Louise Carver was aged forty-nine, was married to Philip, and had been for many years. They were parents and now grandparents.
Like probably the vast majority of marriages, sometimes their relationship was great, sometimes it was good and sometimes it was not so good, and much the same applied to their sex life.
They had had rocky passages in their marriage but neither of them had strayed, although both had considered doing so if the opportunity arose during spells when things were not so good.
Louise was quite tall for a woman, not exceptionally so but slightly above average height. She did not consider herself to be particularly attractive and she very rarely felt that she was sexy, although she was wrong on both counts in the eyes of some.
Louise worked in the office of a company that manufactured and sold glazing both to private individuals and to companies. She was, to all intents and purposes, the office manager, although she did not actually have that title.
The company was doing well and had recently had a recruitment drive, mostly for salespersons.
One recently appointed trainee salesperson was a twenty-year-old black male named Tyrone McMorris. He was a likeable young man, confident but not overconfident or cocky, and he was settling in well.
Some of his time was spent on the road with one of the senior salespersons, but he also spent a lot of time in the office.
Louise had rather taken Tyrone under her wing when he was in the office, simply because she liked him and hoped that he made a success of his career with the company.
Another female office employee, Sheila Towers, teased Louise about her 'mothering' of Tyrone, saying that Louise wanted to get at his cock. Louise could, in all honesty, deny that, because although he was undeniably good-looking, Louise had no sexual thoughts about him, and knew that he would have none about her.
Sheila was not really serious with her teasing because she did not think for a moment that Louise would stray with Tyrone or anyone else, she seemed much too strait-laced for that. Sheila, on the other hand, would stray if given the chance, and often did.
The company acquired a very lucrative contract and all employees were invited to attend a local hotel bar for drinks, all paid for by the company. Attending was not compulsory and Louise did not really want to go, but her husband said that she should do so.
It was not that she did not get on well with all or most of the staff, she just did not mix with them socially very often.
"Are you going to the Bull Hotel tonight Louise?" the smiling Tyrone asked Louise on the day of the drinks invite. He had originally always called her Mrs. Carver but now used her first name on Louise's insistence.
"I am not sure, I don't really want to go but my husband says that I should go," replied Louise.
"I say you should go too," laughed Tyrone.
"Oh well, in that case, how can I not go?" laughed Louise, although still not sure whether to go or not.
The end of the office day was reached with staff saying 'see you later' to other staff, the get together was arranged from seven that evening.
"You are going tonight, aren't you Louise?" Tyrone asked Louise, as people started to leave the office.
"Well, somebody has to look after you," chuckled Louise, possibly for the first time noticing just how sexy the well-built and handsome young man was.
"Thanks, mum," laughed Tyrone, with a special sparkle in his brown eyes.
Louise got home and now she had to think of what to wear, although she did not have very long to make up her mind. It was not a dinner so her evening gown that she rather liked herself in would be over the top, but she needed to be in more than jeans and a T-shirt.
She had a shower and then did something that was rare for her, she looked at her naked body in the wardrobe mirror. The worrying thing for her was that she did not know why she was looking at her body.
She mentally admonished herself, but still she looked. Her breasts were firm and quite impressive, her vagina had trimmed hair around it, and she turned and looked at her arse, which was also firm.
Louise settled on wearing red knickers and bra under a green blouse and a black trouser suit, although she had another look in the mirror when she was dressed because she was concerned that the trousers were too tight across her buttocks.
Philip dropped her off at the hotel and told her to phone when she wanted to be picked up but Louise knew that he wanted to watch football on TV, so she said that she would get a taxi or maybe have one of her workmates drop her off at home.
Louise arrived just before seven o'clock and it seemed that the entire workforce was there, meaning about thirty people.
Tyrone was chatting to a couple of the salesmen and his eyes met Louise's and they smiled at each other and raised a hand in a wave.
The company MD made a brief speech thanking everyone for their efforts past and future and saying that he would leave them to the drinks but not to go silly as it was a work day the following day.
People mingled and chatted, and had a drink, but Louise was not feeling comfortable and was wishing that she was not there. Tyrone appeared by her side.
"This is nice of the boss, isn't it?" smiled Tyrone, he always seemed to be smiling.
"Yes, it is," replied Louise, not adding that she wished that she was not there.
Tyrone looked as though he wanted to say something but was not sure whether he should. He was then speaking.
"Louise, I really like you," said the handsome young man.
"I really like you too, Tyrone," replied Louise, thinking that it had been a strange thing for Tyrone to say.
"No, I mean like you as in fancy you...as in, I want to fuck you," said Tyrone, knowing that he could not unsay what he had just said.
Louise, not surprisingly, was stunned, but regained her senses and replied.
"No, no Tyrone, I am married, I am old, I am not attractive, I..., you can't think that," said a flustered Louise. She hoped that nobody had heard what Tyrone had said and was thankful to realise that they were standing a little away from everyone else.
"I know you are married, but you are not old and you are gorgeous," said Tyrone.
"You have been drinking, let's forget you said what you said," responded a still-flustered Louise.
"I have only had one drink and I know what I am saying; I have wanted you just about since the day I started," continued Tyrone.
"Tyrone, we must forget this, it never happened, okay?" said Louise, her mind in turmoil.
"Can we talk about it another time, please?" said Tyrone, looking like he might burst into tears.
"Yes, another time," said Louise to placate him, but she did not want to talk about it ever again.
One of the salesmen called Tyrone away, and Louise was thankful.
"You still trying to get his trousers off," chuckled Sheila Towers, who sidled up alongside Louise.
"Don't be ridiculous," snapped Louise, and it was a snap.
"Oh, don't mind me; I was only teasing," said Sheila, moving away to see if she could have more fun somewhere else, possibly with one of the salesmen that had fucked her before.
Louise was mixed up. She thought that Tyrone probably believed what he had said, but it was ridiculous that he should fancy her. She thought it ridiculous that anyone should fancy her, she just did not see herself as attractive.
Louise stayed on the periphery of what was going on and waited for an opportune moment to leave. She had not wanted to come, and now she wished that she hadn't.
She had no further contact with Tyrone, although their eyes met a couple of times.
She phoned for a taxi and left without really saying goodbye to anyone, although she did glance in Tyrone's direction as she left, he was in a huddle with various salespersons.
When Louise got home, Philip was watching football and she replied 'Not really' to his 'Did you enjoy yourself?' question.
There was no sex between Louise and Philip, he did not suggest it and even if he had, she would have said no.
Louise did not sleep though, she lay awake thinking back over what Tyrone had said. She was pretty sure that he meant it and believed it, but it was too ridiculous for words. She was shocked to find herself actually wondering what it would be like.
It was the early hours of the morning and Louise had not had any sleep of note. She knew that she would have to face Tyrone in the office in a few hours and she wondered what she would say, what could she say?
Louise did get a bit of sleep but felt pretty rough when she had to get up. The problem of what to say to Tyrone still remained, maybe saying nothing would be best.
Despite feeling like shit and knowing that she looked tired, Louise was at work slightly earlier than she need have been, still trying to rationalise things.
She would not or could not accept that a handsome young man, twenty-nine years younger than her, really did find her sexually alluring, it had to be something else. She was now working on the theory that Tyrone was a virgin and he saw her as a safe place to lose his virginity.
Every time the door opened to announce the arrival of a member of staff for the day's work, Louise looked up, both in hope and trepidation. There were greetings and chuckles about the previous evening but Louise could not and did not contribute. It was almost the official starting time and still, there was no Tyrone.
A whole new set of thoughts rushed through Louise's head. Was he sick? Was he too embarrassed to come to work? Had he run away?
The next time the door opened, Tyrone McMorris entered. He did not look as confident as usual and, unusually, he did not look in the direction of Louise's desk, which had often been the first or one of the first things that he did.
Tyrone seemed unusually subdued, but he finally glanced towards Louise, who unbeknown to him had been focused on him since his arrival. Tyrone smiled, but not his usual beaming smile. Louise smiled back, but weakly, she suddenly felt sorry for him and wanted to hug him.
Louise had to talk to him. The kitchen was a good place but that was very busy at the moment with people making their morning coffees. She waited until everyone had settled down at their desks and then looked towards Tyrone, who was looking towards her. Louise nodded towards the kitchen and Tyrone acknowledged that he understood.
It was still possible that someone would enter at any time but for the moment, there was just the forty-nine-year-old married white woman and the young black male there, neither of them sure what they were going to say.
"Look Louise, I am so sorry for what I said," blurted Tyrone.
"Oh, so you didn't mean it?" replied Louise, not sure if that would please her or not.
"Fuck yes, I meant it; sometimes I toss myself off thinking of you being naked," said Tyrone.