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On her bright pink yoga mat, Skyler held the same pose, but craned her head to look at her friend "You don’t get to say I told you so yet Not until I know for sure if it’s over"

"He’s been avoiding you for a week," Lacey gru mat "I think that means it’s over"

On the television screen, the perky blond yoga instructor finally broke the position and hopped to her feet All three wohed in relief and followed suit

Lacey had found the Yoga for Beginners DVD in a grocery-store bargain bin, and afterit off, the three roo on her feet at the restaurant every night and walking across cah of a workout, but she’d pro her to it

Didn’t h Because she wasn’t, not in the slightest Yoga was hard And it was too slow and motionless, which y She’d much rather run her frustrations off on a treade, was it?

Sure, he hadn’t responded to the three texts and two voicemails she’d left hiirl Face the facts

She bit her lip andthe next pose would distract her from the rush of disappointment that flooded her belly It didn’t Nope, her mind stayed focused on the intense, sexy man who’d rocked her world and then disappeared like Houdini from her life

"I don’t know…I just don’t get it," she blurted out "I knoas into me"

"You sure about that?" Lacey asked in a careful tone

Skyler thought about the urgency of Gage’s kisses, his rough touch, the way his eyes burned when he’dinto her lip again "I think I scared hiet to know him and--"

"Aha!" Lacey cut in trius sex is ilu behind"

Skyler and Lacey quickly refocused their attention on the yoga at hand For the next five minutes, they dutifully followed instructions, but it was obvious none of the to transition into the pigeon pose," the female instructor said serenely

"I don’t knohat that is!" Lacey yelled at the TV "Why don’t you ever explain it to us?"

With that, yoga was over

As a wave of laughter overtook her, Skyler collapsed on her back and waved her hand in surrender "Screw this I hate it Let’s just buy a treadmill"