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“I used your gym.”
Her brows rise, her feet carrying her back into the room. “You did what?”
“Nothing heavy. I couldn’t.”
She stares at me, her expression somewhere between wanting to kill me and wanting to check if I’m okay. “How is your leg feeling now?” She sighs, dropping her eyes to try to get a better look at my side. “Your ribs—”
I bring my arm to settle across my lap, concealing the heavy bruising. “I’m fine.”
Uneasiness settles across her face, and I get the feeling she wants to check for herself.
“Could you get me a towel?” I point behind her, knowing giving her something to do will make her feel like she’s helping in some way.
I stand while she reaches into the rack for a fresh towel, letting my leg hang. It’s throbbing. As I lift my head up, I find her staring at me, her eyes travelling from my loose shorts to my exposed chest and torso.
“Your ribs are hurting you,” she eventually says, her face pinched as if it’s her who’s in agony.
“I took some painkillers,” I tell her.
“You need to be more careful.” Her eyes lift to meet mine. “Please be careful, Lance.”
Every time she says my name, something inside of me erupts. It’s uncontrollable and renders me stupid each and every time.
I nod. “Okay.”
She stares at me, seeing too fucking much with how deep her eyes go, and I almost think she’s lost her nerve, but then she steps forward. “Let me get the shower for you. It’s cold at first, and I don’t want you jarring your leg.”
I step back slightly as she nears, leaving enough room for her to lean in around the shower. Only as she leans in, her right leg lifts, gliding between the two of mine until her calf meets my thigh. I lean in, letting her leg rise higher, my chest a hair’s width from her back.Fuck. I close my eyes, feeling her body heat against my chest. She’s so close, so fucking close I can almost—
She staggers back when the water comes through, thumping into my chest. “Shit!” She turns, looking down. “Did that hurt you? Did I catch your leg?”
“You didn’t hurt me.”
She breathes a sigh of relief, carefully leaning back in to test the temperature of the water, keeping her feet firmly on the ground. When she turns around again, I wonder if the blush visible beneath her makeup is as obvious as my straining cock in my shorts. “That’s better. You can get in on your own I presume? With Mase did you…”
Lie.
Lie, you son of a bitch.
“I can get myself into the shower, Scarlet.” And I can. It’s a struggle, and I’ll have to fight to pull my shorts over my leg and foot, but I refuse to be bared to this woman whilst I’m battered and broken.
“Good. That’s good.”
Dare I say, I sense a touch of disappointment…
“I’ll go get the chair and come back in a bit. If you’re struggling just stop and shout for me.”
“I’ll be fine.”
She becomes flustered, her face blushing further. “Perfect. Great.”
I stare after her as she disappears from the room.
THIRTEEN
Scarlet
You’d think there would come a time when I’d grow out of blushing. The utter lack of control after thirty-eight years on this earth, my cheeks a flame of betrayal.
