Page 36 of Not Afraid to Trust Again
“Nothing wrong with a little surprise,” Noah said. “My wife likes to surprise me all the time.”
Noah’s eyes lit up when he mentioned his wife.
“Let’s get started.” Noah led us over to the punching bags and gave us some brand-new boxing gloves.
Once we were ready, he showed us how to properly stand and punch the bag.
Noah stood to the side and watched us as we did the things he showed us. With each punch, I released all the hurt I felt from losing the baby and what happened to me in college. At one point, I had tears in my eyes, and I let them fall as I continued punching and kicking. I tried to hide it from Kyden, but he was always so observant.
He stopped punching his bag and walked over to me.
“Hey, what’s the matter?” His tone was so soft it made me cry more. He snatched off his gloves and held me.
“I’m okay. I promise,” I whispered against his chest. I hated to be the one crying in the middle of a boxing gym.
Kyden pulled back and studied my face. Since my hands were still covered with the gloves, he wiped my face with his shirt.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes.” I shook my shoulders. “We are supposed to be here for you releasing stress, not me.”
“I am, but I saw you crying.”
I didn’t want this to be about me, so I stood on my tiptoes and kissed the corner of his mouth.
“I’m good. Let’s get back to it.”
I stepped out of his arms and went back to my bag.
For over an hour, Kyden and I punched and kicked the bags until we were sweaty and tired.
“Whew, I didn’t know I needed that, but I’m glad we did it. Are you okay?” Kyden asked as he pulled me into his arms.
I didn’t care that we both were sweaty; I basked in the comfort of his arms.
I looked up at him and gazed into his eyes. I knew my hair was a mess, but the way Kyden looked at me with so much love, it didn’t matter.
“I’m great. This was great. I feel so much lighter. I wouldn’t mind doing this again. Maybe we don’t have to come all the way here though.” I giggled.
Woodlake Valley wasn’t too far from Sweetwater Hills, but I didn’t see myself driving there whenever I felt like letting off steam.
“I feel better too. Thank you for this.” Kyden kissed my nose. “Are we going to ride all the way back home all sweaty?”
“No. I have clothes for us in the car.”
Kyden didn’t know, but when I picked him up, I packed a bag for him while he was in the bathroom getting dressed. I had to be quick about it, but I got it done.
“Really? How?”
“I have my ways.” I winked.
He put his hand out for the keys. “I’ll get them.”
I got the keys from my bag and handed them to him.
I talked to one of the ladies while I waited for Kyden to come back.
The gym had big locker rooms with showers, so Kyden and I showered and changed so we could move on to the next part of our date.
