Every few poses we’d catch each other’s eyes in the mirror or cast a side glance toward the other person, only to smirk like we had some secret joke that nobody else in the room was privy to.
I liked it.
And fuck me sideways, was it ever a joy, but also pure torture when Lotus had us all face the wall, spread our legs wide and bend forward into a wide-legged standing fold.Naomi’s ass was so close to my face.
I made sure my groan wasn’t audible, and sent a silent thank you to the universe that my shorts were baggy because I was definitely sporting a half-chub.
By the time we said “namaste” on our knees with our hands at heart-center, I was invigorated and a little turned on.
Once the lights became brighter, the room erupted into conversation with people buzzing about putting their blocks and bolsters back and rolling up their mats.
“Hey, Naomi,” four women said to her, giving friendly waves.
“What happened back here?”asked the blonde.She looked vaguely familiar.
“I tried to turn it into a karate class,” Naomi said dryly.“Smacked the new guy across the face.”
Their eyes all went wide as they focused on me.
That’s where I recognized her!The blonde woman was Hollywood movie star Brooke Barker.What the hell was she doing here on the island?
“You okay?”asked the tall Asian woman with the alert, brown eyes and freckles on her cheeks and nose.She inspected my face as a doctor would.
“I think I’ll live,” I replied.“’Tis but a scratch.”
“I know better than to not stagger,” Naomi said, rolling up her mat.“I don’t know what I was thinking.”
The four women all exchanged looks and smiled at each other.
“You are the new principal,si?”asked the auburn-haired woman.Her accent was quite thick, but I couldn’t place it.
“I am.”I held out my hand.“Lennox Paul.Do you have children at the school?”
“I’m with Clint McEvoy, and his daughter Talia is at the school,” said Brooke, the first to take my hand.
“Ah, yes.I’ve met Talia.She’s very clever.Very chatty.”
Brooke beamed.
The pretty Asian woman shook my hand next.“And I’m Justine Brazeau.I’m a doctor on the island, and I’m with Bennett McEvoy.His daughters are—”
“Aya and Emme.Yes, I remember them as well.Aya is—”
“A spicy meatball,” said the woman with the accent.
“That’s a great way to put it.”I chuckled.
“My stepsons are Griffin and Jake McEvoy.I am married to their father, Wyatt.I am Ludovica Vitale-McEvoy, but everyone just calls me Vica.”With a name like that it was impossible not to assume she was Italian.“Griffin is also quite a spicy meatball,si?”
“Nothing wrong with a little flavor,” I replied, releasing her hand.
“No Chloe today?”Naomi asked them.
Vica frowned.“No.She caught Silas’s cold, and apparently colds when you are pregnant are even more terrible than a man catching a cold.She has been in bed, unable to eat anything for three days.”
“Ugh!I remember when I was pregnant with Honor, I was so sick,” Naomi said.“Only thing I could keep down was apple juice.I must have drank my weight in the stuff.”
“That’s what I’m giving her,” Justine said with a nod.“Apple juice, and I ended up putting her on an IV last night.Poor thing.”
