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training and health

It crossed a very, very personal line, because part of me made that invite as a woman Simply put--I wanted to be around him more There is an undeniable attraction, pull, chemical harmonywhatever, that I have with Ryker and I don't like it I don't do hockey players, particularly ones that are in my employ

So I ask againwhat in the hell was I thinking when I made the invite?

I think back to et why I'm undeniably interested and fascinated by this eous looks and Thor-like body aside, when it boils down to it, he ended up soothing

He actually accepted my plans for the team

He didn't sneer, or look duot my analysis of his stats, and the part that really satisfied my psyche was that he was actually i Ryker didn't question er

He is the only one other than ive me a fair shot

And that ramps up my attraction

It's insane, and stupid, and irrational for s, but I did it just the sa, we talked about what it oalie

I started playing hockey when I was five years old and I didn't quit until the last Olye of twenty-two While I playedup in Hartford, Connecticut, by the tioalie becausefast and my focus was sharp I wasn't recruited by Princeton to play hockey there, as I went on a full acadeh school at sixteen, but I played there nonetheless I actually had the credits to graduate high school much earlier, buttoo far away in age from my peers so that I could have a better social experience through college

It was during our talk of uilty for lying to Ryker I lied to him when I told him I was only interested in his abilities and what he could do for the Cold Fury because of my analysis of the numbers I boiled him down to numbers and lied because I didn't want to ever admit to him I felt a bit of a kindred pull

I know exactly what it's like to have sooalie and then lose it all I know this because the reason I have a silver old frohteen is because I le puck escaped my clutches, and the entire teaold, and we had to listen to the Canadian national antheled Banner"

It is because of that experience that I understand Ryker and his motivations this season better than any other person except perhaps Ryker himself

And so I let that guilt and o and pride were all validated by hia session today I hold this class--Flexibility with Yoga--twice a week in a rented studio I've been doing yoga since I was about fourteen and there hasn't been any other exercise or workout plan that has oalie When you're in the net, you depend first and foremost on your reflexes, but then your body had better be ready to bend and stretch to accooalie had better be prepared to go down into a full split if need be to catch a dribbling biscuit on the ice After I stopped playing hockey, I stuck with the regimen and even trained to be an instructor It'sme connected to the world outside my hockey bubble

When I asked Ryker if he did yoga, he just looked at me with one eyebrow cocked skeptically For the first tis that Ryker felt shouldn't be shared by both woht lose testosterone if he did yoga

I assured him that no one would question his uys in the class When he still looked doubtful, I realized just how e

"I get it," I said with a shrug of my shoulders as I stood up froh a full workout I'll give you a pass"

Sparks sizzled in his eyes and I had to practically bite h when he stood up fro you throay, Big Bang I'll be there"

And then he left

Just left, although he did say, "Catch you later" over his shoulder I didn't knohether to be incensed by his lack of professionalism toward me as the GM or charmed by his comfort around me

And what in the hell did he ?

"You're wearing a groove in that sidewalk the way you're pacing back and forth," I hear from my left and my head snaps that way "Too much on your mind?"

Ryker walks towarda pair of red workout shorts and a dark gray sweatshirt, which is all that's really needed because Decembers in the Carolinas are pretty hts actually dissipate as I take hiht flutter in my belly when I notice his eyes quickly rake overalwaysparticularly sexy with -sleeved fitted workout top, my hair pulled back into a very short ponytail essentially to keep it out of my eyes I don't have an ounce of makeup on and for some weird reason, I'm a little self-conscious of that now

Shaking ive hiht you were chickening out"