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Nico’s at the entrance when I walk in “You’re late” I ignore his comment and take my place in front of the class

Yeah, I’m late, but less than ten minutes, thanks to his wife’s call Today is ht, volunteer Like anyone could ever tell Nico Hunter no Even if I weren’t already one fk up away froet out of this If you want to train with Nico, you do what he wants…even if he poses what he wants to you as a question You don’t really have a choice in your answer

My stint volunteering at the Women’s Center is part of my penance Nico thinks I need to build more character, learn to respect women more Sure, everyone should be puy-whipped like him He thinks I don’t remember hoas before he met Elle, but I do A different wo out the back door of the gym I was only thirteen, but I re hot Tits sticking out and short little skirts, who could forget seeing that shit each s I had to run on the tread changed

Don’t get , Elle is the coolest chick I know She runs interference between et too heated But this volunteer crap is their gig, not mine Yet here I am at 10AM on a Saturday about to teach self-defense to a room full of women

I take a quick look around the packed rooet aith shit when I’m in trouble Well, at least when the trouble I’m in is with the ladies

Nico watches froh a few minutes of warm up stretches I’m relieved when he eventually disappears and I can stop pretending I’ I’dhead I weavekicks Some I help with their form, others I pass and s I’ for my next assistant If I have to de, right?

Out of the corner of limpse of a woman in the back row She’s turned around, but I already know she’s going to be ht of that ass It’s shaped like a perfect heart and, as she reaches up to tie her hair into a ponytail, I’lie to sink my teeth into

I walk towards her, thinkingwon’t be so bad after all Hell, if the front looks half as good as the back, this classtoday I make my way up the aisle to reach her, ready to turn on my charm, just as she turns my way What I see stops me dead in my tracks Can it really be her?

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Jaht hiraciously bend down to pick up the papers that dropped fro down my shirt He probably pushed them off on purpose He doesn’t even have the decency to pretend he wasn’t looking Instead, he actually s over his desk Total sleezeball

I return the sh it physically pains h to put up with his crap for another seven weeks of my internship