“Okay. I’ll focus.”
She smiled. “Good, because I want you to want to lose it. I don’t want to feel like I’m forcing you. If that was the case, I could have completed my mission this morning.”
She looked at him seriously again.
“One more warning. She is extremely beautiful. It’s okay to look. I know we are not a couple but trying to mess with Natalia or my sister would really piss me off. Got it?”
Not a couple. Complete my mission. He sighed inwardly; he still had a lot of work to do. The main reason behind this deal was to make her his. He told himself to be patient. They’d done a lot in two days. She really could have taken him this morning, and he would have asked for more.
She was right; this isn’t how he wanted to do it. He had to make sure that just in case his efforts to keep her don’t work, he could at least lose his virginity in style. Nick set his shoulders in determination. From that moment on, he would be working on crafting the body he’d always wanted. Nick was so focused on the cold water that she had just mentally splashed on him that he almost missed important information. She started to walk in the building.
“Wait! Who is Natalia?”
She looked over her shoulder and smiled. “Your new personal trainer, silly rabbit.”
Chapter 9
N atalia de Costa was just-stepped-out-of-a-swimsuit-magazine, kept-men-up-at-night, don’t-need-make-up, I-get-everything-for-free… beautiful. Nick was momentarily struck stupid as she strode towards him with long, thick, wavy hair flowing down her shoulders and cascading down to her waist. Nick could almost hear the music from a movie playing.
She wore black workout leggings and a hot pink sports bra which showed off her perfectly toned abdomen and sun-kissed olive skin. Nick could have sworn that her hair was blowing in the wind. She fixed him with a 10,000-watt smile; her green eyes were open and friendly. Natalia extended her arm to shake his hand and greeted him with slightly accented English.
Nick opened his mouth, closed it, and then opened it again. Her beauty was unnerving. He’d at least gotten used to seeing Kalilah before he’d spoken to her. Nick felt Kalilah’s finger push up on his chin to close his mouth. Natalia used Nick’s momentary paralysis as the time to hug Kalilah. That made it worse, his mouth went dry. Kalilah and Natalia touching. Damn.
“You must excuse him,” Kalilah apologized. “He’s a little shy. He’ll loosen up in a little bit.”
Natalia nodded understandingly. “I’ll grab my clipboard so we can get started.” She walked back to the desk in the corner. Nick bit the inside of his cheek, of course her ass would be perfectly toned.
Kalilah stepped into his line a vision and broke his trance. “Shit. I did it again, didn’t I?” Nick whispered.
Kalilah nodded. “Yup. I’ll let you make it this time. She is extremely hot. I stared at her for a while when we first met, and I’m completely straight. Are you going to be able to focus and answer her questions?”
Natalia leaned over to make her hair fall forward and started to wrap it in a bun. Nick felt Kalilah nudge him.
“Huh? Yeah. Sorry, I’ll focus.”
Natalia came back and tried again. This time Nick’s brain made him return the shake. He tried to smile, but it looked like a grimace.
“Thank you for coming today, Nick.” She turned to Kalilah. “Are you coming back to me, as well? We can do a couple package.”
Kalilah shook her head. “We’re not a couple. And my thighs are still scared of you.”
Natalia laughed. He would have noticed how pretty her laugh was if he didn’t feel suddenly sad. There it was again. Not a couple.
“Girl. You and your thighs will love me if you trust my process. It’s only been two weeks; I’ll get you back in here. In the meantime, I’ll see you at girls’ night.”
Natalia focused her attention back to Nick and gestured to the area behind him.
“Let’s go ahead and get your stats. Then we’ll talk about your goals, okay?”
Nick followed Natalia’s lead as she took his height, weight, and body fat percentage.
“Now for your measurements and before pictures. You will need to take off your shirt. It will allow you to see your progress.”
Shit. Nick felt his heart drop into his stomach. Taking off his shirt was the last thing he wanted to do. That was the whole reason why he was here. Surprisingly, his apprehension did not lie in Natalia seeing him as he was. It was Kalilah.
Kalilah noticed his hesitation. “Natalia, this will take about an hour, right?”
Natalia nodded. Nick could tell that she knew something was off but wasn’t quite sure.