studied her ass in her skin-tight yoga pants. Christ . I’d have no chance of hiding a hard on in my gym shorts.
“Take a break after this. Then do two more sets. I’ll be right back,” I said brusquely.
I left her there without making eye contact. I needed water. What I really needed was a cold shower, because I was losing my damn mind reliving the memory of her body. I grabbed a couple waters from behind the front desk. I chugged the first one, stopping to take a few more steadying breaths. I needed to get her out of my head. She didn’t want this trip down memory lane either. What the hell was I doing?
“Everything okay?”
Darren strolled up to the counter, his eyes narrowed. Fuck, he could read me like a book. Unlike Maya. Her thoughts were still a mystery. I’d been able to read her so well, once upon a time.
“Yeah, just grabbing a water for a client.”
Maya walked up with Eli at her side, her eyes as cool and calm as they had been earlier. “Okay, I think you’ve tortured me enough. I’m heading out.”
Darren swiveled to face her, his face lighting up when he sized her up. I tensed.
“Hi, I’m Darren,” he said, holding out his hand.
She shook his hand and her eyes brightened. “You must be Cam’s brother? I’m Maya.”
Darren’s smile slipped for a second. They’d never met, but they sure as hell knew of each other. He flashed me a look before returning to her. “Yeah. You’re the Maya?”
“I guess,” she muttered, almost too quietly to hear, as she put on her coat and tugged her hat back on. She looked to Eli and turned to leave.
“So, Maya. You interested in coming out with us for drinks later? Old man Cam is going to tie one on. You wouldn’t want to miss that, would you?”
“Darren—”
He lifted his hand to silence me. “No, no. I’d love to get to know the infamous Maya who I’ve heard so much about.”
“Maya never misses a happy hour,” Eli chimed in, lifting his shoulders to his ears.
She glared at him and he recoiled slightly, giving her a frozen smile. “That’s not true.”
“Judgment free zone, hon,” Darren said. “Let’s hit the bar down the street around seven. What do you think?”
She stared hard at him. Between Eli’s comment and Darren’s impossible grin, I wasn’t sure how she’d be able to shoot him down. I almost felt bad for her.
“Fine.” She grabbed the second water from my hand, turned, and hooked arms with Eli.
He smiled back at us as she pulled him out the door. Through the glass, I could see her mouth moving at a rapid rate the second the doors closed. She was pissed.
I suppressed a smile.
CHAPTER FIVE
MAYA. “Do you want to explain to me what the hell that was all about?” I started as soon as we cleared the exit from the gym.
Eli sighed dramatically. “Here we go.”
“You completely sabotaged me in there!” I had to keep myself from screaming at him as we made our way back to the apartment.
“You ran into your ex. It’s not world news, okay? Get a grip.”
Rage pulsed through me. “And you basically pushed me into a private work out with him, and somehow I’m supposed to be totally fine with getting drinks with him and his brother tonight?”
“So what, Maya? You’ve been moping around all week since you found out Cameron was in New York. You obviously still have feelings for him. Why don’t you give it a chance?”
“Give what a chance? What we had is over. I’m attracted to him, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to go running into another relationship with him. And who knows if that’s even something he wants?”
He rolled his eyes. “Right.”
“Right…what? What does that mean?”
He turned toward me. “Outside of my own personal experiences, I’ve never actually felt chemistry between two other people. Until today. The freaking air crackled when you two saw each other. Whatever is going on between you is so obviously more than you’re making it out to be. I just gave you a
“Take a break after this. Then do two more sets. I’ll be right back,” I said brusquely.
I left her there without making eye contact. I needed water. What I really needed was a cold shower, because I was losing my damn mind reliving the memory of her body. I grabbed a couple waters from behind the front desk. I chugged the first one, stopping to take a few more steadying breaths. I needed to get her out of my head. She didn’t want this trip down memory lane either. What the hell was I doing?
“Everything okay?”
Darren strolled up to the counter, his eyes narrowed. Fuck, he could read me like a book. Unlike Maya. Her thoughts were still a mystery. I’d been able to read her so well, once upon a time.
“Yeah, just grabbing a water for a client.”
Maya walked up with Eli at her side, her eyes as cool and calm as they had been earlier. “Okay, I think you’ve tortured me enough. I’m heading out.”
Darren swiveled to face her, his face lighting up when he sized her up. I tensed.
“Hi, I’m Darren,” he said, holding out his hand.
She shook his hand and her eyes brightened. “You must be Cam’s brother? I’m Maya.”
Darren’s smile slipped for a second. They’d never met, but they sure as hell knew of each other. He flashed me a look before returning to her. “Yeah. You’re the Maya?”
“I guess,” she muttered, almost too quietly to hear, as she put on her coat and tugged her hat back on. She looked to Eli and turned to leave.
“So, Maya. You interested in coming out with us for drinks later? Old man Cam is going to tie one on. You wouldn’t want to miss that, would you?”
“Darren—”
He lifted his hand to silence me. “No, no. I’d love to get to know the infamous Maya who I’ve heard so much about.”
“Maya never misses a happy hour,” Eli chimed in, lifting his shoulders to his ears.
She glared at him and he recoiled slightly, giving her a frozen smile. “That’s not true.”
“Judgment free zone, hon,” Darren said. “Let’s hit the bar down the street around seven. What do you think?”
She stared hard at him. Between Eli’s comment and Darren’s impossible grin, I wasn’t sure how she’d be able to shoot him down. I almost felt bad for her.
“Fine.” She grabbed the second water from my hand, turned, and hooked arms with Eli.
He smiled back at us as she pulled him out the door. Through the glass, I could see her mouth moving at a rapid rate the second the doors closed. She was pissed.
I suppressed a smile.
CHAPTER FIVE
MAYA. “Do you want to explain to me what the hell that was all about?” I started as soon as we cleared the exit from the gym.
Eli sighed dramatically. “Here we go.”
“You completely sabotaged me in there!” I had to keep myself from screaming at him as we made our way back to the apartment.
“You ran into your ex. It’s not world news, okay? Get a grip.”
Rage pulsed through me. “And you basically pushed me into a private work out with him, and somehow I’m supposed to be totally fine with getting drinks with him and his brother tonight?”
“So what, Maya? You’ve been moping around all week since you found out Cameron was in New York. You obviously still have feelings for him. Why don’t you give it a chance?”
“Give what a chance? What we had is over. I’m attracted to him, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to go running into another relationship with him. And who knows if that’s even something he wants?”
He rolled his eyes. “Right.”
“Right…what? What does that mean?”
He turned toward me. “Outside of my own personal experiences, I’ve never actually felt chemistry between two other people. Until today. The freaking air crackled when you two saw each other. Whatever is going on between you is so obviously more than you’re making it out to be. I just gave you a
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