Tracy Rush cursed. She could hear the movie playing in the living room and longed to push her work aside and join her family as they gathered around the television. They'd rented several movies and planned to spend the entire day watching them, what better way to spend a snowy Chicago Saturday. Normally she would be out there with them, curled up on the couch next to her husband, enjoying the closeness of her family as they blissfully wasted the day. She would be out there today if the Parme account hadn't come in at the last minute Friday night. She had been presented with two options, spend most of the evening at work and miss the romantic dinner she'd planned with John or bring the files home to finish the work over the weekend. She'd opted for the latter, not wanting to miss another dinner with her husband, sacrificing her weekend to complete her work. She'd been working for about half an hour when she realized she'd forgotten the key spreadsheet at work, bringing everything to a sudden and complete halt. Cursing her own forgetfulness once more, Tracy pondered what she should do.
"Steve!" She exclaimed after a few seconds thought, reaching for the phone and dialing a phone number from the company directory. Steve Richards was a young assistant that worked in her office, a polite young man who always seemed eager to do anything she asked. Luckily for her, he lived close to the office and he wouldn't mind running the files she needed over to her. "Steve?" She spoke into the phone, "Hi, it's Tracy Rush from work. Yeah, sorry to bother you on your day off but... I have a favor to ask. I'm working at home and forgot the Parme spreadsheet. You will? That's great! Thank you so much. You're a lifesaver, Steve. I owe you one," Tracy told her co-worker before hanging up the phone and returning her attention to the laptop in front of her. She was quickly absorbed in her work, not even noticing when the doorbell rang a short half an hour later.
"Hello, Mr. Rush?" Steve Richards asked the man who answered the door, smiling warmly and extending his hand. "I'm Steve Richards; Tracy called and asked me to bring over some documents from work.
"Oh, please come in," John Rush said, opening the door wider for the young black man, motioning him into the house. "Tracy is back in the office," He explained, pointing towards the back of the house. "So have you been with the company long?" He asked politely, trying to make conversation as he led his wife's colleague through the house.
"No, only a couple of months," Steve replied politely, "I've just graduated and took this internship until I can find something else."
"I see," John replied, knocking softly on the doorframe that led into office. "Tracy, Steve's here to see you."
"What? Oh, Hi Steve," Tracy responded, glancing up from the computer screen, having been so absorbed in her work that she hadn't even heard them approach. "Thanks honey," She smiled at John as he waved to Steve, leaving the two of them alone. "I'm sorry to bother you on your day off, Steve, but I can't thank you enough for running over here."
"It's no problem, Mrs. Rush," Steve assured the attractive wife and mother, his eyes running over her slender body, admiring the shape of her bare legs under the hem of her short dress. "I really don't mind at all."
"Well," Tracy replied, feeling slightly uncomfortable with the way Steve was looking at her, "I still owe you one for this."
"Oh, I'm sure you'll find a way to repay me," Steve smiled as he moved across the small room, handing her the data she needed.
"Lunch? How about I buy you lunch on Monday?" Tracy offered, wondering why she was suddenly so uncomfortable with having her younger colleague standing so close to her.
"I was thinking of a more... personal method of repayment," Steve told her, leaning over her chair, his hand idly caressing the side of her neck.
"What? What do you mean, Steve?" Tracy asked, turning to look at the young black man with wide confused eyes, shying away from his caressing hand. "I don't understand..." She said, trying to move her chair away from him, his hand on the armrest stopping her.
"Oh, I think you do, Mrs. Rush," Steve assured her softly, his hand sliding down off the armrest, his large fingers gripping her bare knee. "I know those files are going to help you keep a very large, very important, client so I think you should repay my kindness with something of equal importance to you."
"Steve, please... please stop," Tracy asked, almost pleading, as she tried to move her knee from under his fingers. "I think... I think you should leave now."
"Fuck that," Steve hissed, his hand sliding up her thigh as she vainly tried to avoid his groping fingers. "If you don't do as I wish, Tracy, I will leave and take the files with me. Then Monday morning, you can explain how you lost the Parme account." He warned, his fingers caressing the bare flesh of her leg as he leaned over her.
"Stop," Tracy insisted, her hand gripping his wrist, trying vainly to push his hand away. "Stop it, Steve. Just leave and... and I won't tell anyone," She tried to bargain, the thought of losing the Parme account sending a shiver of apprehension through her. "I'll still buy you lunch."
"I don't want lunch, Mrs. Rush," the young man insisted, seeing the fear in her eyes as his hand moved further up her thigh, pushing the skirt of her light dress up until most of her legs were exposed. "I want you. And I'm going to get what I want," He assured her, his voice a soft whisper as he leaned closer so that his lips were brushing against her ear as he spoke. "You want it just as badly, don't you, Tracy?" He whispered, his fingers massaging the soft flesh of her thigh. "That's why you are always asking me for favors, for my help in your office. You've been flirting with me for a long time now," Steve insisted, "and I think it's time you followed through on your flirtations."
"No," Tracy pleaded, shaking her head slightly, her cheeks flushed from the feeling of his hot breath on the side of her neck. "I haven't... I was not flirting with you. I like you, like you as a co-worker, nothing more. Please, if you leave now, I promise I won't tell anyone about... about this," She almost sobbed as his hand slowly moved higher, pushing her dress up until it was bunched around her hips, barely covering her panties.