My Alpha Mate's Christmas Gift novel Chapter 10

　　The entire room was empty, with only soft cushions on the floor as rugs. Fewer people were in the room compared to the ground floor, and they all seemed to be busy with their businesses. Some moved in acrobatic fashions, some did his regular pushup, only this time with a heavy weight attached to his neck and another on his back. Then there was this one who seemed to be meditating, staying transfixed in a single position, refusing to move an inch from where he stood… Upside down.

　　“Oh, you’re here Roxanne. Did you say the name before entering?” A voice came from behind her.

　　She smiled as she heard his voice, one she would recognize anywhere. It was her coach. She turned back and saw him with a towel around his neck, with some gear he carried on his hand, and a wide smile plastered on his face.

　　“Hey coach. Yeah, I did. Really wish you’d stop making me do that.” She said with a soft laugh as she shook her head.

　　“Never! Not until you realise the profoundness and beauty of it” He said with a wide grin.

　　“So… Never then?” She replied dryly, raising one of her eyebrows.

　　“Yep. Never” He smiled.

　　Her coach was a man in his early forties. He had sand brown hair and a spectacular muscular build. He looked surprisingly youthful compared to his actual age. An exercise gourmet, but not one so needlessly and overly obsessive with it. Though Roxanne had to admit, sometimes his passion was a little over the top.

　　Roxanne remembered when she first arrived at the gym. She had just recently moved into town and felt bored just staying home after school. With nothing to do, and a lot to think about, she needed something to distract her from the thoughts which weighed her down.

　　After school one day, she decided to pass a different route home, trying to waste as much of her time as possible. She went through unfamiliar streets and somehow ended up at the ‘PASSION OF LIFE GYM’.

　　Roxanne could still remember how she initially found the name absurd and walked past it, but then came back and stared hard at the name, before finally deciding to give it a try.

　　Something most people didn’t know about Roxanne was that she wasn’t just your average high school girl, who was interested in boys and makeup. Ever since she was young, she had a never ending passion for one particular thing… Sports!