“Ever?” Her eyes widen.
“Fuck no. I don’t…” I plant my hands on my hips and inhale slowly. “I’ve trained with plenty of guys where we roleplay like we’re going to kill each other. Women too. But not… I’ve never done that kind of roleplay before.”
“Roleplay where you talk about fucking me?”
“Jesus Christ,” I rasp as she steps closer to me, her eyes narrowed in defiance. She isn’t going to let this go.
“I can handle it. I told you I could. It’s working for me. Who cares if I’m not normal to want to do it like that.”
“There’s nothing wrong with you doing what helps you. But I can’t?—”
“Fine. I’ll carry it on when I get back to the city, then.”
“You’ll carry it on?”
She shrugs, pursing her lips. “Yeah.”
“With who?” I growl, heat flaring across the back of my neck.
“I don’t know. Brad, I guess. He’s my trainer.”
“Not anymore, he isn’t.”
“Excuse me?”
“You’re not training with him anymore,” I grit. “He puts his hands all over you.”
“Not his tongue, though. At least not yet.” She gives me a fake smile.
“Fuck.” My hands clench into fists. “You are not going anywhere near Brad Garrett-Charles.” I spit his name out like it’s trash.
“We’ll see,” she hums, turning away and sauntering over to the mat.
She lies on it and starts doing crunches.
“He’s a creep,” I say as I walk over and stand beside her.
She looks up at me. “What are you worried about? It’s just training. It doesn’t mean anything.”
“I don’t trust him.”
“I do.”
“Sinclair.” I drop to a crouch, fighting the urge to lay a hand over her chest so she stops crunching and listens to me.
“Do you mind? You’re distracting me and using up the oxygen I need to train with.”
“You’re not training with him again. I canceled all of your sessions.”
She sits up and glares at me. “You had no right to do that.”
“I had every right. I’m your bodyguard and your well-being is my priority.”
“Just not enough that you’ll actually help me be ready for when we go back, though, right?”
“Sinclair,” I growl.
“No!” she snaps. “You don’t want to train me yourself anymore, but you don’t want anyone else to do it, either. What about what I want?”
