Page 116 of Unsuitable

“Okay, bend your knees, and use your arms for balance,” Kas guides me, showing me exactly what he means.

I copy his stance.

“Now, just push off the platform with your feet, and propel yourself forward.”

I meet his eyes.

“You can do it,” he whispers. “Trust me.”

Something happens in this moment as I stare into those eyes that I once thought were so cold. I realize that I do trust him.

Then, I just do it. I push off the platform, and I jump.

My feet land soundly on the other platform.

“I did it.” I beam.

“Yeah, you did.” He smiles.

“No, I told you so?” I grin up at him.

“As if I would be so arrogant as to say something like that.”

He chuckles, and I laugh.

“Do you want to go again?” he asks.

“Okay.” I nod.

We spend a good few minutes with me jumping from one platform to the other, and Kas watches.

Honestly, I’m really enjoying myself.

This is the best date I’ve ever been on, and it’s only just started.

“You up for trying anything a bit harder?” Kas asks.

That stops me in my tracks. “Harder? Like how?”

He gives me a secret smile. “I’ll show you.”

“How about you show me what you can do, and then I’ll do something harder?”

He stares at me, a panty-melting grin appearing on his face. “Okay. Deal.”

He moves off the platform we’re on and walks over to another climbing frame. I pick up my bag and follow him over.

He climbs up the frame until he’s about ten to fifteen feet high. Then, he gets up onto a platform and stands at the edge. He front-flips off the platform, landing on his feet, into a crouch, his hands touching the floor. He pushes up and takes off running toward a pommel horse. With his hands on it, he does an almost cartwheel-like movement. He lands on his feet on the other side where he proceeds to do a couple of backflips in succession, and then he lands on his feet, stopping.

“Show-off.” I smile, walking over to him.

He smirks at me.

I stop a few inches away from his body. He’s barely out of breath.

“That was seriously impressive,” I say.

The smirk vanishes, and a smile touches his eyes as he lifts a shoulder.