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The electronic chime of an incoming gym member broke into their moment, pulling Sam’s attention toward the door. “How are you today, ready to crush those goals we set last time?”
The young man passing his card in front of the reader beamed at Sam. “Today’s the day, I can feel it.”
“Awesome.” Sam flicked his wrist to check his watch. “Meet you at the warmup zone in three minutes.”
“See you over there.”
Sam watched until his client reached the stretching area across the club. “He’s dropped almost sixty pounds since we started training together.”
“Wow.”
“Yeah. Keeps his nutrition clean, mindset is on point, always busts his ass. That kid puts more effort into an hour-long session than most people put into a week’s worth of workouts.” Admiration filled Sam’s voice. Not a trace ofI did thisin his tone. He was a good man.
Hergood man. “Go do your thing and make his day even better.” She shifted her bag higher on her shoulder in preparation to leave—grudgingly. “Then call me tonight and do the same for mine.”
“Can’t wait.”
“Me too,” she said, turning to make her escape from his presence before a few other little words made their escape from her lips.
Tim was right—her heart already knew.
* * *
SAM
Standingat Leigh’s front door with his hand poised to knock, Sam did a lastminute reconsider on the gifts he’d brought. He had a lot of insight into Lennox because Leigh talked about her all the time. On the flip side though, the girl probably didn’t know much about him. Maybe nothing.
Giving Leigh’s ten-year-old a present at their first official meet and greet might be weird. Not “candy from a stranger” weird, but definitely “this guy’s trying too hard” weird.
At the sound of the deadbolt turning, he stashed the small paper bag behind a shrub. He was still in a semi-crouched position when Leigh appeared in the doorway.
“What are you doing?”
“Tying my shoe?”
Her head tilted in the most adorably disbelieving way. “That’s a question, not an answer.”
He straightened up, resisting the urge to take a final glance at his rushed hiding job. “I don’t want to lie to you, but I don’t want to tell you the truth right now either. I will later.”
A smile crested across her pretty, pink lips. “Then tell me later.”
“I love how easily you roll with the punches.” About every damn thing.
“I’m glad I make it look easy, because there are a lot of wheels turning on the inside.” She laughed lightly. “Pretty much always.”
He didn’t doubt it. Leigh was a thinker, through and through. An analyzer. Not a dweller though. The few times something had knotted her up rather than rolled off, she’d addressed it directly and immediately. Then moved forward. She liked things labeled, organized and dealt with. She was methodical, but never boring.
Exactly the opposite. Add her physical beauty and their off-the-charts sexual chemistry to all that and he was one-hundred percent hooked. He couldn’t get enough of all things Leigh.
“I wasn’t tying my shoe. I got a little gift for Lennox, but then I decided it might seem like I’m trying to buy her approval, so I hid it.”
“In the flowerbed?” she asked, following his gaze.
“I heard you unlocking the door. I didn’t have time to go back to my truck. I had to stash it fast.”
The soft hair he couldn’t wait to touch shimmered as she laughed. “What happened to telling me later?”
“It is later.”
