Twenty-One Terin–––––––– HIS BREATH WAS hot on my neck as he said the words and it sent shivers all the way down to my pelvis. “Well, thank you,” I said, laughing nervously. I quickly moved away and set the weights down. “Actually I think I’m good with strength training for today.” “You didn’t finish,” he said, looking disappointed. “My arms are sore already,” I lied, running a hand over my bicep. “Don’t want to tear anything, right?” “True and you should stretch out your arm muscles, or they’ll be sore tomorrow.” “Okay. What do you recommend?” He showed me some arm stretches that I’d seen before but somehow looked better on him. Torn between jumping his bones and running like hell, I followed his instructions and did some stretching. “You sure you don’t want to try something else

