After she instructed him, she stepped outside the room to give him privacy. She was going to touch a man's body for the first time and she didn't know what to expect.
She had been married before but her husband never touched her as the marriage was forced. He never loved her but because she loved him, his grandfather forced them to get married. She never got to enjoy her marital life and rights. Her mother-in-law despised her saying she was uneducated. Her husband's family treated her badly especially after the old man's death. The two years she spent there was like hell for her, she was treated not differently from a housekeeper.
" Am done".
Jade's voice came from inside the room.
Phoenix opened the door as she entered, she eyed the man on the table top. He had his face down with his back exposed. She prepared her kit and approached him, explaining the procedure.
Touching his skin, she felt sensations flood her body through her fingers. She froze before trying to focus.
_'toned muscles but so much scars. He must have loved to engage in fights when he was still a teenager.'_ Phoenix thought as she applied pressure on his shoulders.
Jade too felt currents hitting his body. He tried to calm his mind down as he exhaled and inhaled silently. His body felt hot.
_ 'soft hands, the pressure is fine too.'_
Jade felt even more heated as he felt her hands massage along his spine and down to his waist.
In order to divert his attention he asked her a random question.
" Why did you opt to become a massage therapist?"
She slowed down after hearing his question.
" I didn't get the opportunity to go to university, my family wasn't well off so I ended up going to a technical center for training. That's where I learnt all this and started my own business." Adding a bit of pressure on his side's , she replied to his question.
" Would you go back to school if given the chance?" he asked her back.
Though they had met for the first time today, they both felt an invisible connection. They just wanted to continue talking to each other.
" Given the chance? Would there be such a good Samaritan out there to do such a good deed. Many have suggested the same thing but in return they want something as payment." She stopped as she rubbed her hands before continuing, " I would have loved that given it was seven years ago but it's too late for me."
" Nothing is considered late, everyone has his own time and yours could be now or later, what do you say?"
" I love my job, I love what am doing currently and it gives me pleasure. I found my love in doing this, I think I don't need to have a university degree to make it in life. I know it may sound rude but that's what I think. Am happy as you can see though there are challenges in between. I just vowed to give my future kids better education as compared to me. What do you say, am a genius. Aren't I?" She joked.
" you sure are." He gave a brief response.
After saying this they both laughed at her silliness.
" And you know I can't see how happy you are." He said in a low voice as he chuckled a bit.
" Sorry about that, I wasn't aware of my words. I apologize for my mistake." She lowered her voice as she said meekly.
" It's okay, after all it's a fact right? How far before we are done?" He asked as he felt his body changing.
She was now massaging his left thigh. His breath hitched as he felt her smooth hands on his skin. Jade bit his lips to muffle any sound from escaping." Am about to be done. Are you feeling any discomfort?".
He had a girlfriend before so he wasn't new to all this. He had touched a woman before but what he was feeling now was too much. If this went on, he was sure he was going to explode any time soon.
By the time she was massaging his calves, he was fighting his urges.
_' just who is this lady? She is killing me.'_ he cried within.