There are those people who are lucky at cards. Some are lucky in business. Many people are lucky in the game of love. Christopher John Tyler was not one of those people. Love had eluded him and when he did think that he'd found it, he got slapped in the fact -- twice.
He had a good job from the time he was 15 and worked as many shifts after school as he could. He made sure to maintain his grades so he wouldn't have issues with his parents. By the time he was 17, he owned his own car when many of his friends were still riding the bus. Despite all of this, the girls still didn't flock to him. He got some dates, but many of those girls just wanted to go somewhere and do something, and he had a car. After a while, he got sick of being used for a ride and a free meal.
Chris finally thought he got lucky in his early 20's. A mutual friend introduced him to Lisa Lynn. For Chris, it was love at first sight, and why not? She was everything that Chris liked -- tall, blonde and a bit quirky. He never could understand why, but quirky had always appealed to him. He also liked her crooked smile and great legs. She wasn't afraid to show off her body and with a job in fashion, she dressed well. It did Chris' ego a lot of good to be seen with her. The book store he had opened was making a lot of money, so he now had it to spend. As far as Chris knew, he had found
the one
.
Only he hadn't and when reality came around, it was going to hit him like a concrete pylon.
About a year into their relationship, it finally happened. He had never pushed Lisa into having a sexual encounter because it wasn't the crux of their relationship to him. He loved her companion and, as far as Chris was concerned, the fact that they loved each other was at the very heart of things. He had bounced the idea of marriage off of her and she had parried some of his thrusts. She told him she would have to think about it and assured him that they wanted the same things. Being in his 20's, Chris didn't push. He knew that they had time. His bookstore was one of the best in town and he was getting a sterling reputation for quality merchandise and fair business practices. Business was up by 25%, so he thought about buying her an engagement ring. Then, Chris made his first big mistake. He mentioned it to the friend who had introduced him to Lisa. The well-intentioned friend, knowing Lisa did not want to get married yet, intervened. At first, it seemed like the intervention went in Chris' favor.
Lisa seduced him one night while they were at his apartment. As far as he knew, her sexual history was little or none. His own was none, although he knew more than most men from all the reading he did. His girlfriend came over for dinner and stayed for breakfast.
Poor, hapless, naïve Chris truly had no idea how devious his girlfriend was. He knew from the minute she walked out of his bedroom in a black negligee and black heels that he was being seduced. He didn't mind, he wasn't opposed at all to their relationship becoming sexual. She was quite -- enthusiastic -- in bed and she gave amazing head, or at least, Chris thought she did. He had no basis for comparison. All he could say by the time it was over was he could have let her do that for hours and been a very, very happy young man. She was even naughty enough to swallow, which fascinated the soon-to-be ex virgin.
Chris was not a perfect physical specimen, but Lisa made it clear to him that besides his being a nice guy, he had a pretty nice cock. She splayed out on his bed like Aphrodite or Venus and demanded her just rewards. Chris had read enough books and seen enough porn to know what to do. He thought he knew where to kiss, what to touch and where to lick. If not, Lisa was a smart young woman, she would tell him.
He had never noticed until he slowly undressed her black lingerie-clad body, but his girlfriend must have worn very little when she tanned. The tufts of fur above her pussy confirmed his theory that Lisa was not as blonde as she would have had him believe, but he didn't care. He loved the woman, not the hair. Chris made love to her slowly and with precision and he was sure she liked what he was doing with his mouth. Her fingers were dug deep into his scalp, so he sure hoped so.
"Make love to me," Lisa was panting. "I need it so, make love to me for as long as you can stand it," she told him.
"You know, you can talk dirty if you want," Chris told her. "I don't mind if you want to let loose a little."
"I'm not like that," Lisa groaned. "Come on Chris, put yourself inside of me. I'll wrap my legs around your back so that you can really go in deep."
It was at that moment that Chris told himself that his girlfriend must have had more sexual experience than he had. Okay, he was a modern-thinking, liberal guy. If she'd had sex a few times before they hooked, that was perfectly fine. She was committed to him, he was sure of that. His suspicions were confirmed when he entered her pussy and found no impediments. For someone who didn't like to talk dirty in bed, she sure could move. Boy, could she move!
Chris didn't get out of bed much for that day. When Lisa finally did go home, he finally understood the term "fucked out". Lisa had quite literally worn him to a frazzle. It took him a while to realize that they hadn't had much conversation that night. Most of it had been spent fucking like rabbits.
It took him a number of months filled with great sex (he didn't mind the great sex) to realize that Lisa was doing this on purpose. She was distracting him from his goal of asking about their future. A future that he discovered would not be including him. Lisa wasn't brave enough to tell him -- a few of their mutual friends showed where their loyalty was.
Lisa was cheating on him. She had been for some time. One of their mutual "friends" was a little more "friendly" than he appeared to be. It would take some years, but Chris would eventually forgive the friend. He knew better than most how manipulative Lisa could be. He wouldn't be so generous in regards to Lisa. In fact, Lisa was lucky that her now-former boyfriend didn't leave a boot print on her ass when he kicked her to the curb. Had she said early on that she didn't want a committed relationship and that she wanted to see others, he might have been fine with it. She hadn't. She had led him down the garden path and made him believe he was the only man in her life when that simply wasn't true. Over time, he learned it was as far from the truth as possible. Lisa had cheated on every boyfriend she'd ever had.
The disheartened young man drew himself into his book store and the company of friends. Never a great success with the ladies, for Chris, that didn't change. He was too insular and only gregarious with people he trusted or in the comfort nook of his store. He had dates here and there, but no one serious. That went on for over a decade. He was in his late 30's when he met Darla. She was 21 and nice, with a bit of spunk and somewhat quirky. She was a frequent customer at his book store and eventually, they started going out for coffee. The young university student seemed to have a very sharp mind and was witty. He knew the relationship was a friendship because she made sure he knew it. During the span of 2 ½ years, Darla had two fiancés. She liked men and men liked her right back. She was also very committed to the idea of marriage, which Chris thought was charming. He found himself very drawn to the sometimes-funky Darla and looked forward to their "dates" which had now become the occasional lunch and dinner.
Her graduation from university, although expected, took Chris a bit by surprise. She assured him that she cherished their friendship and that nothing would change. He found that hard to believe. He expected it would end, as she lived a 90 minute drive from him. However, Darla proved to be as good as her word. She visited him at least once a week. She was finding her old home boring, she missed her friends and, she kept telling Chris, she missed him most of all. What Chris realized after a number of her visits was how much he was missing her. The funky little country mouse had turned into a sexy, cuddly, curvy sophisticated young city woman who dressed well and made his heart pound. Without his even knowing it, Chris had fallen in love again. He sighed as he talked it over with some trusted friends. All but one assured him that his future with Darla was non-existent and doomed to failure.
"She loves you, you just aren't aware of it," Monica told her friend over Yahoo Messenger. "She drives 90 minutes both ways at least once a week to see you. Why not try this ploy? The next time she drives to visit, offer to let her crash at your place. Tell her she can use the bed and you'll take the couch. I bet you will find she offers to share the bed with you and I bet she will make her move then."
Chris scoffed at Monica's suggestion, but she almost bullied him until he agreed that he would try it. There was simply no way his intense feelings for the young Darla would be returned. He knew that if he offered her the bed, she'd take the couch and it would end there.
Poor Chris, he should have known better than to argue with Monica. She was right, she was always right. It was almost as if she was psychic. Everything happened exactly as she had predicted it would, almost line for line.
"Haven't you noticed I've been wearing sexier outfits when I come to visit?" Darla said as she actually sat on his lap and kissed him. Her fingers ran through his head and at the graying temples at his side. "I was beginning to think I'd have to actually jump you."
"That would have worked," he chuckled as she nuzzled his neck. "Seriously, I just thought that you were wearing nicer clothes because you could afford them now."
"Yes, that was a part of it," the now-successful commodities broker grinned. He touched her cheek and looked into her dark brown eyes. "But I wanted you to notice the sexy young woman. I always wear heels now because I know you like them. You should see what's under all these sexy clothes."