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she added immediately. "It is true. I don't have a child. But you know what I have? Common sense," she said and bent over to emphasize her next words, "Bello and I are madly in love with each other even though we don't have a child. Love surpasses all something you don't have in your family," she said and left with her purse squeaking lightly from the firm grip she gave it. When she heard her car roar into ignition, she swallowed hard and stared at the wound on her palm. Even though it slowly healed, the mark would forever remain there.

Freyr's free hand roamed over the transformation—gripping a biceps as it ballooned, veins snaking over the sudden swell, his forearm splitting into corded ridges. Tom's abs clenched, his core stacking into an iron-plated wall, every defined square pressing outward as his obliques knotted into brutal, gripping lines. Even his thighs trembled, quads surging against his pants until the seams groaned. The god smirked, watching Tom's jaw flex as he swallowed. "There. Now you won't break when he kicks."

He reminded me of an athlete… those who focus on training so hard until they’re all muscle and no fat. He was not so ripped that he was huge or bulky, just enough to look like he could flip me over his shoulder without a huff or puff. The word, no, I’m quitting….this was a mistake; are right on the tip of my tongue. Say it…Meave..just spit out.

With both of them, it was fairly light. "Neither of us wants to become bulky like true weight lifters," I said. "Bulk comes from doing heavier weights fewer times. Strength comes from doing lighter weights more times. When you can do three sets of ten easily, start making the sets longer, fifteen, then twenty, and finally twenty-five. When twenty-five becomes easy, adjust the weight upward to where you're starting with sets of ten again. Eventually, you'll want to quit adding weight because you've reached the look you're comfortable with and all you want to do is maintain your strength," I said.

Zhane packed the things he liked to call ‘weapons’ and put them in the tiny space below his oversized shirt. Despite his tremendous practice and exercises, his overall size could be considered skinny. He was ripped, for sure… but he was still a bit skinny. Therefore a bit oversized shirts looked quite charming on him.