NIKOLAI
When I stepped into the gym Saturday morning, ready to take over training from Sasha, I immediately noticed something was off. Half the group was missing.
I scanned the room, my brows knitting together. “Where are the women?”
Sasha barely looked up from adjusting the wraps on his wrists. “Your girl took them.”
I stilled. “My girl?” I repeated, leveling a pointed look at him.
His lips twitched into a smirk. “Theresa.”
I exhaled sharply, rolling my shoulders to keep from reacting. I wanted to smack that look right off his face, but I held back, reminding myself that I’d promised myself to be a better friend.
“Ha. Funny.” My voice was flat. It wasn’t funny. Not even a little. “Where are they?”
“Outside.”
Without another word, I turned on my heel to figure out what was going o
