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“Will and Daphne haven’t even officially broken up, have they?”
“In my mind they have,” Reese said.
“Pretty sure that’s not how it works.”
“But you feel the same way.”
Jay sighed. “Yeah. I do. But even if he and Daphne broke up today, I wouldn’t recommend he date someone else right away.”
“Hmmm.” Reese narrowed her eyes at Jay. “Or are you staking a claim?”
“What? No.” Jay slashed his hand through the air. “I’m not staking a claim because that isn’t how I do things.”
“Well, then Will has a shot.”
“Pretty sure he won’t care about that,” Jay said. “He’s still kind of hung up on Daphne. Anyway… I’m going to help Misha with a workout.”
Reese looked back at Misha. “You’re braver than me. I think I’d die if I let Jay coach me through a workout.”
“That’s because I need you to work hard enough that you can’t talk. It’s the only way to get any peace and quiet around you.”
“I’m going to tell Will.”
Jay laughed. “Go for it.”
“Fine. I’m out of here.” Reese flashed Misha a smile. “See you around, Misha.”
“She seems… nice.”
“Oh, she is,” Jay agreed. “She’s just a bit more energetic than Will, and she doesn’t think a lot before she speaks.”
“I kind of got that feeling.”
“She means well,” Jay said. “So don’t take anything she says too seriously.”
Misha nodded, having already figured that out. “I won’t.”
“Okay. So I thought we’d start out slow tonight,” he said. “I don’t want to scare you off.”
“Thank you. I appreciate your consideration.”
“Let’s head over to the mats and do a little stretching first. It’s the best way to make sure your muscles are ready to do more.”
There were still a couple of people in the gym, one on an elliptical and the other using weights. They were focused on their own workouts, though, and didn’t even look in their direction.
“Here we go.” Jay came to a stop on a section of the floor that was covered in a bunch of blue mats.
For the next ten minutes, Misha stretched out her muscles as per Jay’s instructions. It actually felt good, and she thought that she’d be happy to just stretch for the whole time. Tension she hadn’t even been aware of in her body eased the more she stretched.
Jay was surprisingly limber for a man of his size. Even more flexible than she was. His devotion to working out was apparent before they even did anything more demanding than sitting on the floor stretching.
“Doing okay?” Jay asked.
“Yep. This has been easy-peasy.”
Jay laughed. “We’ve barely started.”
The way the man’s eyes lit up with his laughter did something to Misha. She’d already noticed that he was a handsome man, but when he smiled or laughed, it took his attractiveness to a whole new level.
