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“Yup.He waited, he made first contact, and he went down.”The officer nodded.“All the proof we could want.Thanks for that.”
“He might also have had something on his dash camera.I am not a professional or anything.”
The officer’s eyes widened as he looked at the car.“Thanks for that.”
She nodded and looked at Sern.“So, to the gym?”
He nodded and snagged her bag and purse.“You are very calm about this.”
“Not my first time being stalked.Just the first time I have had backup.”
He put the bags in his car and opened the door for her.“Come on.I need to punch something.”
She slid into the car seat and buckled up.He got behind the wheel, and they drove off to the gym.
Eudora looked at the set of his jaw and suspected that some equipment was going to die.
Chapter Five
In her sports bra andleggings, Eudora walked out of the change room and watched Sern already in his workout.She put in her ear clips and got to work.The treadmill was calling her, and she wanted to sweat.
She kept her focus inward as she picked up speed and continued until she felt the slight ache that said she was warmed up.She was slowing down and looking for an available weight machine, smiling when she found one.Eudora sprayed and wiped down her machine.Manners mattered.
Walking to the weight machine, she set it up and started doing pull-downs that outweighed her and half the men in this room.
She moved with slow control and breathed with focus.
Sern walked over, looked at her, smiled, and continued on his way.
She tried not to let her gaze follow him, but it was difficult.The lean muscles that were hinted at by his suits were actually a bit bulkier than she had anticipated.She clenched her jaw to stop from drooling.
She kept working out until she was ready to go for a leg press then started collecting plates to turn up the weight.She wanted to feel it.
A few of the guys working out drifted closer as she settled on the press and got her feet into position.She pushed and kept one hand on the emergency brake, but she lowered it the first time, and the guys were grinning and elbowing each other.She kept going until she had done her set of fifteen.And then she put the brake on.
She huffed, sipped some water, and waited for a bit.When she was ready to go again, she did.
