Body Heat by Paige Rochelle

Author:Paige, Rochelle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Sera

After spotting the hard-on Rowan was sporting—which was impossible to miss, considering the size of what he was packing down there—I dropped back on the mattress and sat cross-legged again. It was either move away from him or jump his bones, and I wasn’t ready to cross that particular professional line. Not yet. I was a heck of a lot closer than I was willing to admit, though. “What’s the plan for today?”

“I need to lift and get a run in.”

His answer wasn’t what I was expecting to hear. “I thought it was your off day? Don't you ever take a break?”

He shrugged his broad shoulders. “Not during the season. That’s why early retirement seemed like the only solution with my mom’s health situation.”

If he kept on being such a nice guy while we sat here talking in bed, I would end up tempting him into showing me exactly how bad he could be too. We needed to get this show on the road before that happened.

Thinking of the workout room he had in the basement that could easily compete with most small gyms, I asked, “Do you like to run inside or out?”

“I use the treadmill when I’m at the stadium, but I prefer to head outside for my run when I’m home. But if someone needs to check my route first, I can hit my workout room instead,” he offered.

I shook my head. “No, that's fine. Just give me five or ten minutes to get ready, and I'll go with you.”

He flashed me an apologetic grin. “As much as I'd like to have you with me, I'm not sure you'll be happy with how far I plan to go. It’s not by accident that I’m one of the top five rushing QBs in the league.”

Running wasn't my favorite thing to do, but I’d survived a hell of a lot of it when I was enlisted. “How many miles?”

“You good for five?” he asked.

I heaved a sigh of relief because I thought he was going to say at least ten miles. “Yeah, I can do five.”

“All right.” He grinned at me, rubbing his hands together. “Let's do this.”

I hadn't thought it was possible for a guy to be sexy and adorable at the same time, but Rowan’s boyish excitement over running with me didn’t detract from his hotness level at all. If anything, it added to it. Hopefully, getting hot and sweaty in an unenjoyable way would put a damper on my libido.

Half an hour later, we were ready to head outside after getting changed, gulping down a couple of those god-awful smoothies Rowan swore by, and stretching. Less than a minute into our run, I realized my hope was in vain—he could run me until my muscles cried out, and it still wouldn’t stop me from wanting him. I was starting to think nothing would, but definitely not running because he looked so damn good doing it.

Rowan moved unlike anyone I'd ever seen before. His stride was even, his muscles bunching with each shift of his body.

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