The Way We Lie: A Fake Marriage Billionaire Romance by Addison Jane

Author:Addison Jane [Jane, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

VALEN

“Hold it right there. You have another twelve seconds,” Abby warned me when my legs began to shake. A bead of sweat slipped down my face, tickling the skin and making me desperate to move and wipe it away. “Don’t you dare, or you’ll be doing another sixty,” she growled as if she knew the exact moment I was ready to give up.

The plank I had been holding for almost a minute made my muscles burn. It was as if someone had poured gasoline over me and set me alight. I would have quite happily thrown in the towel at twenty seconds, hating how my body trembled and shook as I pushed it to its limits, but this was exactly why I had Abby.

She refused to let me quit when shit got too hard.

She wouldn’t let me give up.

And if, for some reason, I did, there were consequences, ones she knew I would hate. So I damn well pushed through with every bit of strength left inside my body.

I’d never been the fittest, the strongest, or the slimmest person in the world, but I’d always been content with my body—its shape, its weight. If there was one thing I could thank my overbearing, perfectionist of a mother for, it was for teaching me how to be confident in my own skin. And for those days when I didn’t feel so confident—how to fake it.

Unfortunately, there had been a few moments after the wedding where I’d questioned my body and its worth. Though the few times they had flashed into my mind and I’d suddenly tried to cover myself while I was naked, Reed had made quick work of eradicating those thoughts by absolutely worshiping every inch of my body.

When I’d talked to him about coming back to see Abby—who had been a personal trainer and a friend I’d worked with for years—he’d questioned why. And it had taken a lot of explaining for him to understand that working out for me right now wasn’t about losing weight or trying to be something I thought would make me more attractive, it was about growing stronger.

Physically, mentally, and emotionally.

So I never again had to feel that I was not enough.

Add in an agreement with Reed that I would let him teach me how to protect myself and throw a punch at least once a month, and I was ready to take on the world.

“Three… two… one… and done,” Abby called.

I collapsed onto my yoga mat, my chest heaving as I fought for breath.

“You know, you need to remember to breathe through these exercises, or one day you’ll just pass out.”

“That’s the plan.” I groaned as I rolled over onto my back, sweat soaking through my clothes in all the uncomfortable crevices.

Abby stood at my feet, grinning as if she, in some sick and twisted way, loved the torture she forced upon her victims. I guess she must because that was the life of a personal trainer, wasn’t it? Getting enjoyment out of someone else’s pain.

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