JOY FEELINGS MAGAZINE November issue 2015 | Page 30

waiting earlier.
Rihanna doesn’t
have time for
extracurriculars
right now, and this
includes dating.

were: a pair of
dizzying hazel-green
starbursts. I took
another gulp of
wine. ‘‘What turns
you on?’’

‘‘Guys need
attention,’’ she
explained. ‘‘They
need that
nourishment, that
little stroke of the
ego that gets them
by every now and
then. I’ll give it to
my family, I’ll give
it to my work — but
I will not give it to a
man right now.’’

She thought about it
seriously, running
her fingers through
her golden lion’s
mane. ‘‘I’m turned
on by guys who are
cultured. That’ll
keep me intrigued.
They don’t have to
have a single degree,
but they should
speak other
languages or know
things about other
parts of the world or
history or certain
artists or musicians.
I like to be taught. I
like to sit on that
side of the table,’’
she said, motioning
for me to move my
chair next to hers
and out of the sun,
and I did. Now that
we were side by
side, I felt I could
clarify something.

I said that it took me
a long time to find a
guy who wasn’t
threatened by my
power, and Rihanna
quietly replied,
‘‘I’m still in that
time.’’
Looking at her, I
was reminded that
thousands of people
search ‘‘Rihanna’s
eyes’’ every year.
And there they
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