Page 106 of Doubts & Fears

I stood, looking at my watch. I hadn’t realized how much time had passed. I didn’t see Kinsley in the dance studio, so I glanced around the gym and found her. She was still on the fucking treadmill, sprinting and drenched in sweat.

Her little legs appeared to be nearing the brink of collapse.Bloody hell. Her face was red, exhaustion etched into every crevice. I walked closer and caught sight of her time on the machine. Two fucking hours and ten minutes. I looked at Jake, furious.

“Are you kidding me?”

“I tried to tell her to take a rest,” he said in defense. “She told me to fuck off.”

I went and stood in front of her. She was either zoning me out or choosing to ignore me completely. “Slow it down.Now,” I roared. She didn’t blink.

I whispered to Jake, and we switched places. I nodded, and he pushed the off button as I grabbed her around the waist, pulling her from the machine.

“What the fuck?” she said between gasps, trying to catch her breath.

“We are not starting that, young lady. Say it again.”

“Now you really are acting like Alek. I’m a grown adult, and if I want to use the f-word, I will. You’re not the boss of me,” she exclaimed, and then passed out. I picked her up and marched over to the office.

“Do you want me to call an ambulance?” Jake yelled.

“No,” I threw over my shoulder.

I took her straight to the bathroom in my office and turned the shower on. After adjusting the water to a lukewarm temperature, I stripped the clothes off her body. She was drenched. I put her in the shower, and she woke up screaming and thrashing around the minute the water touched her.

“Knock it off, young lady,” I growled, smacking her ass hard.

She yelped but stopped. As her body cooled off, I turned the water warmer to stop her from shivering. She leaned against me. Grabbing the body wash, I cleansed her beautiful body. I realized that while both of my brothers had seen her naked, I hadn’t yet. Well, not fully, anyway.

I groaned as I really looked at her for the first time. Her breathing was still coming down, so the rapid rise and fall of her rounded breasts had me mesmerized. She realized I was staring and moved her hands, trying to cover her body with one arm while grabbing for the washcloth with the other.

“I can do that.”

I growled, and she stopped. “What were you trying to do? Huh? Two hours is too long at that speed, not to mention you spent hours dancing. You put yourself at risk today. I won’t have you doing something like this again. Do you understand me?”

As I talked, she nodded, but I could instantly tell she was far away again. It was the same look she had on the treadmill. She looked drained, both physically and emotionally. Hell, she looked like someone had leached every bit of energy from her. I worked the shampoo through the long strands of her hair, massaging her scalp.

“Who is she?” Her voice wobbled.

“I told you, she’s a trainee. She’s a new hire for the club the Death Squad owns.”

I rinsed her body and sighed as her hands tightened on my forearms, squeezing, trying to hold on.

“She will be leaving for London soon,” I offered.

“Oh.”

I smiled and pulled her into my arms once more. Her hands found one of her favorite places on my body, my chest.

“Are you fucking her?” Her enormous eyes filled with tears, and her voice broke.

“No. That’s Sebastian’s job, little love.”

“Will you kiss me, Ivan,” she begged.

Fuck, she was killing me. I gently kissed her. Her soft lips were like heaven, and my tongue slid into her mouth, deepening the kiss. It grew harder, more passionate, as I nipped and sucked her lip, my movements still slow. Her hands snaked up and intertwined in my hair, and she pressed her beautiful body against mine.

I gripped her ass, picking her up. Shivers snaked down my spine as she wrapped her legs around me. The dance our tongues created resembled a Rumba on a ballroom dance floor.

I was reminded once again that every cell in my body came alive with her in my arms. I was so fucking lost in her, but equally found. A gasp shot past her swollen lips as I pushed her against the shower wall, grinding her on my cock, and her body shuddered beautifully.

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