~HIS HIDDEN THOUGHT~
ETHAN’S POV
The second I saw her, every thought in my head disappeared. I knew Amaya was beautiful. I noticed it the first night I saw her, even beneath the bruises and fear. But this… this was different.
She looked alive again. Sweat glistened lightly against her skin under the gym lights, her hair tied into a messy bun that exposed the graceful line of her neck. The fitted shorts hugged her curves perfectly, and her sports bra clung slightly from sweat, revealing just enough to make my self-control tighten by a thread. And the craziest part?
I could see confidence returning to her. Not fully yet, but enough to change the way she carried herself.
Enough to make her unpredictable. She turned toward me with surprise all over her face, lowering the weights immediat
