“Chris?!” She called as she came through the door.

She headed to the kitchen where she had left him. “Chris?”

He wasn’t in there. She furrowed her eyebrows, then headed up the stairs with her purchases.

“Christian?” She called worryingly as she headed to her room.

“In here.” He called to her.

“Oh. Well i got us some snacks, but i didn’t see any of the chips you liked, so i just got a whole buncha others for you to choose fr-” she rambled on rummaging through the bag until her eyes fell upon the sight before her.

There were candles lit all over the room. There were also rose petals over the floor and the bed. She gazed around as she barely stepped into the room. Her eyes fell upon him and her mouth went dry. He stood in the middle of the room, shirtless, with a devilish smirk on his face.

“I just wanted to help with inspiration. I know you started a new book and you’re stressing about it to be perfect.” He said huskily.

The primal sexuality oozing from him drowned her panties. She licked her lips and his eyes fell to it. She stared at him as the candles soft light illuminated his body. His muscles seemed to be outlined perfectly on his body. She felt herself running her hand across his tattoos. He flexed his pectoral under his cross tattoo when her hand touched it.

Her stomach flipped and she moved closer to him. He grabbed her waist and placed a soft kiss on her neck. She moaned as she ran her hand up his chest to link her fingers around his neck. He kissed her cheek as he slowly caressed her back. He placed his forehead against hers and they just held each other as his breath tickled her cheek. She stood on her toes and kissed him. She ran her tongue across his lips then slightly bit his bottom lip as he parted his lips. He pulled her closer and they made love with their lips. She nudged him towards the bed and she fell on top of him.

He lightly placed his hands on her romp as she raised herself up to remove her shirt. He rose up to kiss her neck as he moved to remove her bra. 

“Wait!” she shouted unexpectedly.

“What?” he said slightly anxious.

He was so turned on at the moment he was in no mood to stop. 

She looked at him sympathetically and said, “I’m sorry, but i just got the most amazing idea for my book and i don’t wanna lose it.” 

He gave her an “Are you serious” look.

“Oh c’mon don’t look at me like that,” she said as she slid off his lap. “I’ll be back soon, i just wanna get these ideas out.” she ran out of the room towards her writing area, before he could object.

He fell back onto the bed in frustration. This book is probably going to cause a lot of problems…

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She chewed on the pencil in her mouth as she finished up her third chapter. She was on a roll tonight. She saved her work and closed the lid of her laptop. She smiled with satisfaction. And it was all thanks to Christian. Christian! Oh gosh she had forgotten all about him while she was writing. He must be so angry with her. She sprang up from her seat and ran towards her bedroom. He was watching something on the television, but shut it off as soon as he saw her. He turned the lamp off and turned on his side, without saying a word to her.

She sighed to herself as she removed her clothes and drew on the over sized shirt she always wore to bed. 

“Chris?” 

No answer.

“Babe, i’m sorry.” 

She moved to touch him and he moved away from her. 

“It’s fine. My hand helped.” 

She flinched at his stinging words.

“Come on Chris-“

“Look Elle, i’m pretty tired, so can we just go to sleep?”

She sighed and stared at his back. How could he be this upset? She understood she got his hopes up and left, but it made him this angry at her? She stared at him for the duration of the night. Sleep was now the furthest thing from her mind.

“Kelly?” she heard a knock and call at her door.

“Yeah?” she answered through a giggle.

Reggie was placing soft kisses on her neck while he tried to get his hands under her tank. Everytime he tried she pushed his hand away.

“No Reg.” she whispered, giggling.

“Um, there’s a client out here Maud wants you to meet.” the person answered.

“Yeah okay. Imma be out in a minute.” she called to them.

She heard them walk off and turned to Reggie. She placed her palms against his bare chest as he drew her closer to him by her waist. She tried her best to put a reign on the emotions swirling in the pit of her stomach at the sight of him only wearing a towel around his waist. He kissed her deeply and moved his hands to cover her buttocks.

“Mmm..Reg baby. I have to go now.” 

She said it with a slight moan and her attempt at being stern was betrayed by her body melting into his. He kissed her lips again and placed a soft kiss on her neck then released her.

“Get dressed, your time is up.” she said with a chuckle.

He smirked at her as she slipped out the door to go find Maud. She saw the older woman speaking with a tall figure and walked towards them.

“Excuse me.” she said approaching them.

“Ah Kelly. This is the girl i was telling you about. She’s an amazing young masseuse. I believe she’ll be your best bet for your tension.” Misses Korsak said with a smile.

At that moment Kelly hadn’t set eyes on the mysterious figure Maud was offering compliments, about her, to. When she turned to greet the person the breath left her body. He was gorgeous. He had a certain caramel coloured skin that looked so soft and she felt her palms tingling from anticipation of touching it. When she looked in his face there was a hint of Spanish heritage. She reacted mechanically, by shaking his outstretched hand. She stood their gaping like a complete fool. He, however, did not seem phased by her obvious appreciation if his physical attributes.

Breaking the silence Maud introduced them formally, “This is Kelly Rowland. Kelly, this is Laz Alonso.”

Reggie walked out of Kelly’s massage room with a huge smile on his face. Even though he had not been able to lay her down, he was content with seeing her and flirting with her. He walked down the corridor, towards the exit, but something caught the corner of his eye. It was as if he could feel her presence anywhere she was. He turned his head to see her shaking hands with a tall light skinned male. He was looking at her very admiringly, as if he was undressing her with his eyes. He bit his lip slightly and smiled at her. 

“It’s nice to meet you.” he said and flashed a smile.

Reggie was at a distance so he had only saw his mouth form the words. When he looked towards Kelly she seemed to be…BLUSHING! At that point they had not let go of each other’s hand. He felt the emotion boiling inside him and he clenched his fists. He wanted to clout this man non-stop until he begged. How dare he look at Kelly like that. He watched as Maud said something and they both looked towards her. He let go of her hand, but a bit reluctantly. He caressed the top of her hand with his thumb first, then let it go. He did it, so no one would see, but Kelly would feel it. But, Reggie saw. And Reggie was furious. He stood there transfixed in that very same spot.

He wanted to move, but his body was not in sync with the urges of his mind. He felt a wave of panic wash over him as he watched the unknown man and Kelly. Kelly showed no signs of reluctance on her part. He felt like an outsider looking at the playing of a man whisking away his girl and his inability to do anything about it. Could he blame her? He never made any formal arrangement of the relationship between Kelly and himself. He had hoped to, but always felt as if she just wanted to have fun, without anything serious. And this scene before him just proved that Kelly could already be moving on to something new. At that moment he turned away, realising how important kelly had become in his life. 

He was led into a room, marked “Kelly R.” on the door. He looked around the room and felt comfortable already. The entire design and lay out of these massage rooms were designed to assist in making clients feel at ease as soon as they stepped through the doors. 

“Okay just take your clothes off and lay on the table and cover your lower area with this towel.” she smiled shyly at him as she handed him the soft white towel.

He nodded and smirked at her and he saw her slightly blush. She walked out of the room and he watched her the entire way. He had to admit, she was gorgeous. Her skin looked like fine chocolate that you knew you shouldn’t have, but you craved it anyway. He sighed at his thoughts and undressed.

                                        ****

His eyes fell shut as he allowed Kelly’s hands to take him somewhere else. Her hands were soft and light, yet added the right amount of pressure for a memorable massage. She watched as his body relaxed under her touch. He was beautiful. His skin felt just as good as how it looked. She ran her hands across his muscles a little more seductively than therapedic. She watched as he shifted slightly and heard him release a heavy breath. She felt a smirk form across her lips at the thought of herself having an effect on this man. 

Kelly was igniting things in him, that he knew he was not supposed to be feeling. He knew him and Amerie have been somewhat imbalanced lately, but he knew he loved her. He tried his best to lay weight on these fleeting emotions and forced himself to keep unaware of Kelly’s hands. She continued to rub the warm oil over his body and felt the thoughts creeping into her mind. Reggie came to mind as well and she felt a pang of guilt at the pit of her stomach. Here she was pining over this stranger when she was in a… In a what really? She and Reggie never discussed what they were to each other. She always felt as if Reggie saw this as fun and nothing more. She tried her best to seem as unattached as possible. She frowned to herself and shrugged off her guilt. Reggie was probably out doing worse things than just admiring another person, so why should she care about how he would feel?