LOVE'S PERFECT PASS: Sports Romance by Zelene Heath

Author:Zelene Heath [Heath, Zelene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zelene Heath
Published: 2024-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Lily

Ethan has been coming in twice a week for the last few weeks, and I think we’re making progress. I started him off with the most basic exercises for ACL rehabilitation, and he was able to do all of them easily. “And are you feeling any pain?” I ask him constantly.

“No,” he says.

I give him a look that says I don’t believe him. “Because if it hurts, we need to stop and try something else.”

“All I’m doing is flexing my quad,” he says, gesturing down at his legs.

“Yes, well, you need to strengthen the muscles to be able to support your knee,” I tell him.

“I know!” he says, getting a little frustrated. “I have done this before, you know.”

“But you’ve never done it with me,” I say, not thinking about the words before they come out of my mouth. Ethan freezes, and I see his chest start to rise more rapidly. My stomach flips as I realize the double meaning of what I said. “Turn over,” I say, my face heating up. “We’re going to do hip extensions next.”

Ethan turns onto his stomach, maintaining eye contact with me. “Tell me what to do,” he says, his voice low.

Now I can’t catch my breath. “Keep your leg straight,” I tell him, moving over to his left side. “Squeeze your glutes and lift your leg up, keeping your knee flexed.”

“Like this?” Ethan asks. He performs the leg lift, and I watch his powerful glutes contract. Heat builds inside me when I look over and see him watching me watch him.

“Perfect,” I breathe. “Nine more.”

He doesn’t look away, lifting his leg nine more times. I’m finding it hard to focus on his form when his dark eyes won’t leave my face. I have to tear my eyes away from his to look at his leg, to watch how the muscles are moving, but then I realize I’m staring at his ass, and it does nothing to stop the heat flowing through me.

I snap back to reality when Ethan lets out a small grunt on repetition number ten. It’s not sensual anymore. That was a grunt of pain. “What hurts?” I ask, instantly going into doctor mode.

“My knee,” Ethan says with a tone that makes it clear he thinks it’s obvious.

I run my hands over the back of his knee, seeing if I can find any swelling. “Is this tender?” I ask, squeezing a few different points along his knee. When he flinches, I know I’ve found the spot. “Okay. It looks like you may have overextended a little bit here. It’s fine. We’ll try something else.”

“Okay,” Ethan says quietly. The flirtation is gone, replaced by frustration and shame.

I’m annoyed with myself. I should have noticed that he was in pain before the last rep. I know he has a tendency to push himself too far, and it’s my job to keep him from doing that and hurting himself.

But how am I supposed to do that when I’m distracted by his perfect body? I can’t just not look at him.

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