ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-FIVE

H POV

After she has disappeared into her closet, I get off the bed, put my shoes back on, and then leave her room. I head to mine, change into my training pants and then head out to the back grass area. I start my stretches while I wait for Scarlett to join me. Once she does, I help her with her stretches again. It still makes me smile with pleasure as I skim my hands over her, helping her stretch. We then move on to a light sparring session.

She, of course, doesn't realise it yet, but just for today, I allow her to get me on my back a couple of times. It is the quickest way to bring up her confidence in herself again and it also allows me to enjoy when she sits on top of me to complete the pin. We spend the session not really sparring but playing, laughing and seeing who could pin who the most.

I feel as soon as the atmosphere between us changes, I can tell she feels it too, but I don't expect her to freeze halfway through one of her moves. I c