Danielle sighed. It was still strange to her to be sighing out of contentment rather than weariness, but it had been happening more and more ever since Grace had started working for her. After only a week, Danielle had decided to make her new personal assistant a permanent arrangement. She'd had no choice. It had been just about the best week of her life, and she felt like a brand new woman.
And it was only going to get better. Danielle shivered with anticipation as she stepped into her spacious bathroom. It was lit only by the glimmer of dozens of scented candles, artfully arranged around the room, and in the middle of the floor was a massage table, all set up just for her. At long last, Danielle felt as though she was tasting a little of the luxury she'd expected from the celebrity life.
She was finally going to get one of Grace's massages. After how much her friend Dulcinea had raved about them, Danielle was feeling very, very eager indeed.
She'd thought it would take months for her to get used to having a personal assistant helping to run her life. As it had turned out, Grace had managed to win her complete trust in just a week. Danielle was more relaxed than she'd ever been. Grace was devastatingly efficient when it came to sorting out meetings and handling her communications, and that left Danielle with more free time than ever - free time she could use to listen to those blissful guided meditation tapes. Grace had promised her a new one every few days, and so far, she hadn't been disappointed. Even her career was looking up. Danielle had received some very promising overtures regarding some acting and modeling gigs, and she wasn't sure if she should be thanking her newfound good energy, or her new assistant's charm. But either way, she was thankful.
"Ready to get started, Danielle?" Grace greeted her with a smile. Danielle's assistant was dressed in her usual style, in clothes that were professional, but nonetheless tight enough to raise eyebrows given her buxom form. "I've just finished setting up."
"I can't wait," Danielle replied, smiling back.
"Perfect!" Grace beckoned her towards the massage table. "Then, I'll need you to start off by getting undressed."
Danielle paused. "Oh. Completely?" As comfortable with Grace as she was, being naked in front of her seemed a little much. They'd barely known each other for more than a week.
Grace's smile didn't diminish by a single hair. "Yes. But, here. For your comfort."
She handed Danielle a white, fluffy towel and turned her back pointedly.
After a brief moment, Danielle decided she wasn't going to ruin her shot at a massage. A little self-consciously, she slipped out of her dress and her underwear, wrapped the towel around her body, and waited. Given her career, she wasn't unfamiliar with being seen naked, but it felt different when it was within the confines of her own home. It felt intimate.
"Lie on the table, please," Grace prompted, once she'd turned back around. "On your front."
Danielle did as she was told, resting her face against the rounded cushion clearly intended for that purpose. She could hear Grace's footsteps on the tile floor as her assistant moved around, but she could see nothing more than the flickering shadows cast by the candles.
"Before we get started," Grace said softly. "Why don't you take a few moments to relax yourself? Allow your body to rest a little. Breathe in the atmosphere. It'll make the massage feel all the sweeter."
That sounded like good advice to Danielle. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. Relaxing like that came easily to her now. Grace's guided meditation tapes had taught her well. As she inhaled, though, and filled her lungs with the strange scent of Grace's candles, she found herself oddly light-headed.
"Hey, Grace," she called out. "What are those candles, exactly? It's... I can't quite place it."
Danielle could hear the grin in her assistant's voice as she replied. The girl was so eager to please. "Oh, this and that," she offered. "It's a special blend, you might say. Very potent."
'Potent'? That word got Danielle curious. But as the light-headedness settled on her and became a pleasant daze, she decided not to press the matter. Why worry, when she could be relaxing instead? At worst it was... what? A little weed or something? No big deal.
"Now," Grace continued. "I'm going to play something for you to listen to while I give you your massage. Nothing weird. Just a few nice, relaxing noises. You know, like in my tapes."
Danielle just nodded drowsily. She felt like she could listen to Grace talk for hours, especially if she was lying there feeling the faint heat of the candles on her skin and drinking in their lovely, sweet, sleepy scent. It was strange to think about how many hours she'd spent listening to Grace's voice in just the short time they'd known each other. Her guided meditation had already become part of her daily and nightly ritual. The trans girl had the perfect voice to it; a low, smooth, feminine purr that must have taken months to perfect. As Grace pressed something on her phone and filled the bathroom with the sounds of distant chimes and binaural beats, she felt almost as though she could hear her voice amongst the soundscape, whispering something into the back of her head.
The celebrity sighed again. This was contentment.
"Very good," Grace told her warmly. "You're looking more relaxed already. That's wonderful. Much better to be massaging loose muscles than tense ones. Now, let me see just how much tension my hands can work out of you."
Danielle stiffened a little as she felt Grace's fingertips touch the base of her neck and start to travel downward, neatly unwrapping the towel that covered her body. The sensation of her naked body being exposed to the air was unusual, but not unpleasant. Not exactly, anyway. Danielle couldn't help wondering how Grace was looking at her. At her shoulders. At her hips. At her ass. She'd found herself wondering about things like that a lot, about Grace.
Her assistant was attractive. It was undeniable, and Danielle had spent more than a little time dwelling on that fact. She told herself it wasn't strange to take note when another person looked good. But... was that all it was? Sometimes it seemed like something more, especially when she was feeling relaxed and sleepy after listening to one of Grace's tapes.
"Hey," Grace chided gently. "Relax, remember?"
Danielle was glad her assistant couldn't see her blush. She did her best to oblige, though, focusing for a moment on allowing her muscles to relax and her limbs to settle. What was she so worried about? Grace was a professional. This was part of her job. That was all. There was nothing weird about it. Nothing to worry about.
"There we go," Grace purred as she started running her hands down Danielle's spine. "Much better."
The celebrity didn't reply. She couldn't. She was afraid of how her voice might sound. Grace's touch was only soft, as she carefully mapped the contours and muscles that made up Danielle's body, but it felt shockingly intimate nonetheless. She couldn't remember the last time she'd been touched like that - so gently, so indulgently. Her blush deepened. What was going on with her?
"Just relax," Grace reminded her. Her hands were still moving, starting to press in a little, just enough to bring the old aches and soreness in Danielle's body to the surface.
"R-right," Danielle murmured. Relax. Yes. That was all she had to do. When Grace reminded her like that, it seemed easy. She'd heard her assistant say that over and over again, on those meditation tapes. Relax.
"Good." Grace's hands were starting to press harder, starting at the shoulders and working methodically down. Danielle let out a few involuntarily groans. Fuck, it felt good. "Now. Stop thinking, Danielle."
That caught the celebrity off-guard. "S-stop thinking?"
"That's right," Grace confirmed. Danielle's body was starting to go limp as her assistant worked her over. "We want you to relax, don't we?"
"I guess."
"And thinking isn't very relaxing, is it?"