"That's right!"He laughs as I bat my eyes at him again."You only have yourself to blame.You started it."

"Yes, I did, and I can end it too."

I laugh."But we both know you won't!You can sing something sweet to make me purr."

"Damn it, woman!"He laughs, digs in his pocket, pulls out his money clip, and tosses a wad of bills in the hat.The musician is stunned and eagerly reaches for it as a big smile splits his face."You have certainly given him a happy face," Aurei tells me, then he asks for the guitar.

The musician offers Aurei the guitar like it was made of gold.Aurei takes it, walks over to the wall, and leans back against it.He bends his knee and props his foot so he can rest the guitar on his thigh.He strums the instrument, tunes it, then hits a few chords.

"What are you going to sing me first?"

"First?"He stops strumming and looks at me with a half-smile.

"Yep, I figured that big a tip should buy you at least two songs."

He smirks and rolls his eyes."Ann was right about you."

I laugh."So, what's the first song?"

He strums, watching his left hand work the bridge as he picks the melody."'Take It To The Limit' by The Eagles with some of my own lyrics thrown in."

"Interesting choice."I grin."Not exactly the romantic serenade I was hoping for."

He chuckles, then he starts to sing.The lyrics are about being alone and thinking of an unknown woman, about being a dreamer and how hard it is to change and settle down, about a dream that keeps turning out the same, about getting a sign and taking it to the limit one more time.Then he changes the words up a little.He sings that he's spent all his time making money, but he wants to spend all his love-making time with me because if he lost it all tomorrow, he wants me to still be his.He isn't looking for freedom.He's found someone who can take him to his limit, who he'll take to her limit—all the time.

When he finishes, I smile."Ok.That was much more romantic than I first thought it would be, but still not exactly a romantic serenade."

"How romantic a serenade do you want?"

"Swoon-worthy would be nice.Can you do swoon-worthy?"

He grins at me."Trust me.I can do swoon-worthy."Then he looks down at his left hand again as he picks the melody.I think I recognize it, but I've only heard it played on the piano before, so I'm not sure.I tip my head, listening.It is!Fuck!This is one of the most romantic love songs ever!He looks up to see my face as he sings."She's Got A Way about her...."I smile at him and make a heart shape with my fingers.He closes his eyes and sings from his heart.His words float into my ears, down into my heart, and I feel every note, every voice inflection, every word.

The first half of the song Aurei sings the lyrics as written."She's got a way."But then the last half of the song, he locks his gaze on me and makes it truly swoon-worthy.He changes the lyrics to "You've."Sweet Zeus!That's the sweetest thing EVER!When he sings that my smile heals him.I give him one worthy of the words, knowing he needs healing from something.I'm just not sure what yet, but we are making real progress together.I walk over and stand right in front of him.I lay my hands, one on top of the other, on his knee.

When he is finished, I reach for the guitar, and I hand it back to the young man, never taking my eyes off Aurei's.When I feel the instrument leave my fingertips, I step into Aurei's cupped hands and close my eyes.I feel his fingers as they slide along my jawline.His thumbs stroke my face in the shape of a heart, then as they slide to my ears and neck.His voice is husky with emotion, and I feel a lump forming in my throat with his words."You've got this ...sweet, wild thang about you, Siri.I can't explain what happened to me the moment I laid eyes on you dancing on that runway, but something did, and my life changed.You must believe me.You must understand that.I'm not the man I was."

My heart hugs itself as my breath circles it in my chest.Then he tips my face up to his and tenderly lays his lips on mine.I feel his breath hovering, then he speaks softly to me."I changed inside that night.That night, and every night since, I've only desired one woman, Siri Wright, and since I've tasted that one woman, I know I will desire her over and over again.It just feels so right."He places sweet little pecks on my lips."I'm not the man I was.I'm not.I don't know why it happened, and I don't know what happened.I just know when it happened."My heart, my lips, and my knees tremble, waiting for his kiss."I'm so thankful I found you, Baby Thang."He rubs my nose back and forth with his."Saturday night I told you that was the happiest day of my life."He pecks my lips once."And it was, but then Sunday came along, and it was."He pecks my lips again."Then Monday replaced Sunday."Peck."And Tuesday replaced Monday."Peck."Here it is Wednesday, and it is beating them all by a long shot."He slides his tongue along my lips and into my mouth, then he withdraws it."Look at me, Wild Thang."I open my eyes and focus on his.The honest sincerity grabs me, and my knees buckle.His hands grip my ass and hold me steady."You asked why I've said you were such an interesting find.It's because not only do you radiate happiness from your smile, which is, on its own, contagious and beautiful, but you radiate happiness from your entire being.You radiate a joy for life, an acceptance of it as is, with fearlessness.You are a wild, free spirit that accepts herself as she is without reservation or guilt.It is refreshing and so unique in a human."He smirks."When I saw this super sexy, sassy, petite thang dancing down the runway in Vegas, I felt that something special radiating from you, and it drew me like a moth to the flame.At the time, I didn't know how special you are, but I knew I had to have you."He forgets the kiss, and his forehead falls forward, resting on mine.

I tease him."You knew I made your cock grow needy."

He chuckles and lifts his eyes to mine."You make me needy for you, for sure.But when we met, and you started opening up to me, I saw someone so special, so interesting, so unique.You are simply stunning, Siri, and I will always cherish you.I want you to stay."

"Maximus Aurelius Moore," I feel the tears laying heavy in my eyes as I cup his face now and smile weakly up at him."That is the most romantic thing anyone has ever said to anyone, much less me.Truly swoon-worthy."

His eyes crinkle as he barely blows his breath inside my parted lips before his tongue slides in, melting the world away.The only noise I hear is Rihanna's singing, "Stay" in my mind.I want to stay with this beautiful man who wants me to stay with him.His kiss is deep, and I cling to him, feeling his need for me.He lets it go and buries his face in my neck.

We need each other.We make the other whole.My mouth finds his earlobe, and I suck it making him moan."Aurei, listen to me," I tell him, laying my mouth on his ear so he can hear me."You can trust me, Aurei, to stay.I promise."His lips find my skin, and he lays them on me.He nibbles and goosebumps pop out, then he pulls back, and I cup his ears holding his face to mine."I truly cherish you, Sugar Bare."He lays his soft kiss on my lips.His soft breath blows gently in my mouth, then he sucks my bottom lip into his mouth, and his tongue touches it making my pussy pulsate."Let's get back to the Hotel.I've got a hot date with a hot guy."

"Mmhmm."

We tell the young singer "Good Luck" and walk quickly to the metro station.As soon as we enter, the noise is loud and crazy.An announcement is made, and Aurei drags me running down to the platforms.We weave in and out of the sparse crowd.When we stop to walk, he tells me."I want to get you back to our room, get you naked, and give you your surprise."

"Oh yeah!"We stop at the edge of the crowd of impatient pushers waiting to board, and Aurei surveys the situation.I bounce around in front of him like a little girl."If it is half as good as my dance studio, I know I will love it!"

He chuckles."Bouncy Thang!Did you know your tits dance all by themselves?"

"Of course, I did!"I roll my eyes and laugh.