn’t even like her own kind. Just because she’s a little successful at her firm, she left the brothers alone and had to try to marry up.”
Tasha shook her head. She couldn’t believe what she’d just heard. “Eric, I don’t believe any of that is true. Sabrina is not like that. Sure, she has her issues but don’t we all? And, Tim seems to really love her. He’s never been anything but kind to us.”
Eric gave Tasha a hard stare and raised his voice, “See, that’s what I’m talking about right there. You’re supposed to be my woman, yet when it comes to Sabrina or Tim, you’re always taking their side against me. When do you have my back?”
Tasha got up from her chair to get closer to him. She held his cheek in her hand, “Baby, I’ve always got your back. And, that’s not what I’m trying to do. I love you and I love them. I just want all of us to get along.” She kissed him softly on the lips. “Let’s not fight over them, okay? This night is supposed to be about us. Finish your dinner while I go get our bath ready.”
Not a second after Tasha finished sprinkling the Jacuzzi tub with rose petals and oils, did Eric walk into bathroom. He dimmed the lights and brought the candles with him from the dining room.
“I’m sorry.”
Tasha looked up. She crooked her finger for him to come to her.
“Me too.”
Eric put the candles down on the sink and came as requested.
Tasha stood on her tippy toes and kissed him as she undressed him. Once she’d stripped him of all of his clothes she took off all of her clothes too.
She rubbed her naked body against his hoping the skin on skin contact would get him aroused. Tasha ran her tongue down his neck, his shoulders and his chest. She would have gone lower but he didn’t like oral.
So far, he’d only become semi-erect. Yet, she continued her efforts in trying to get him excited for the evening. “I ran a bath for us. Would you like to get in?”
She took his hand and led him into the bath. The jets were turned on high and the temperature was perfect.
“Let me work some of this stress out of you.”
Tasha started off by giving him a massage running her hands across his entire body from his temples to his feet and back again careful not to miss anything in between.
Was he enjoying it? It was hard to tell because he’d settled into the tub with his head thrown backwards and eyes closed. It was slightly disappointing that Eric wasn’t making any attempts to reciprocate her effort. It felt as if she were in this by herself. He seemed content to just sit back and let her do all the work.
Even though this night was about pampering him, it still hurt her feelings
