The One You Fight For (The Ones Who Got Away) by Loren Roni

Author:Loren, Roni [Loren, Roni]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2018-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Sixteen

Taryn stood in front of the curved wall, eyeing the thing as if it were a hated ex-boyfriend. She didn’t know how a wall could be laughing at her, but it totally was. She felt its silent mocking. She should’ve gone out to the lobby to wait for Shaw while he showered and changed clothes, but her mind had been racing and restless energy had been coursing through her. After the heavy conversation they’d had, the agreement they’d made, and then that kiss, she needed distraction. So she’d decided to walk around the gym to shake off the nervous energy and to get ideas for the event. However, after one lap around the place, she found herself staring at that beast of a wall instead.

Even though she was in skinny jeans and not workout clothes, she unzipped her boots and took off her socks. Just one try. Her jeans had good stretch in them—as all respectable jeans should. She’d be fine. Probably.

She backed up on the runway and braced one leg in front of her. One, two, three…

She shot forward, using every ounce of power she had, and her feet hit the surface of the wall with a slap. She got three steps up, felt the lift, got excited, and then gravity smacked her right in the face again. Not today, lady. She stumbled backward awkwardly, but at least managed to stay on her feet this time and not land on her butt.

A grunt of frustration escaped her, and she hit her fist against the wall. “Ugh, you big, ugly piece of junk.”

A chuckle echoed behind her. “You’re going to hurt Wally’s feelings.”

Taryn peered over her shoulder. Shaw was heading her way, dressed in jeans and a dark-blue Henley that brought out his eyes. His hair was loose with a little wave to it, the ends still damp above his shoulders. Good God. A hard kick of arousal hit her low and fast. She loved a good man bun but had thought of tugging Shaw’s hair free more than once. Seeing Shaw fresh from a shower with his hair down and his skin a little flushed from the heat of the water? Not fair.

She cleared her throat and tried to look unaffected at the sheer male beauty of him. She smiled to convey See, totally handling this. Don’t I look chill? “Wally doesn’t have feelings. He’s inherently evil.”

Shaw nodded toward the wall. “So he’s still pissing you off, huh?”

She reached down for her socks. “No,” she said haughtily. “I was just killing time.”

“Uh-huh.” He watched as she sat on the edge of the platform and pulled her sock on. “I think we should add to this agreement of ours that you’ll still come for your workouts.”

She gave him a look of warning as she zipped up her boot. “Shaw, if you’re telling a girl on your very first date with her that she needs to work out, you really need some lessons on Things Not to Say to a Woman.”

His smile went sly.

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