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“The measurements are right,” Rolando insisted, “he’s just very well… built!” Callum saw Rolando clearly eyeing up Julian’s bulge as he said it, apparently fixated on it.

“Inside leg?” Sophia asked.

“With pleasure,” Rolando replied. Julian could see how flustered Rolando was now, and how irritated Callum was watching this. He decided to have some fun.

In his deep and sexy voice, he slowly said, “How do you want me, Rolando?”

Rolando gulped, went very red-faced, and suddenly appeared to come over rather hot.

“Err, if you could just stand, back straight for me, please, but open your legs a bit wider, that would be… great.”

Julian obliged, making eyes at Callum and Sophia over Rolando’s head, as he nervously went in with the tape measure. Let’s just say Rolando got even redder and hotter taking that specific measurement.

“Right,” declared Sophia, double-checking her form, “we have everything we need. I’ll get on with it, and if you could pop in, say around the 28th of Feb., I’ll have a mock-up patterned for you to try before we commit to final stitch.”

“Great,” said Julian. “Can’t wait to see it.”

“Just to double-check, you’re not planning anything that will change any of these measurements, Julian? This is going to be very fitted to your body,” Sophia said.

“Well, no, apart from more training with his guy,” he replied, indicating Callum.

“I’m working on his abs and core mainly,” Callum confirmed, “so nothing that would make a big difference for you, I think.”

“OK, sounds good,” said Sophia, still updating her notes.

“Maybe if he’d let me pump some iron at The Iron Works, I could develop these arms,” Julian jokingly said, flexing his upper body. He looked every inch the Titan, every muscle of his upper body straining against the thin white cotton.

Rolando excused himself and quickly left the room.

Chapter 26 - Titan @ The Iron Works

Mon. 17th - Wed. 19th Feb. 25

Monday 17th February 25

On Tuesday, instead of the usual training session in the apartment, a trip out to The Iron Works was scheduled for Julian.

Callum could no longer put this off. His first thought was to let Julian attend warts and all, but when he was there on Monday, he looked around and, with fresh eyes, could see things that could be tidied: red brick dust on tops of machines that needed cleaning, and other small jobs that could be done.

Callum enlisted Jack and Rosie to help him, allocating tasks to each of them. He didn’t tell them the why, saying just that the place needed a serious spring clean. Grudgingly, they set to work, each taking items from the list they made, fitting them between covering reception, scheduled classes and booked personal training sessions.

By the end of the day, all three of them agreed the place looked much better. The tidying removed much that didn’t need to be out on display, relegated instead to the storeroom. The weight and aerobic machines gleamed, free from the red dust that always coated everything. Floor mats, weights and ropes were all in tidy piles for a change, with loose items in tubs. They also cleaned the locker areas, changing rooms and showers. Callum stayed until 10 p.m. when they closed and mopped the whole floor, something that usually only got done in parts, and as he locked the door, he was happy with their efforts.

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Tuesday 18th February 25

On the Tuesday evening, Callum felt quite nervous.

Julian had arranged to come at 9 p.m. so they could train before the gym closed, which was earlier than their normal session. He was on edge from lunchtime onwards, and both Jack and Rosie noticed, so in the end he relented and told them.

“Julian’s coming here to train tonight at 9 pm.”

“Ah, now it all makes sense,” Rosie said, “the tidying, the cleaning.”

“I don’t see why we had to clean up for that dude; he’s just coming to exercise like anyone else,” Jack said grumpily. Callum looked at him, hoping that he would be gone before Julian arrived.

“Well, it needed doing, and the place looks great,” Rosie added, trying to keep the peace.