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While her thoughts spun, Tanner greeted the class and introduced himself. He gave a brief overview of the evening’s lesson to his rapt audience and then positioned himself behind Evie for the first demonstration. The nape of her neck tingled when his breath caressed her skin. “Just relax,” he said into her ear. “We’re going to show everyone what to do if someone comes up and grabs you from behind. Are you ready?”
“I’m ready.” So ready. She had a number of ideas about what she would do if he grabbed her, and none of them involved flipping him over her shoulder and slamming him into the floor, but that seemed to be the effect he wanted to teach tonight. Her thoughts blurred when his arm snaked around her waist, and a couple of her classmates sighed. She tried to keep her eyes from fluttering closed as the warmth of his skin seeped through her T-shirt. Firm as steel, his chest connected with her back, and she had to force herself not to lean into him and smile. How long had it been since a man had put his arms around her?
“Now, I want you to pivot forward and use your hip to try to knock me off balance.”
The only one off balance at the moment was Evie, but determined not to show it, she grinned and did as he commanded. A second later, she was on the floor looking up at him.
“What happened?”
He held out his hand to her, his sexy whisper morphing into a no-nonsense instructional tone. “We just demonstrated the wrong way to stop a mugger.” Strong arms pulled her up from the mat. “Now, we’re going to demonstrate the right way.”
*
An hour later, Evie knelt over Tanner’s prone body, her knees digging into the soft mat on either side of his hips.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” she asked, worried she’d knocked the wind out of him with the elbow-to-the-solar-plexus move he’d just asked her to demonstrate. Apparently she’d done it perfectly.
“I’m…uf…fine.” Contracting his steel cable abs, he sat up, the move bringing his face to within inches of hers. He rubbed the center of his chest with one hand. “I knew you were a heartbreaker the moment I saw you. I just didn’t think it would be literally.” He winked, and once again, her face flamed.
Her classmates glared at her, and she had the impression they hadn’t really come here tonight to learn now to execute the perfect roundhouse kick, or to watch him flirt with her.
Tanner offered his hand. “Help me up.”
She obeyed, glad for the momentary distraction. Every time they locked eyes, her heart threatened to climb out of her chest. She leaned back to give him some leverage, but rather than regain his feet, he used her precarious balance against her and, in a heartbeat, they’d switched positions.
“You’re the kind of girl who should be swept off her feet,” he said with a jaunty wink. “Now, let’s go over weight and balance and how to use someone’s own strength against them.”
“Can I be next?” someone asked, and Tanner laughed.
“As soon as I’m done with Evie, someone else will get a chance to pin me.”
An appreciative murmur circled the classroom. Her eyes locked on his for a second, and Evie shivered when he leaned close and whispered, “But I’m far from done with Evie at the moment.”
www.claricewynter.com
About the Author
Considering herself the third of two voices, Clarice Wynter is the contemporary romance alter ego of a multi-published paranormal and science fiction romance author. She lives in the Tri-State area with her husband and her children and a trio of cats.
To learn more about Clarice and her books visit her website and blog :
http://www.claricewynter.com/
Look for the rest of the Spring River Valley Series- to be released throughout 2013
Jilted in January
Fixed up in February
Mixed up in March
An Affair in April
Matched up in May
Jaded in June
Jealous in
While her thoughts spun, Tanner greeted the class and introduced himself. He gave a brief overview of the evening’s lesson to his rapt audience and then positioned himself behind Evie for the first demonstration. The nape of her neck tingled when his breath caressed her skin. “Just relax,” he said into her ear. “We’re going to show everyone what to do if someone comes up and grabs you from behind. Are you ready?”
“I’m ready.” So ready. She had a number of ideas about what she would do if he grabbed her, and none of them involved flipping him over her shoulder and slamming him into the floor, but that seemed to be the effect he wanted to teach tonight. Her thoughts blurred when his arm snaked around her waist, and a couple of her classmates sighed. She tried to keep her eyes from fluttering closed as the warmth of his skin seeped through her T-shirt. Firm as steel, his chest connected with her back, and she had to force herself not to lean into him and smile. How long had it been since a man had put his arms around her?
“Now, I want you to pivot forward and use your hip to try to knock me off balance.”
The only one off balance at the moment was Evie, but determined not to show it, she grinned and did as he commanded. A second later, she was on the floor looking up at him.
“What happened?”
He held out his hand to her, his sexy whisper morphing into a no-nonsense instructional tone. “We just demonstrated the wrong way to stop a mugger.” Strong arms pulled her up from the mat. “Now, we’re going to demonstrate the right way.”
*
An hour later, Evie knelt over Tanner’s prone body, her knees digging into the soft mat on either side of his hips.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” she asked, worried she’d knocked the wind out of him with the elbow-to-the-solar-plexus move he’d just asked her to demonstrate. Apparently she’d done it perfectly.
“I’m…uf…fine.” Contracting his steel cable abs, he sat up, the move bringing his face to within inches of hers. He rubbed the center of his chest with one hand. “I knew you were a heartbreaker the moment I saw you. I just didn’t think it would be literally.” He winked, and once again, her face flamed.
Her classmates glared at her, and she had the impression they hadn’t really come here tonight to learn now to execute the perfect roundhouse kick, or to watch him flirt with her.
Tanner offered his hand. “Help me up.”
She obeyed, glad for the momentary distraction. Every time they locked eyes, her heart threatened to climb out of her chest. She leaned back to give him some leverage, but rather than regain his feet, he used her precarious balance against her and, in a heartbeat, they’d switched positions.
“You’re the kind of girl who should be swept off her feet,” he said with a jaunty wink. “Now, let’s go over weight and balance and how to use someone’s own strength against them.”
“Can I be next?” someone asked, and Tanner laughed.
“As soon as I’m done with Evie, someone else will get a chance to pin me.”
An appreciative murmur circled the classroom. Her eyes locked on his for a second, and Evie shivered when he leaned close and whispered, “But I’m far from done with Evie at the moment.”
www.claricewynter.com
About the Author
Considering herself the third of two voices, Clarice Wynter is the contemporary romance alter ego of a multi-published paranormal and science fiction romance author. She lives in the Tri-State area with her husband and her children and a trio of cats.
To learn more about Clarice and her books visit her website and blog :
http://www.claricewynter.com/
Look for the rest of the Spring River Valley Series- to be released throughout 2013
Jilted in January
Fixed up in February
Mixed up in March
An Affair in April
Matched up in May
Jaded in June
Jealous in
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