This is the second half of my Beijing massage experience. And yes, it's actually a true story.
There I was, in this small, dimly lit room, with goodness knows what new age music whispering through the speakers, and I found it to be a complete mismatch to the occasion. Although by the strictest definition of intercourse, I had not not had it--there was no mistaking my sudden realization of this new reality. I, a married woman on vacation in China, had just had sex with my masseur, a complete stranger no more than a half hour ago.
Still breathing hard, he eased me back onto my tummy, and patted the table, guiding my body into a more relaxed position. His hands began to move over my slippery skin once again, but in a more relaxing, soothing way. What I would consider to be a "normal" massage--but in light of what just occurred, I couldn't make my body stop feeling the ache and fire for his touch. I remember as his hands would slip low down the small of my back to my butt, couldn't help but shiver with the unknown expectation of what might come next. I felt like all bets were off, and anything could happen.
In this relatively more subdued moment, my mind continued to ricochet from thought to thought, trying to wrap my head around everything. My sister, Kim, had made this reservation for me, and although at the time it was no more than a passing comment, I couldn't stop repeating one line she spoke to me the night before in my mind. "I've been there many times, it's exactly what you need, Kristi."
Did she know? Did she know there would be a profound sexual nature to the massage? Was it something she experienced? Had Kim laid where I was laying right now, and felt the explosive butterflies of aching, spontaneous sex with a total stranger? Would I even be able to ask her without giving myself away? In moments of fluttering eyes as I began to relax again, I actually wondered, was I dreaming this? Does this sort of thing actually happen?
My stream of wonder was broken softly by my masseur's gentle pat on my hip, gently guiding me back onto my back. The pretense of modesty far, far out the window, my heart raced anew as I adjusted my position, my heavy bare breasts flattening slightly across my chest. I took a deep breath and exhaled a sigh as I watched this perfect stranger, who had yet to whisper a single word I could understand, squeeze another small palmful of lotion into his talented hand. Instead of patting this time, he simply made eye contact with me, then to my breasts, then to my eyes again, with the expression of asking permission. A small moan escaping my mouth, I nodded yes.
He started at my shoulder and luxuriously spread the lotion into my breasts in perfect, languid strokes, and I could feel my nipples stiffen. I began panting as the "massage" began to tingle into the excitement I used to feel with boyfriends in high school, each of us feeling like we were "getting away with something" in the backseat of a car. We were both naked, I felt completely exposed, and I was reveling in the attention and obvious desire that hung thick in the air.