The idea of her learning from Elias how to make her chest appear bigger caused his eyes to go wide and he stopped the massage on her foot. Did she not realize this was a bad idea!? She was already dealing with enough as is and now she wanted to invite more issues with it?! Her sudden announcement of ‘kidding’ caused him sot visually relax when she announced it was joke. Phew, he didn’t want to have to throw too many people out of her bar. 

Then she asked a question that he got asked a lot. Normally he would dodge the question simply claiming that his professional life and his personal life were separate and leave it at that. However something about Lu, some reason he couldn’t explain, made him feel comfortable talking to her. A rare feeling for him, “There is no Mrs. Serge at home.” He said reassuringly as he switched to her other foot. 

“It really does not relate back to the job. The minimal dating that I have done has never led to much conversation about my job. My personal and professional life are separate and until someone expresses interest in one or the other I will not be the first to bring it up in conversation. In addition to that, I have been walked out on by dates on more than one occasion. Some saying that I am too rude while others say I am too quiet so they feel like they are having a conversation with themselves.” A large shrug rose and fell his shoulders as his fingers worked gently on her feet. “The job does not make dating very easy but it is also not a topic to easily discuss since a lot of things I hear, see and experience are meant to remain secret.”

Once he was finished with her feet he gave them a gentle pat and positioned them so her feet were flat on the cushion between them. “Keep them flat so they can relax for a few minutes and not have any additional pressure.” At that he turned on to face forward on the couch and took up his tea, taking a drink and letting out his own sign of relaxation. This was, without a doubt, an easy job.