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She didn't answer, but she didn't say no either.
Progress.
Chapter Three
Nicole
The chili had been incredible.
I'd eaten every last spoonful while standing at my kitchen counter, scrolling through emails on my phone and pretending I wasn't thinking about the man who'd made it.The man who'd somehow managed to cook something that tasted better than anything I'd eaten in months, maybe years.
The man who'd asked when I'd last eaten something just because it tasted good and left me speechless because I honestly couldn't remember.
That had been three days ago.Three days of trying to focus on the Carleton campaign launch while my mind kept drifting to green eyes and that slow smile that suggested Shawn knew secrets I'd forgotten I wanted to learn.
Three days of listening to his morning workouts through the wall and telling myself the flutter in my stomach had nothing to do with picturing him shirtless and sweating.
Three days of lying to myself.
Now I was sitting in Dr.Kapoor's office on a Friday morning, trying to explain why my blood pressure had spiked and my resting heart rate was high enough to concern a medical professional.
"When did you last take a vacation, Nicole?"Dr.Kapoor asked, her pen poised over my chart.
"I don't really do vacations.Too much work to catch up on when I get back."
She frowned at whatever she'd written."What about exercise?Any regular physical activity?"
"I walk to work sometimes."When the weather was decent and I wasn't running late, which happened maybe twice a month.
"That's not enough."She set down her pen and gave me the look I'd been dreading.The look that said I was about to hear things I didn't want to hear."Nicole, your stress levels are affecting your health.Your body is in constant fight-or-flight mode.If you don't make some changes, you're looking at panic attacks, insomnia, maybe worse."
"I sleep fine."
"Four hours a night isn't sleeping fine.It's surviving."She leaned forward."I'm prescribing exercise.Thirty minutes, four times a week minimum.Non-negotiable."
Exercise.Of course.
