Cross by Adriana Locke

Author:Adriana Locke [Locke, Adriana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Umbrella Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00

Cross

“Good workout today, Cobble. See ya next week.” I grab a towel and wipe my face off as my fourth appointment of the day gathers his things. Usually by this time of day, my ass is dragging, but not today. Today I have so much damn energy I could train an entire football team.

A few minutes will go by and I’ll forget I spent the night with Kallie. I’ll get caught up in teaching a jab or timing a round on the jump rope and she’ll momentarily be gone from my mind.

Then I’ll remember.

The image of her spread out on my bed, how soft her skin felt last night as I held her tight against me will come charging back, and I immediately have another spark in my step.

It doesn’t seem real in many ways. This girl I thought I lost, the girl I knew I’d never stop thinking about is all of a sudden back and has fallen in step with me again. I’m in all the way with Kallie.

Thank God.

The door chimes and I look up, expecting to see Cobble leaving. I do, but I also see Kallie walking in.

“Hey, babe…” My voice drifts off as I take in the look on her face. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. Not really.”

“Then why do you look like you lost your puppy?”

She crosses her arms and then drops them. She crosses them again. “How has your day been?”

“Good. Getting better—I think,” I add, still unsure as to what’s causing her to fidget with the hem of her shirt. “How was yours?”

“Fine.” She heads to the free weights and drags her finger over them. “Did you train Megan today?”

“Yup. Last session. She took it reasonably well.”

She raises a brow. “Took what?”

“The fact that I’m not training her anymore,” I explain. “We talked about that. What did you think I meant?”

“That’s why I’m here.”

Her arms go across her middle again, this time firmly. She takes a deep breath, almost like she’s counting to ten before blowing it out. It makes me take one too in an attempt to settle the little fire that starts to burn in my gut.

“So, the things you said to me last night, Cross, about how this changed things between us…”

“Yeah?”

“Exactly how did you mean that?”

“I meant it like if I see a man hitting on you, I’ll break his face. Exact enough?” I’m partially teasing, but she there is no levity in her reaction. Instead, she bites the inside of her cheek.

“I was just in Carlson’s with Nora. Veronica said you and Megan were in your truck—”

“Woah. Hold up.” I throw the towel at the basket near the wall. “What the fuck is going on?”

“So, you were with her today? Getting lunch?”

“No—well, yes, I took her to Carlson’s and grabbed a sandwich because it was the easiest fucking way to get her out of my hair.”

Her jaw clenches as she huffs. “Really, Cross?”

“Yes, fucking really,” I say back. My head spins in disbelief. “She had Molly drop her off here and she didn’t come to pick her up.

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