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Walking around to the office, Lily took off the tap shoes and put them away. When she grabbed her things, she looked up and saw Kiki standing in the doorway. “That was a wonderful thing you did out there.”
She smiled. “Yeah, well…the poor kid looked miserable. I thought if we could have a little one-on-one time to see where she’s at, that I could encourage her.”
“Jasmine’s been a tough sell because it doesn’t come naturally to her. I think your little instruction and the fact that you made her feel special really helped.”
“Glad I could do it.” She hitched her bag over her shoulder. “Thanks for the studio time and I’ll see you tomorrow! Have a good rest of your day!”
And as she walked out to her car, she felt…good. Lighter. And had a sense of accomplishment she’d never felt before.
But it had to be because of the time she spent dancing, right? It couldn’t be from that five-minute interaction with Jasmine.
“No. It’s definitely because I was able to dance again,” she murmured as she climbed into her car. Maybe all the doctors were wrong or being overly cautious because she felt great.
She was finally getting her life back.
* * *
“It just felt so great!” Lily was telling him over dinner that night at her place. “I’m telling you; I haven’t given myself that kind of workout in a long time and by the time I left, I felt like I was floating on a cloud! It was amazing!”
He smiled and nodded, but in his head he was listing all the reasons she was crazy. Four doctors and a team of physical therapists all couldn’t be wrong. And as good as this workout she did today felt, he had to wonder what tomorrow would bring and if her body was going to betray her.
But there was no way he was going to crap on her parade—and he seriously wanted to punch Jax for putting that phrase in his vocabulary. Right now, he was going to listen to her talk because he genuinely loved how animated she got when she described her dances.
And someday he really hoped to see her dance—whether on a stage or in his living room, it didn’t matter. All he wanted was the chance to see her in action.
“What are you thinking right now?” she asked.
Laughing quietly, Noah shook his head. “You don’t want to know.”
She hummed sassily. “Ooh…now I really think I do. C’mon. Tell me.” Reaching across the table, she took both his hands in hers. “Was it something sexy? Naughty?”
He felt his cheeks heat a little. “Um…no?” Then he laughed. “I mean…I don’t think so. I was just thinking about how I’ve never seen you dance and how much I hoped that one day I would.”
Her confident smile softened. “Aww…I love that.”
He shrugged. “Well…you talk about it a lot and I realized I’ve never seen you perform. Of course, I know absolutely nothing about dance, but I know I’d enjoy watching you.”
“You are the sweetest man in the world.” Stretching across the table, she kissed his hands. “And if you can get out of work maybe an hour early tomorrow, you can see me dance. I’ve booked studio time all this week from two to five.”
“I’m not sure I can make that happen—I left early on Monday so I could hang out with Jax, so…”
Sitting back in her seat, she took a sip of her wine. “Did you guys have fun?”
“We did. I took him to The District Monday night and had a blast.”
“Did anyone recognize him?”
“A few people, but they were all really respectful of him wanting his privacy, so it was cool. But mostly we spent a lot of time talking because he’s always so busy that we don’t have time to do that very often. I know my life is relatively boring compared to his, but I think he appreciated the peace for a little while.”
“Why do you do that?” she asked, frowning slightly.
“Do what?”
“Put yourself down. Why would he think your life is boring? And who even said your life was boring?”
“Um…I hate to point this out, but…you said that to me when we first met.”
Rolling her eyes, she huffed with annoyance. “Okay, fine. I may have thought that, but that was wrong of me. Everyone’s lives aren’t supposed to look the same. And for all you know, he may want what you have.”
