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Fucker.
“Sorry boss man, just didn’t want her to break her wrist.”
Haley had enough knowledge about boxing that she wasn’t anywhere close to breaking her wrist. His smirk said as much.
“Don’t worry about her wrists, or her arms, or anything else attached to her body. Got me?”
He could barely hold back a smile as he passed by me. “Oh, I got you.”
He started whistling as he grabbed his jump rope and began warming up.
My gaze swung back to Haley, who was jabbing at the bag with her back to me. She didn’t seem to catch what just happened, but if I knew her like I thought I did, she was just letting it go for now. I walked over and hovered near her shoulder, watching as she punched.
After a few combos, she stopped and turned toward me.
“Should we pick up where we left off?”
Her eyes rounded, and I rushed to add, “Self-defense. I thought we could work through a few moves unless you want to keep working the bag.”
She eyed me suspiciously, likely trying to gauge if I was going to act like nothing happened. I had no intention of doing that, but I made a deal with her to give her lessons, and I was a man of my word.
She nodded and tugged off her gloves, walking back to where we’d been stretching.
This time I led her through a few defensive moves while Rex worked across the gym and others filtered in. I made sure to keep enough distance between us so that I didn’t get worked up again, and for the last half of the session, I had her working a bag with a few kick combos. Finally, after her timer had gone off and she cooled down with some stretches, she told me she was going to hit the showers.
I gave her a slight nod, keeping my eyes down. The second she was behind the wall that divided the gym from the locker doors, I shifted.
This was a bad idea, but I couldn’t seem to stop my feet from moving.
CHAPTERTEN
Fast Dry Nail Polish
Glittering Snow
Heavy Bags
Boxing
Liam’s Eyes
Privacy
I should have just showeredat Nora’s, but I was in worse physical shape than I had originally thought. That workout had kicked my ass. Sweat dripped down my spine, coated my forehead, and made my neck slick. I needed to rinse off before I did anything else, and since I had brought extra clothes, it didn’t seem like a big deal to check out the locker room.
The setup was interesting.
The women’s locker room was within view of the main gym just slightly, but there was a small wall you had to walk behind to get to it. Since I hadn’t seen a single woman in the two times I had been here, I was fairly confident that I would have the room to myself. Sure enough, the space was empty, the showers dry as if no one had been in. I set my duffel down on the bench and stripped out of my shirt and leggings, pulling off my socks and replacing them with shower shoes.
I was bent over, digging out my small toiletries bag, when I felt two hands skim over the globes of my ass. Then the air whooshed out of me as I was pulled against a firm chest, and hot air hit my ear.
“I shouldn’t be in here.”
Liam.
Lifting my hand, I wrapped it around his neck so that I was flush against his chest. My eyes fluttered closed as his strong fingers moved over my stomach and down along my hips. He touched the strap along my hip until he dipped under, the pad of his finger rubbing the sensitive skin there.
“Fuck,” he whispered harshly against my throat as he spun me and pushed me up against the row of lockers.
