THERESA
What had just happened? I brought my hand to my racing heart, even though I was well aware the gesture was not going to steady it. I had planned to finish my workout with some ab exercises, but now I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to stick around. Would it be wrong to just take the roller home with me? It wasn’t like I couldn’t just bring it back the next day.
That moment between Nikolai and me had been so strange. I couldn’t figure out if he hated me or not. And when we’d touched, the oddest feeling came over me. It was like tingles where our bodies connected. I’d never felt anything like it.
My whole body had reacted—an involuntary shiver running down my spine, a rush of warmth spreading from where our skin met. My fingers twitched at my sides as if they wanted to reach for him
