outside at the terrace.
In the distance I heard Julian's voice, "What does he want from her?" Vickie answered, "She looks happy with him, don't you want her to be happy?"
The next morning I woke up with an excruciating headache and a physical need to exercise. I had been sedentary for the last few days, and if I continued to eat and drink the way I had last night I was going to end up weighing two hundred pounds. I had to get moving! Kayden was sound asleep. I got up quietly and headed for the bathroom to get ready; before I realized it I felt his arms around me.
"So you thought you were going to escape from me." I turned around in the circle of his arms and found him looking down at me wearing nothing but a smile.
"I have to get some exercise, you won't like the way I get when I don't work out.
"Let me help you with that then."
"Oh no; I'm going to the gym to hit a treadmill for at least an hour."
"Don't you think I can keep your heart rate up for at least an hour? I am wounded."
"Stop trying to distract me. I need to workout in a non- sexual way for at least an hour before going to the hospital."
"You are definitely no fun this morning; give me five minutes to get ready and I'll go with you."
Kayden and I ran side by side for forty-five minutes. For a forty-three-year-old-man he looked amazing. He had the body of a twenty-year-old and the stamina of an eighteen-year-old. I certainly hoped I could keep up with him because I had neither the same body nor the stamina. Perhaps Julian was right; what did he want from me?
"Hey, come back to reality. Where did you go?"
"Just thinking about something I heard Julian say last night."
"Stop; please don't pay any attention to anything that nincompoop has to say. The man was a fool for letting you go and an even bigger fool for thinking he can get you back now. You are mine now; there is nothing I will not do to keep you. I don't intend losing you."
"Why me, Kayden? You could have just about any woman you choose. You are very attractive, wealthy, healthy, and great in bed. I would have thought you would want some twenty- something by your side."
"Now you are offending me. I had several of those twenty- something who all they wanted was the status a wealthy man can bring them. They kept my attention for about forty-eight hours, if they were that lucky. This is the first time I have been seriously interested in a woman since Megan died. I didn't think I could find what I had with her with anyone else; I knew I could find it with you the moment you bumped into me and I looked into your eyes. I can't explain it, not even to myself, but I felt kindness and need in your eyes."
"I knew that my clumsiness would pay off one day!"
"Let's go upstairs and take a shower." Then he leaned to my ear and said, "and if you are really good we can continue our exercise session in the shower."
I must have been exceptionally good, because that session lasted quite a while.
Unfortunately by ten both my cell and the room phones were ringing off the hook. Kayden and I had laid down for a short nap after almost two hours of physical activities and had fallen asleep. I answered the room phone first; big mistake, it was Julian. "Are you okay? We have been calling all morning."
"Of course I am okay Julian, I just went to work out and after took a shower and decided to get back to bed." Kayden laughed at my omission of our other activities; I had to cover the receiver so that Julian would not hear.
"What do you need, Julian?" My voice was curt, impatient.
"We just wanted to know if you would like to eat before going to the hospital, but since we didn't hear from you we went down for breakfast and started without you. We have a seat for you if you want to join us."
"One seat?"
"Yes."
"In that case, no thank you."
"You are making a big mistake in choosing a stranger over your family."
"For the record, I am not choosing
In the distance I heard Julian's voice, "What does he want from her?" Vickie answered, "She looks happy with him, don't you want her to be happy?"
The next morning I woke up with an excruciating headache and a physical need to exercise. I had been sedentary for the last few days, and if I continued to eat and drink the way I had last night I was going to end up weighing two hundred pounds. I had to get moving! Kayden was sound asleep. I got up quietly and headed for the bathroom to get ready; before I realized it I felt his arms around me.
"So you thought you were going to escape from me." I turned around in the circle of his arms and found him looking down at me wearing nothing but a smile.
"I have to get some exercise, you won't like the way I get when I don't work out.
"Let me help you with that then."
"Oh no; I'm going to the gym to hit a treadmill for at least an hour."
"Don't you think I can keep your heart rate up for at least an hour? I am wounded."
"Stop trying to distract me. I need to workout in a non- sexual way for at least an hour before going to the hospital."
"You are definitely no fun this morning; give me five minutes to get ready and I'll go with you."
Kayden and I ran side by side for forty-five minutes. For a forty-three-year-old-man he looked amazing. He had the body of a twenty-year-old and the stamina of an eighteen-year-old. I certainly hoped I could keep up with him because I had neither the same body nor the stamina. Perhaps Julian was right; what did he want from me?
"Hey, come back to reality. Where did you go?"
"Just thinking about something I heard Julian say last night."
"Stop; please don't pay any attention to anything that nincompoop has to say. The man was a fool for letting you go and an even bigger fool for thinking he can get you back now. You are mine now; there is nothing I will not do to keep you. I don't intend losing you."
"Why me, Kayden? You could have just about any woman you choose. You are very attractive, wealthy, healthy, and great in bed. I would have thought you would want some twenty- something by your side."
"Now you are offending me. I had several of those twenty- something who all they wanted was the status a wealthy man can bring them. They kept my attention for about forty-eight hours, if they were that lucky. This is the first time I have been seriously interested in a woman since Megan died. I didn't think I could find what I had with her with anyone else; I knew I could find it with you the moment you bumped into me and I looked into your eyes. I can't explain it, not even to myself, but I felt kindness and need in your eyes."
"I knew that my clumsiness would pay off one day!"
"Let's go upstairs and take a shower." Then he leaned to my ear and said, "and if you are really good we can continue our exercise session in the shower."
I must have been exceptionally good, because that session lasted quite a while.
Unfortunately by ten both my cell and the room phones were ringing off the hook. Kayden and I had laid down for a short nap after almost two hours of physical activities and had fallen asleep. I answered the room phone first; big mistake, it was Julian. "Are you okay? We have been calling all morning."
"Of course I am okay Julian, I just went to work out and after took a shower and decided to get back to bed." Kayden laughed at my omission of our other activities; I had to cover the receiver so that Julian would not hear.
"What do you need, Julian?" My voice was curt, impatient.
"We just wanted to know if you would like to eat before going to the hospital, but since we didn't hear from you we went down for breakfast and started without you. We have a seat for you if you want to join us."
"One seat?"
"Yes."
"In that case, no thank you."
"You are making a big mistake in choosing a stranger over your family."
"For the record, I am not choosing
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