Flirting with the Boss: A love at the Gym Novel by Sparling Amy

Author:Sparling, Amy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

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Noah

I have got to get out of my house. Being here alone with only my dogs for company isn’t helping. I love my dogs, and they’ll listen to me talk, but they provide no advice. And their happy smiles and wagging tails only do so much for the misery I’m in over these stupid emails.

I’ve replied a few more times to this mysterious person, each time trying to figure out if maybe it’s Tasha. But the person on the other end of the emails gives me no real concrete clues about their identity. I’m still slightly worried that maybe this is a prank. Some friend of mine trying to trick me into thinking I have a secret admirer when really I don’t.

I glance over and look at myself in the reflection of the large glass doors that lead out onto my back patio. I’m not a bad looking guy. I know that. I work out and keep up my appearance. Every time we post a group photo to the Roca Springs Fitness Instagram account, people comment on how attractive all of us are. So I know I’m not some ogre.

But why does the idea of someone liking me make me feel like it’s a joke?

I’ve been single so long. I’ve been dedicated to this job for so long. I just never gave time to dating, and for a while it felt like it didn’t matter. Building this business was all that mattered because it was the key to my future success. I refuse to be living paycheck to paycheck, constantly risking foreclosure or having my cars repossessed like my parents. They’ve spent their entire lives in debt, and miserable. That won’t be me.

I studied hard in college, working my way through it with various internships and part time jobs, not wanting to take out any student loans that weren’t necessary. There just wasn’t time for girls back then.

When I started Roca Springs Fitness with Brent and Kris, there also wasn’t time to worry about dating. This gym had to be perfect, down to every last detail. The paperwork and permits and style and design. The vendors we chose, the marketing plan, the finances. It all mattered. It couldn’t be done half-heartedly. I took charge and made sure everything was done perfectly right.

That’s why I’m the boss. Not the chill one, and not the cool one. I’m just the boss. And I’ve sacrificed my happiness in the process.

But now the gym is up and running, and it’s doing very well. I can breathe a little bit now. We have employees and a bookkeeper to handle the payroll. I have time off now. I can date.

I want to date.

Tasha’s beautiful smile flashes in my mind, the way she’ll meet my gaze across the gym and brighten up, giving me a little wave. I think she’s just being friendly. Or maybe sucking up to the boss. Why wouldn’t she smile at me, after all? I’m the one who hired her.

But I wish she was smiling because she liked me.

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