Page 14 of Training Maisy

Chapter 9

That night before she went to bed, she called Brittany, suddenly missing her friend and feeling quite lonely.

“Hey, you aren’t working?” she asked her friend, surprised that Brittany had picked up on the second ring.

“Nope, I surprisingly find myself free and was just about to call you.”

“Really? That is kinda weird,” Maisy said, knowing it was rare for Brittany not to bring some of her work home from the office.

“I know, right? But I have this new assistant who is as efficient as a robot, and she helped me . . . Well, not help since it’s actually her job, but I find that the pile of work on my desk has been reduced almost by half since she arrived yesterday.”

“Her? Are you telling me you hired a female secretary?”

“Yes, I did, and you can’t believe how annoying it is that she’s absolutely perfect for the job. Enough about me. How are things down there?”

“Great actually; went to the gym yesterday and this morning, too,” Maisy told her friend, and hearing herself say it aloud made her happy she had gone through with it. Brittany was happy for her friend, and it clearly showed in her voice.

“You did? Well, that’s great; I’m really happy for you, and a little bit jealous, too. So, tell me how it is.”

“You remember Carter?”

“The guy who made you run out of the gym the first time? Yeah, I remember him.”

“Well, he’s my personal trainer and is working with me one on one.”

“Now I’m seeing pictures. How is he?”

“He’s the most mean, sadistic, unfeeling person I’ve ever known,” Maisy replied heatedly, still feeling the burn from her morning workout. “Which is more annoying since he’s so hot. I was this close to dragging him to the floor and kissing him senseless.”

“Whoa, hold on. What did you say? Don’t tell me you have a crush on your personal trainer.”

“I’m not talking crush, Brittany. I’m talking I-want-to-do-naughty-things-with-him, want-him-to-do-naughty-things-with-me kind of feeling. This is the first time since I broke up with Eric that I’m feeling like this about someone. I think it’s the first time in my life I’ve felt this attracted to someone.”

“Okay, and you’re sure that it isn’t that you’re falling for him or anything like that, right?”

“Hell no. I may be okay enough to want to jump his bones, but I am definitely not recovered enough to want to risk my heart like that again,” Maisy said.

“Well, as long as you’re sure it isn’t more than that, then I don’t see any problem with it. Just be careful, okay?”

“Of course, babe,” Maisy said, not needing to be reminded about the last time she wasn’t careful enough. She stayed on the phone with Brittany till past midnight, talking about many things like Chloe and the people she met in town. When she dropped the phone, she saw it was almost two in the morning and almost panicked. Then she remembered she was meeting Carter in the evening, not morning, so she could sleep in late. Thank God for that.

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