Total pages in book: 80
Estimated words: 78357 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 392(@200wpm)___ 313(@250wpm)___ 261(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 78357 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 392(@200wpm)___ 313(@250wpm)___ 261(@300wpm)
“Who invited you?” he asked curiously.
I looked for the man responsible but didn’t see him.
“Umm,” I said as I tugged lightly on my scrub pants. “I don’t actually know his name.”
His eyes took in my attire, and his smile widened.
“Soren?” he asked.
I frowned. Soren?
“Umm,” I hesitated. “I don’t know? Like I said, we weren’t actually formally introduced.”
His lips formed into a smile. “Where did you meet him?”
I frowned. “He delivered some packages to me.”
“Soren,” he confirmed. “Him and his brothers own a parcel service in town. Didn’t know that he was delivering with them, though.”
I didn’t know either.
I didn’t know anything about this Soren person.
Soren.
Wow. What a great name.
And it fit him well.
“Blonde, built, sex… uh, attractive?” I asked.
There was a snicker from behind me, and I turned to find another beautiful person standing behind me.
She looked adorable, but she was much younger than me by about ten years at least.
“That describes that sexy beast well,” the girl—almost woman—agreed. “Well clipped beard? Blue eyes that resemble a Husky’s?”
I was laughing with her then, too.
“Ice blue,” I agreed. “Yes, that’s him.”
She nodded as if that was all the confirmation she needed. “Definitely Soren. He’s not here yet. He’s still at work, from what I was told, but he should be here in time for the WOD to start. Do you want to go get changed?”
There was a dark chuckle from behind me, and I turned to see Madden staring at me with amusement.
“This is my daughter, Sophia,” he said. “My son, Jasper, is around here somewhere.”
My brows rose to my hairline. “Your… daughter?”
He did chuckle then. “I had them young.”
Yes, I imagined he would have to.
“That’s impressive. You’re still able to get around and live your life, and you don’t have to chase after toddlers. Go you.” I grinned. “And yes, I will take you up on changing my clothes.”
He gestured toward a door at the back of the room, beside a massive pile of dumbbells that were stacked in the shape of a Christmas tree.
“That door marked ‘ladies.’” He pointed.
I gave him a grateful smile and then went into the locker room to change, surprised to find about ten other women doing the same.
“Oh, hello.” I smiled, waving at each of them like the weirdo that I was. “Are any of the bathrooms available?”
Since they were all literally changing out in the open.
“Those two are free.” A short mocha skinned woman pointed. God, she was muscular. I wanted her arms when I grew up.
I whisked myself away into the stall and came out a couple minutes later to find the entire room empty but for a pile of bags and purses.
Thinking this was where I should leave my stuff, I did, hooking it on to a hook instead of leaving it in the middle of a floor.
When I made my way out of the bathroom, Sophia was waiting for me. “Oh, that’s adorable.”
I looked down at my red and green striped short shorts, my black tank top that said ‘Elf Me’ and then my matching red and green tennis shoes.
“I was going to order some longer socks, but I wasn’t sure whether that would be a good idea or not. I wasn’t sure if I’d get hot,” I admitted.
Just as I said the last bit, a clapping started, causing us all to start working our way to the lit-up bikes near the front of the room.
I held back, not wanting to get too close in case someone noticed me, and waited for instructions on what I had gotten myself into.
The owner that had greeted me went on to explain today’s workout, and then split us into two groups, girls on the left, boys on the right.
I was nervous as hell as I allowed my gaze to move down the line of people.
Sadly, I did not see the one I was looking for, and almost felt a sense of betrayal that he would lure me here to this torture chamber and then not show up himself.
Only, just as I thought that, the door opened behind me, allowing a blast of arctic air to flow in, and causing the entire room to look to see who the latecomer was.
“Ren!” several of the men and ladies yelled. “You made it!”
My entire heart seized in my chest as I watched the sexy man make his way inside.
He was wearing a pair of nice black slacks, a button-down shirt in a deep red, and black dress shoes.
All of which he stripped off the moment he walked in the door.
I’d never felt like I’d had an out-of-body experience before, but I did right then.
The moment he reached the button on his pants, I felt my entire body tense with excitement.
All of the men went back to what they were doing, obviously used to this kind of behavior from ‘Ren’ or Soren as Madden had called him. The ladies, on the other hand, all watched him strip himself of his clothes.