The next morning, Brodie announced we would be training, but I wasn’t looking forward to it. I took my time taking a shower, anything to put it off for a little longer. It was going to mean that I could no longer avoid close contact with him. I had turned the shower cold and just stood there, letting it chill every inch of me. I hoped that if I was cold enough, it would offset at least some of the heat that radiated from him. As I stepped out of the little bathroom wrapped in my towel, I could feel his gaze on me. I could already feel the heat of his desire from across the room, and it was intense. I grabbed some clothes from my suitcase and started to get dressed. On a whim, I dropped my towel and got dressed freely as though he wasn’t even there. It was as though his desire was daring