Night Carved Paths Into Silence by Zyrel Ash 83
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Her gaze secretly darted to the drop of water on Roderick’s lips,
and her face turned even redder.
“I happened to be thirsty, and there was no water to drink.”
“Isn’t the water cooler right over there!”
Madeleine pointed to the corner.
Roderick didn’t even look, replying casually, “Kirsten hasn’t
replaced the water inside.”
After speaking, he muttered while wiping his sweat with a towel,
“I’ll have to go talk to Kirsten about it later.”
Madeleine gritted her teeth, reasonably suspecting that this guy
was doing it on purpose.
Kirsten is so thorough. How could she possibly make a mistake
like that?
Oh well, for the sake of that great body of his, I’ll forgive him.
Madeleine’s appraising gaze was caught by Roderick. He
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suddenly leaned in close, “What are you looking at?”
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The sudden closeness caught Madeleine off guard. She
flinched and stammered, “It’s nothing, just… muscles… you
know.”
After saying it, Madeleine almost bit her tongue off.
Too honest. How could I have just blurted that out?
Roderick’s lips curved, his goal achieved.
He raised an eyebrow and asked, “Want to train?”
“Uh–huh!”
Madeleine’s eyes sparkled. Her current figure, while not fat, was
at best slender, not what you’d call toned.
What she envied most was that powerful, toned physique.
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If she could dance and also lift some weights, that would be
even better.
After Ricki asked, she nodded eagerly, staring at him and telling
him to train with her.
But then the guy didn’t follow up.
Wait, what does he mean by that?
He’s baiting me.
Is he waiting for me to beg him?
Madeleine stared at Roderick’s face. That smug look, no doubt
about it.
Tch, she wasn’t going to indulge him.
Madeleine took out her phone and opened a local services
super–app like Yelp. “Let me see if I can find a handsome,
muscular male trainer or something.”
Roderick’s smugness instantly deflated, and his face fell.
He quickly snatched the phone away.
“A waste of money.”
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“A waste of money?”
He didn’t even blink when he sent over 8 million dollars, but
hiring a fitness trainer is a waste of money?
To prevent Madeleine from getting any more ideas, Roderick
turned and placed the phone on the top crossbar of the power
rack behind him.
The crossbar was over two meters high; Madeleine probably
couldn’t reach it even on her tiptoes. Safe.
“Frugality is a great traditional virtue of the people of our nation.
I can just teach you.”
Roderick turned, grabbed a disinfectant wipe to clean the lat
pulldown machine, the upward curve of his lips harder to
suppress than an AK.
Madeleine snickered.
Hmph, he really thought she would beg him?
No way. She won this round!
Roderick had been working out for years and was familiar with
all sorts of theory and practical knowledge, so guiding
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Madeleine wasn’t difficult for him.
But Madeleine was a beginner. Understanding all the technical
terms and muscle engagement stances Roderick talked about
was useless; when it came to actually doing it, she just couldn’t
find the right muscle to engage.
“This doesn’t feel right…”
Just as she finished muttering, Roderick suddenly leaned over,
his broad chest almost pressing against her back.
His warm palm slid down her arm to her shoulder blade, his
fingertips pressing lightly.
“Engage here. Don’t compensate with your arms.”
He was so close that his breath brushed against Madeleine’s
ear as he spoke, and she could even feel the warmth radiating
from behind her.
“Relax your muscles first, don’t be so tense. Slowly pull down,
feel the muscle contract…”
As Roderick spoke, the pads of his fingers lightly touched her
back, following the sequence of muscle engagement.
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Madeleine’s mind was a mess. She couldn’t hear the rest of his
words, only able to feel his hand.
“Ricki!
Stop touching me!”
Roderick immediately pulled his hand back, a look of pure
innocence on his face.
“Who are you accusing? I wasn’t just touching you randomly.”
Madeleine’s ears burned as she let go and stood up. Roderick
was still protesting, “There’s a different way to handle every
monkey. If you were a smarter monkey, I wouldn’t have to touch
you to guide you, right?”
Madeleine rolled her eyes at him.
“You’re the monkey.”
She pouted and told Roderick to do a few reps to demonstrate
for her.
Roderick’s form was perfect, and he explained it again as he did
the exercise. Madeleine listened, half–understanding, but
figured she’d gotten the hang of it.
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Just then, the phone behind her rang.
Madeleine casually picked it up.
She pouted when she saw the caller ID.
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