Men in Her Life

18

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RHEA IRIS

The tone of my alarm sounds and I quickly turn over to the nightstand to silence it. I sigh against the pillow and rub the sleep out of my eyes. I was still contemplating on whether to wake up as always. I peek at my phone to check on time after extending my sleep for I don't know how many more minutes after my alarm. I lazily push myself off the bed and slip into my favourite yoga pants, a fitted tank top and my sport shoes. After yesterday's events I deemed it fit to shake off everything by an exhausting sweaty morning. It has been long since I went for a morning run that it scared me I might have forgotten how to lift my legs. Kidding!

Maddy was still in deep sleep snoring like the world carried no worries. Of course I wasn't going to wake her up, she totally hated morning runs. Scratch that, she actually hated anything to do with working out. Just moving a muscle. You might be wondering how the hell we are best friends because for sure we're completely different people. I don't know either, I guess I get to wonder sometimes but again I think it's incredible. Being different comes with all the fun; not having to agree with everything and a lot more and that's what made us.

Picking up my phone and pods, I headed downstairs silently closing the door careful to not wake her up. It was a bit dark outside which surprised me. Morning these days were not bright. I guess that's how the seasons work I don't know much about science. I only know of kids science where the seasons are caused by earth's relationship to the sun. Choosing what to listen to, I started pacing slowly down the pathway to the park.My body felt heavy after all it's been forever since I did this. I put in a little more energy and soon I was on to the process.

It was a lonely run seeing that everyone else around the park seemed to have a partner. Not that I've ever had one before. I always was alone except when I was with Liam who chose to tag along than tolerate Maddy and her nagging. Looking around I saw two girls who seemed to enjoy their talk, they would stop each time and giggle so loudly. They must have been googling some hot guy who chose not to wear a shirt and display his well defined abs. Quite the site to view. Damn it! There also was a guy and a lady who I assumed were a couple. They would run a few miles and then stop to do a few workouts. The guy would do some press-ups and the lady some squats then they both would do a few sit-ups. The pattern of how they did everything rhythmically awed me. For a moment I imagined how nice it would be to have what they had but I hastily brushed the thought off my head.

My mind then drifted back to the shirtless guy. He must have been one to focus a lot on strength cardio I imagined. He had a beautiful body to easily knock you off your pH balance no wonder I couldn't blame those girls for googling at him. I blamed him for walking around looking something like a god. My insides did that little ticklish thing and I hated that Maddy must have been right ;I needed to get laid. Shit! I cursed under my breath. I suddenly got mad at this stranger for looking this hot, for not even giving me any warnings that he was going to be here and for not even thinking for once it would be nice to throw on a shirt before exiting his damn house.

I almost tripped staring at him and from the low scream that escaped my mouth he rested his gaze on me. Our eyes met and I quickly broke the contact to save me the embarrassment.

When do you stare at dudes Rhea! Get back to your damn senses. The voice inside of me warned. Focusing more on my run and less on shirtless guys in parks and almost ideal couples or maybe, I hastened my pace recalling I was still an employee in a company.

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After making a few phone calls and revising my upcoming meetings with clients and other companies, I decided to leave the office. After Woods showed up in here, I felt like I needed a break from the cubicle. It already brought me so many bad nauseating memories that I wasn't mentally prepared to deal with. Seeing that I had no meetings today, I asked Nicholas, my boss, to give me the day off. I would still check all the emails from home and he agreed even after no convincing. Elizabeth offered to assist me with the paper work and the filing and that gave me relieve. I'll forever be grateful to this woman.

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Leaving the office, I thought of what a girl could do on a day off from work. Concluding I had no better idea other than sleeping and making bad decisions -I mean coffee , I decided to call Maddy and Liam for suggestions. I knew they might be busy with work but I didn't care. I selected their contacts and put them on a group call. I had to boast how I wasn't working today although I had a lot of emails to reply to and I would still work at the café in the evening but at least I had a less busy day. Might as well dub it -me time.

Maddy said she was envious of me but also happy that I got to rest as I never seem to even when she insists I do. Liam said he wished I had the break for two weeks and that I even needed a vacation. They both suggested I go to a spa and treat myself to a five star hotel then later on head home for a movie.

Great ideas from great minds. What would you do without them Rhea?

"You both are incredible. Thank you," I said before hanging up to check on any good spa's I had heard of.

Nothing much happens in this chapter. I know. I know.

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