Nova POV:
Blearily opening my eyes I stretch my arms above my head before taking a minute to take in my surroundings. Getting up I wander over to the window and see it’s still pretty dark out, glancing at the clock I see it’s 5:45am. Yawning I shake my body loosening off my muscles, “I haven’t slept that well in a while” I ponder to Ki who’s stretching in my mind.
“Hmmm, it was what we needed” she murmurs back to me as I walk into the bathroom to freshen up. As I get dressed into my gym leggings and crop top i gather my hair up into a high ponytail and catch a glimpse of my new scar on my neck. Seeing the small silver line on my neck it fills me with sadness for a moment before I blink away my tears not letting them fall, “it’s healed very quickly” Kia observes. “Hmm” I hum agreeing with her not sure as to the reason.
“Work out time” I say cheerily trying to perk myself up. Slipping on my trainers I quickly grab my keycard and fill my water bottle before leaving the room and heading downstairs.
Opening the gym door I’m immediately surrounded by Jaxs increasingly intoxicating scent, hearing grunts and a thud from him hitting a punching bag I walk over to the far room seeing him concentrating on his workout. “That man..wow” Ki exclaims to me. His brows furrow from the effort he’s exerting as his sweat drops down his deliciously defined body, his arms bulge as they move fluidly. Realising I’ve been staring at him admiring him I shake my head and cough slightly making my presence known to him as he stood and catches the punching bag.
“Hey” he pants as he drops and picks up his water bottle gulping it down.
“Lost in your own world there?” I ask him playfully I set my things down and start stretching and rolling my muscles.
“Yeah, I just try and switch off when I’m in here. Zeus and I love this time of day when we just get to work out” he answers me.
“Sorry for interrupting you, I don’t mind coming in later so you can still have some private time to work out” I let him know.
“I’m not sorry” I hear him say from behind me. Looking over my shoulder as I stretch my leg out in front of me and lean forward I see Jaxs eyes trained on my behind.
“You sure?” I check ignoring the warm feeling that spreads through me at his words.
“Im sure” he assures me as he lifts his eyes up to meet mine grinning unashamedly knowing I’ve caught him checking me out.
Shaking my head at him as he stands back up I laugh, “well you can get back to punching the life out of that bag, I’ll be over there” I point to the weight section at the far end of the room. Quickly hopping on the treadmill I run for a few minutes warming up my muscles before I hop off and start with my weight circuits. After I’m done I sit in bewilderment for a few minutes before Jax comes over, “you ok?” He checks.
“Hmm?” I ask him making him quirk a brow at me.
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