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Chapter 94: Iris: Couples gym

Chapter 94: Iris: Couples gym

"PLEASE SIGN here." I do as asked by the trainer sitting opposite me and Lucas in her office—a white woman with blonde hair, striking blue eyes and abs that look like six burger buns lined up in a package.

The last thing I expected when I told Lucas I’d fulfill his wish was for him to drag me here so we could sign up for a couples gym session—at a public gym at that! Not to be the shitty girlfriend but I’ve lived in his mansion for quite some time now and I don’t see a reason why he would do this.

He has a fucking personal gym in that castle he calls a house and it’s large enough to cover almost four rooms at my house and yet, for some reason, he wants to go public.

I tried reasoning with him in his office after he told me his wish only to be hit with an, "you said you would do anything I asked of you." I had no choice but to comply although that compliance became immediate regret the moment we stepped inside this gym together.

The first to notice us were the girls running on treadmills on the far right near the main door. Fingers were pointed at us until they became cameras and I almost hid my face, trying to avoid getting in the picture with Lucas, but he had another plan set in that mind of his.

Either he was oblivious to his surroundings or this was his plan from the start but when the pictures started getting taken, Lucas grabbed the hand that I was using to cover my face and intertwined my fingers with his, taking the lead as he led us to the couples yoga corner were a group of them were already stretching each other.

Another reason to make me regret agreeing to this. He hadn’t told me he was going to sign us up for group classes. I only found out after I saw the sign post on the trainers door whilst we were waiting for her to finish assisting some couple who were doing squats together.

I have to admit, it was kind of cute watching them. I almost forgot the reason why I was being cautious when we came here. That is until a camera’s flashlight hit my eyes and I had to look away.

Lucas places his hand on my thigh, snapping me back to reality.

"Welcome to Chloe’s gym for couples. I’ll be your personal trainer from here onwards," Chloe raises her hand to take the note Lucas was signing on.

"We’re glad to work with you too," Lucas grins at her.

"Likewise." Chloe writes something on her tablet. "Now all I need is for you to answer a set of questions that I have for you and we’ll be good to go. Is that okay with you?"

Her voice is a stark contrast to her steely look. It’s very smooth and soft, like a mother’s. I wouldn’t be surprised if she is one with the way she’s handling us and her needy clients who have called her twice already in the few minutes we’ve sat with her.

"That okay, we’re ready," I mumble and she nods at me.

"Good." And so they come. One after another we answer them doing our best to keep up with her and stop ourselves from laughing at times. Like when she asked us the last time we visited the gym.

Lucas said three months ago and I said I’ve never been to one prompting him to laugh at me so hard his eyes watered. He even hit Chloe’s table as he laughed, grabbing his ribs and groaning.

That aside, the rest of the questions were easy. She wanted to know when we would like to have our gym sessions, what type of exercises we’re more comfortable with and if we wanted to keep getting challenged with each milestone reached on our goals calendar.

Of course, we wanted to be challenged, that’s why we came to the gym after all.

After that, Chloe helps us understand what doing exercises as a couple means and what we need to know and have in this new journey Lucas had signed us up for. She even writes out a budget plan for the new gym gear that we need stating how she has a tailor friend who could make matching gym sets for us to wear every time we feel the need to exercise.

Wrong move on her part. Lucas goes into an immediate frenzy when she says that and almost stands from his chair.

"When can we meet her for measurements?" he asks gripping my hand. "There’s no limit to how much I can spend on my girlfriend so please tell your friend to use the best quality material she can find and make hers more comfortable than mine."

Chloe grins and points at him. "I like you." Then she turns to me. "I like him, sis. Keep him safe and closer to you and never let him go. Many are looking for this kind of man and getting assholes in return."

He blushes at her words and even though he tries to put up a front and tip his chin up in pride, i see through him. Grabbing his bicep and laying my head on it I close my eyes and give Chloe a smug smile. "Don’t worry sis, I won’t let him go of him ever. Unless he does first."

Lucas shifts and lowers his head to face me, his eyes widening a little. "What do you mean unless he does? I’m not letting go either."

"This is what I like to see. Couples in love," Chloe laughs at herself more than us. I can’t wait to have yet another interesting couple join us."

"About that, can’t we do our sessions at his house?" I ask without notice shifting from Lucas’ arm and sitting up straight.

"Oh, you mean home workouts? Yes, we can, but that’ll be a bit more expensive and the results might be lower than if you came here because you won’t be using any equipment at all."

"He has a gym." Damn, bragging feels nice.

"H-he has a gym?"

"Yeah, it’s almost half the size of this one."

"H-half?" Chloe stutters and he eyes lad back on Lucas who has been strangely silent ever since I brought up the private session thing. "Wow."

"Yeah."

"Actually l, we’re sticking with the public gym," Lucas says in a rather sharp tone. I turn my head sharply at him, but he stops me from asking why in an instant.

"I want us to go public, Iris. I want the world to know we’re dating, to stop shipping me with another person other than you. You’re the only one for me."

"Oh my, get a room."

I don’t know what’s more embarrassing—Lucas’ confession or Chloe’s rebuke. Either way, they both make me cover my face with my hands.

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