Page 25 of If I Gave You My Heart
I felt the need to apologize again, but I didn't. When we made it to the exit, I went to touch the handle of the door, and Adonis just looked at me. That look let me know that I'd better not ever touch another door handle around him. He was such a fucking gentleman, and I was learning that this was the caliber of a man that I should be with. Still, it was this mystery to him that was as mysterious as the dark side of the moon. I couldn't quite put my finger on it.
The sun had set, and the summer breeze was just right. We drove about twenty minutes before we reached location number two. I had never gotten a massage professionally, so I was silently geeked when I readJeju Sauna.I didn't know how late this place stayed open, and I damn sure didn't want anyone rushing the massage that I had desperately needed.
"What time do they close?" I asked as we walked hand in hand toward the front door.
"They are twenty-four hours."
When we made it inside, we both gave over our IDs. After questioning the lady about their process for intake of identification, I felt safe giving her my real ID card. She assured me they only use our information if something occurs on the premises. We were both given orange suits and directed to separate quarters. There was a women's and men's side where we could get washed down before walking around the facility. I wasn't with another grown-ass adult washing my ass, so I passed on that part and just stripped out of my clothes.
"Oh, hunny, ya body is amazing."
I looked over my shoulder and saw this older Spanish woman smiling with her compliment.
"Thanks, I guess."
I rushed to get dressed in the orange suit so that I could go to the common grounds to meet Adonis. When I made it to the shared lobby, I saw he was leaning up against the wall with his head in his phone as he waited for me. I walked over in his direction.
"Are you ready?" he asked without looking up from his phone.
"How did you know it was me?" I said with a smile.
"I smelled your perfume."
I blushed. It was little shit like that. To me, we were equally yoked. Adonis was observant, just like me.
"Were you out here waiting for me long? You must not have gotten the bath that was offered."
"Hell nah, I ain't get that shit. A nigga ain't washing my ass."
I busted out laughing because we even thought the same. Adonis put his cell phone into his pocket and then reached his hand out in my direction. I had left mine in the locker because I really wanted to enjoy the moment without the distraction of my phone. I grabbed his hand and then let him lead the way to where we would be going for massages.
I lay on the table in bliss as the masseuse cracked damn near every bone in my body. He even cracked my toes. Sometime during the massage, I fell asleep because the Asian man was tapping my shoulder.
"You finish, hunny. Here you go!" He was passing me a card with his Cash App information.
Because Adonis had paid for our entry and dinner earlier, I felt it was only right to pay for the tips for both of our massages. He cut eyes my way, but I quickly ignored him as I had Cash Apped both masseuses fifty dollars each.
As we walked back to the common area, Adonis was chuckling to himself.
"What's so funny, crazy?" I had to ask after his fourth time laughing.
"This reminds me of jail for real. We in these orange ass suits, them muthafuckas over there eating in a group and shit. This is funny."
"You were in jail?" I quickly asked.
"Yeah," he answered with a tone like I was supposed to know that already.
"For what?"
I'm sure he was tired of everyone asking that question once he mentioned jail, but I needed to know.
"Some dumb shit."
Adonis was guarded, and I mean, he had reason to be. There were still things about myself that I didn't reveal to him.
"Not rape or murder, right?"
"Hell no!"
