Author's Note: This is a continuation to my story entitled "Complete Surrender = Complete Bliss." While this story can stand on its own merits, I believe your enjoyment of it will benefit from the context of the original.
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Thank god it had been a busy summer or Liam would likely have thought of nothing else but the upcoming weekend.
Early on in July Liz had granted him a very long-standing birthday wish and had completely surrendered herself to him for the weekend - and he had taken FULL advantage. The one caveat she placed on the deal though, was that she would get her turn as the one in charge, whenever they had another weekend free and to themselves.
And this was just that weekend.
It was early Friday morning and their only child, Emma, was busily readying herself to be picked up to enjoy a weekend at a friend's cottage with her entire hockey team. This, along with the fact that there were no BBQ's or parties or birthdays booked for the weekend, meant that Liz and Liam were free to do whatever they wished..or more correctly put..whatever Liz wished.
The small family was putting the final touches on Emma's preparations: "Sleeping bag? Check!; Your share of food? Check! Toiletries? Check! Clothes? Check! Bathing Suit and Towel? Check!"
She was ready and finished her breakfast just as the Elliott's arrived. Hugs and kisses all around and waves as their beautiful daughter headed out for a weekend of fun. As the happy group drove away, Liam wondered what was to come next. Would Liz begin their weekend right away? He looked her way expectantly but she showed no outward sign that anything was different. As they were both dressed and ready for work, it was only mildly surprising to Liam when Liz grabbed her things and kissed Liam on the cheek, wished him a good day, said "See you tonight!", hopped into her car and drove off to work.
Confused, Liam did the same, wondering if Liz even remembered what "this weekend" was? They hadn't really talked about it much over the weeks since he was in charge. These thoughts were swirling around in his head when he walked into his office and just as he was settling in for another day, his phone pinged with a text message - it was from Liz.
"I need you to be done at the office and ready to leave work today no later than 11:45."
"Hmm...I don't know... I have a pretty full day..don't know if I can do that?"
"That's odd..I don't think I phrased that as a request..did it come through that way?"
It was on!
"Apologies..I'll make it happen."
"I'll be in touch later."
With his instructions received, Liam set about to free his afternoon. He rescheduled a couple of meetings, re-prioritized a couple of other things and outright canceled whatever was left. He did the most important things and was just finishing up when another text from Liz came through.
"Leave now...get something to eat...be in your car by 12:15."
"You got it."
He packed up, made up a couple of barely passable reasons for his absence in the afternoon and headed off to the local food court for a quick bite. He was just getting into his car when the next salvo of text messages started.
"You in your car?"
"Yes"
"Start it up and tell me what the first location saved in the GPS is"
Confused, Liam started up his car, activated the GPS and looked in the favorites folder. He knew they had a couple of locations saved in there for Liz who was brutal with directions, so he was surprised to find a new location saved - he texted it to her.
"It says "GMO+MS+" whatever that means?"
"Good..you are in your car..I like it that you are following instructions. I want you to choose that location and go there..Once you arrive just go in..I have given Jaime there instructions for what I want. Go now. I'll see you at home when you are done."
Liam launched the app and followed the directions that the GPS spit out. It looked like where he was going was only a few minutes from his office, but he certainly had no idea where he was headed. The GPS eventually had him turn down one last street and he arrived a building he had never really noticed before, despite knowing he had driven by it many times. He parked in the adjacent lot and entered a business, the sign on the front stating the business was called THENUU.
Liam was completely baffled by the name of the business and the tidy, but rather austere entry area really didn't give him many clues either. He walked up to a vacant reception desk and saw a bell and a sign asking customers to ring once and have a seat - someone would be with them shortly - which, thankfully, was true. In a few seconds a pretty young girl, with a beautiful mane of auburn hair, bright sparkling eyes and sensuous air about her came through the door. She smiled at Liam and said, "Hello, may I help you?"
Liam replied, "Umm..I think so...I'm supposed to ask for Jaime."
"You must be Liam! Wow...Liz told us you were a sweetheart, but she neglected to tell us you how handsome you were! Come on back, everything is ready for you."
Liam blushed at the compliment - especially coming from someone as stunning as..."Did he get her name?" He hesitated and said, "well, thank you - that's very nice of you to say..but I'm at a bit of a loss here. I have no idea what I'm doing here - can you help me out a bit?"
The girl's eyes sparkled and she giggled, "Oh, Liz told me that you might look a little dumbfounded... trust me..it's all good - come on back."
He followed the girl past the reception desk and looked down and saw his name on a daytimer. He also spotted the same cryptic "GMO+MS+" from the GPS beside his name. He then walked through the door, forcing himself to not stare at the rather shapely ass that was leading him into the back of the business. Almost immediately he realized what this place was - some sort of a day spa. He instantly thought massage and silently thanked Liz for helping put him in the perfect frame of mind for weekend's festivities. The girl turned to him, pointing to a door and said "The men's locker room is through there. There are robes in each locker - once you get out of your clothes and get a robe on, just go into that room over there" - pointing to another door.
A few minutes later, Liam entered the assigned room, fully expecting to see a massage table and masseuse waiting for him. He was surprised, though, to find the what looked like a esthetician's chair and seated at the table was the receptionist from earlier. Confused, he said, "Ummm..I think maybe I'm the wrong room." The receptionist smiled and said, "Umm...no..you're not! Have a seat!" Liam sat at the chair and said, "I'm so confused, I assumed I was here for a massage."
Another one of those cute giggles, "Sorry, we don't do massage here; hasn't Liz told you about what she has done here?"
"Well, I knew she went to a some place to get her nails done - guess this is the place!"
"Indeed it is!"
"But I was supposed to ask for some guy named Jaime?"
Again with the cute giggle, "I'm Jaime - you've never heard of a girl named Jaime?"
"Well, yeah, I have..guess it serves me right for making assumptions", Liam replied as he sat in the chair. "So Jaime, what exactly am I doing here?"
Jaime replied, "Liz has booked you in for a Gentleman's Makeover. We're doing a sport manicure, pedicure and facial along with an eyebrow shaping and straight-razor shave."
Now THAT was intriguing. He'd never had any of those things before, so he resolved to sit back, relax and see what this was all about. He'd heard that some guys go for regular spa sessions like this, but he just never had. While the rest of the spa hummed with the other estheticians and their clients, once alone in the room with Jaime, Liam felt like he was in his own little world and let Jaime do her thing. She chided him for not taking better care of his nails - "You bite them - don't you!" - and when he said yes, she waggled her finger at her and said, the only nails you can bite off are your toe nails. When Liam said he couldn't reach them, Jaime smiled and said, "Exactly - that's why I say you're allowed!"