Page 23 of Sweet Surrender
Taylor:Rubes, I’ll swing by the diner to pick you up in 15.
Ruby:Not at the diner. I’ll drop you a pin, sweet cheeks.
Taylor:Stop calling me that. You better not be miles away because if we miss this appointment, I’m not booking another one. I felt like an idiot calling them again the other day!
Ruby:Kisses.
When the pin came through for Ruby’s location Taylor died a little inside. She walked into town and headed for Justine’s office. Taylor had sold her car recently seeing that she lived and worked at the same place, it didn’t make any sense to keep paying for one when she could use that money to put towards the bar. Justine and Dean said she could borrow their cars any time she needed to, like today.
She got inside Justine’s little Toyota and turned the radio up, blasting her favorite rock station and hit the road. She pulled up outside the house, ready to collect Ruby but of course the old bat wouldn’t make this easy on her. She wasn’t waiting outside so Taylor had to go looking for her.
Taylor made her way past the stylish new black and whiteBeau’s Bodies Spa and Gymsign, which also shouted about being a rehabilitation and fitness center where he taught yoga and was available for personal training sessions.
The house had changed a lot since the last time Taylor was here. Beau had added a ground floor extension on the side of the house which looked to be the new gym. Large square windows ran along the side, flooding the room with natural light. She could hear workmen shouting and construction noise coming from behind the building presumably where the swimming pool and spa were going.
She opened the door to the gym, peering inside and she couldn’t believe her eyes. Nearly every woman from the town and even some from the next town over were crammed into the room. Bright lycra lit up the place in a sweaty rainbow. The women stood in various stages of the same yoga position, some perfected, some not so much.
“And deep breath in…” The deep timbre of his voice echoed around the room and shivers stole through her. She looked through the throng of ridiculously sexy workout gear to find Beau at the front of the class in some sort of torturous yoga pose. His sweatpants pulled tight across his thighs andbiteableass, a red tank top exposing those toned biceps. The damp half-moon in the material at the base of his throat caught her attention and kept it.
“…And out. Well done ladies, we’re done for the day. Apologies again for the noise, hopefully the work will be finished soon, then you can all take a dip afterwards to cool off,” he said and the women tittered like schoolgirls. That snapped Taylor’s attention away from his sexy man-sweat. The women all hastily gathered up their mats, pushed their tits up as high as they could and converged on the manen masse. Taylor fought an eye-roll.
She found Ruby amongst the raging pheromones and stomped over to her.
“Really? I couldn’t have met you anywhere else?” Taylor grumbled as she watched Beau fight through the crowd of women. Of course, he was too nice to tell them all to get lost. He placated them all with compliments and sweet smiles that he’d never given her. Not that she wanted them obviously.
“Well, hello to you too, Miss Grumpypants, are you my escort for the day or is Taylor coming back at some point?” The old woman sassed her like she wasn’t wearing a bright yellow leotard that showedeverythingRuby had. The hot pink legwarmers really made the outfit pop.
“I needed to get in my weekly yoga class with the Beautiful Beau Thompson, it’s not to be missed.” Ruby eyed Beau up and down, licking her lips lasciviously. A few of Ruby’s friends came over and they all started gossiping about their sexy instructor.
“I nearly spat my teeth out when he went into that downward dog, did you get a look at that ass? I could bounce quarters off of it!” One of the women said, not bothering to lower her voice.
“Damn Gladys, it was all I could do to stop myself from launching over these other bitches to bite it!” Another with white hair streaked with hot pink highlights cackled.Bitches?How gangsta were these old biddies?
“He’s trained in CPR too. I might need to fake me a heart attack just for some mouth-to-mouth action.”
Taylor looked around Ruby’s coven, not believing her ears. Did Beau know the effect he had on all these women, and the disturbing things they wanted to do to him? Did everyone love Beau and want a piece of him except for her? Apparently.
You also want to do disturbing things to himTaylor’s brain piped up.No, my vagina does, we’re very different people!She snapped back, annoyed she was arguing with herself.
“Ladies, you had a great session today. Gladys, your hip doesn’t seem to be as stiff at all,” Beau said when he reached them.
“I wish something else was stiff…” Gladys murmured, and the coven guffawed. Even Taylor had to admit that was a good one. Ruby put her arms around Beau’s waist and drew him into their inner circle, fluttering her lashes at him innocently.Gag.
“How did I do today, Beau?”
“You did amazing as always, Ruby. Just keep working on your flexibility and you’ll be able to hold some of the moves for longer,” Beau replied.
“Can we put in some one-on-one time to work on it?” Ruby asked, adoration pouring from her.
“For you? Of course, just say when.” He smiled down at her, squeezing her to him affectionately and Ruby looked like she was about to eat a tasty snack.
“I wouldn’t mind him giving me a one-on-one,” Pink Streaks said.
“Yeah, I need a private work out too, you know what I mean?”
“Keep it in your pants, Gladys!” Taylor snapped, drawing Beau’s attention for the first time.
“Oooh!” and “Someone sounds jealous!” They tittered.Sweet Lord, give me strength…
