I loved the many comments you guys left. This is probably the last sweet bit before the misunderstandings start. Enjoy!
The bathroom was fogged with steam. A faint fragrance of lavender hung in the air.
I lay in the tub, my nude body submerged in the warm water in an attempt to ease my sore muscles.
Ye Zhengchen was sitting at the edge of the tub, carefully holding my legs. He bowed, and scooping some bath salt in his hand, he slowly ma.s.saged my calves. My calves were sore from standing straight for six hours.
As I looked at the handsome guy bowing down and ma.s.saging my calves with a half smile on his face, I felt like I had reached heaven..
I wouldn"t mind indulging in pa.s.sion thrice to get such royal treatment later! This was fully worth it!
As he rubbed, the delicate particles melted in the heat generated by friction, giving rise to a warm wave of pa.s.sion in my body
"Hey!" , I moved my legs away from him and kicked him
"Don"t think I am so easy"
Hmph! I had taken ma.s.sage cla.s.ses and I knew the difference between ma.s.saging and teasing.
He shook his head, then pressed his thumb against my calf. A burst of pain shot through from my calf straight to the central nervous system.
"Ah!" I could not help screaming
He looked at my hurt expression. With a faint sigh, he soaked a towel in the warm water and placed it on my legs. With his thumbs, he gently started applying pressure on my feet
" Girl..", he called me, his voice slightly hoa.r.s.e from emotion.
" Please resign from this job. If you do this for a long time, you are likely to get bone disease."
"Then how do I pay for myself?"
"I will pay the tuition fees for the next semester."
I put my arm on the edge of the tub and put my right cheek against his thigh.
" Sorry, what this little woman does is art. She does not prost.i.tute herself!"
He looked at me and smiled at me sarcastically
" Are you calling your limited skill sets "art"?"
I frowned.
He looked at my chest, then played with my b.r.e.a.s.t.s with intense focus.
" Fortunately, you have unique a.s.sets.."
" You!" I was so angry that I splashed his body with the bath water. His shirt was soaked, prominently displaying his well defined abdominal muscles.
I had long suspected he had a well defined six pack from working out in women"s beds. Later, he said I had a dirty brain, and actually took me to the gym every Wednesday to work out. I knew now that his body was so fit because he hit the gym regularly.
" Are you angry?", he smiled and yanked me out of the bath tun into his lap.
With his hands around my waist, I could feel the heat of his body through the thin, water soaked shirt.
His breath was light as he moved across my naked shoulders to my back. I felt numb and itchy
"Would you like to upgrade your skills?"
I was so angry I was going to have a nosebleed!
"If you want this beauty", I said peremptorily, "ma.s.sage my shoulders. My shoulders are aching"
He sighed once again, and patiently ma.s.saged my shoulders.
…… …
After a while, he tried to persuade me again, " Girl, please listen to me. Quit your job. When we are old, I don"t wantto push you in a wheel chair everyday to see the sunset with me.."
" Who wants you to push me.." Suddenly, the real impact of his words sunk into me.
" What did you say?" I turned around and caught his sleeve."Can you say that again?"
" When we get old, I don"t want to push you in a wheelchair every day.. I hope that you can hold my hand and travel the world with me.."
Would there ever be such a day?
We would be looking at each other"s wrinkled faces, caress each other"s grey hairs, hold hands, our black and white couple watches still ticking away..
I had never been more moved than when I was imagining such a day.
If I could have such a day, I was willing to go through everything
" Really?" I asked him, " Are you serious?"
" Really", he said to me , " You give me three years. No matter what happens in these three years, you have to trust me. Three years later, I will marry you."
The bathroom was fogged with steam, a faint lavender fragrance hanging in the air.
I bent forward and kissed him with all my heart.
With my lips close to him, I whispered, " I trust you. No matter what happens, I must trust you.."