Page 75 of Going for Gold (Sweet Cravings 3)

We followed the men down the hall to our massage room. They waited outside while we took our towels off and lay face-down on the massage tables.

Jimmy started massaging my back. It really did feel good, although it took a little while for me to forget about the fact that it was a man doing it. He started at my shoulders and worked down to my lower back, and then he poured some sort of hot oil on me. I thought he was going to keep massaging, but in

stead he just patted the area.

"Fuck!" I screamed as a sharp pain shot up my back. "What was that?"

"First time getting waxed?" asked Jimmy.

I turned to look at Tim. "What the hell, Tim? Did you sign us up for a wax?"

"No, just you. I always keep my body baby-smooth."

"Well what if I don't want to be baby-smooth?" I asked as Jimmy applied another layer of wax to a different spot on my back.

"It's part of the agreement you signed when you agreed to participate as an understudy in the dance. We can't have any stray hairs poking through your costume. Those suits are tight and HD catches everything."

Jimmy pulled on the wax and it felt like a layer of my skin came with it. I gritted my teeth and tried not to scream again.

"See, it's not so bad," said Tim. "The only bad part is when he does your package, but I'm sure Jimmy will be gentle. It's worth it for the results though. Alina will love it."

"Nope, I'm not doing this."

"You're really not going to do this after all I've done to help you with this tiebreaker? Not cool, Bryce. Not cool at all."

Tim was right. I had asked an awful lot from him for this tiebreaker and he hadn't even flinched. And now he was just asking me for this one thing. Even if it was a full body wax, I couldn't say no.

"Alright, fine," I said. "But after this we're even."

"Deal. Gentlemen, will you please excuse me for a minute? I need to use the restroom." Tim got up, wrapped his towel around himself, and left the room, leaving me to endure the pain of a full body wax by myself.

Chapter 31

Saturday

Alina

The heat in the sauna was super relaxing. Tim really did know just what we needed after losing. Stupid Gabriela.

"You're falling for him, aren't you?" Kristen asked.

I opened my eyes and smiled. "I am."

"Did you two bang this afternoon?"

I laughed. "No. I was too busy crying hysterically."

"I figured."

"What about you and Tim?"

Kristen sighed. "It was weird. I was being super seductive. It was like he didn't understand any of my cues. God I'm so horny."

I wasn't at all surprised that Tim didn't understand a woman's cues for wanting sex. "Weird."

"I think he's doing a self-inflicted sex ban so we both perform well tomorrow or something. That's the only explanation I can think of."

Or he's gay? "That makes sense. He's super into the performance. I was thinking after we're done at the spa I might try to take things to the next level with Bryce."

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