CHAPTER ONE
Gareth sat with his head down, breathing hard. At 46 he was still in good shape, but there was no getting away from it, the gym just wasn’t as much fun as it used to be. In fact these days there was only one thing that kept him coming back… and she didn’t even know he existed. He lifted his head and glanced around the room; the gym was quite busy but he couldn’t see Amanda.
He dropped his head for a moment and then hauled himself to his feet. God he hated himself, why did he bother coming here just to catch a glimpse of her? She must be fifteen years his junior and so far out of his league it wasn’t even funny. Plus he strongly suspected she was seeing Alex, the scary looking personal trainer who worked there.
He looked around again and spotted his ‘nemesis’ in the corner. The guy was 6’3 minimum and built like a brick shithouse, no way did Gareth want to have a ‘problem’ with Alex! Sure, he seemed friendly enough day to day, but if he really was dating Amanda then he didn’t look like he’d take kindly to another man messing with his girl.
He watched Alex explaining to a short, slightly tubby girl how to use one of the machines. She had obviously just joined the gym and nodded along enthusiastically as he spoke, but honestly seemed far more interested in Alex’s huge, veiny arms than the machine itself.
Gareth flicked his eyes around the room again and finally spotted Amanda. Oh shit… every time he saw her it was just like the first; she was simply ‘unreal’. Beautiful blue eyes, shoulder length blond hair tied back in a high ponytail and that incredible body tightly encased in Lycra gymwear… he could barely take his eyes off her.
He drank her in for a few more seconds before shifting his gaze, despising himself for being so creepy. He turned to walk away and almost bumped straight into Alex who was now standing close beside him.
“Steady on!” said Alex.
“Shit sorry, I wasn’t… looking…. where I was going.”
