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  1. Dedication
  2. 1. Declan
  3. Declan
  4. 2. Hannah
  5. Hannah
  6. 3. Hannah
  7. Hannah
  8. 4. Hannah
  9. Hannah
  10. 5. Declan
  11. Declan
  12. 6. Hannah
  13. Hannah
  14. 7. Declan
  15. Declan
  16. 8. Declan
  17. Declan
  18. 9. Hannah
  19. Hannah
  20. 10. Declan
  21. Declan
  22. 11. Hannah
  23. Hannah
  24. 12. Declan
  25. Declan
  26. 13. Hannah
  27. Hannah
  28. 14. Declan
  29. Declan
  30. 15. Hannah
  31. Hannah
  32. 16. Hannah
  33. Hannah
  34. 17. Declan
  35. Declan
  36. 18. Hannah
  37. Hannah
  38. 19. Hannah
  39. Hannah
  40. 20. Hannah
  41. Hannah
  42. 21. Declan
  43. Declan
  44. 22. Hannah
  45. Hannah
  46. 23. Declan
  47. Declan
  48. 24. Hannah
  49. Hannah
  50. 25. Declan
  51. Declan
  52. 26. Hannah
  53. Hannah
  54. 27. Declan
  55. Declan
  56. 28. Hannah
  57. Hannah
  58. 29. Declan
  59. Declan
  60. 30. Hannah
  61. Hannah
  62. 31. Declan
  63. Declan
  64. 32. Hannah
  65. Hannah
  66. 33. Hannah
  67. Hannah
  68. 34. Declan
  69. Declan
  70. 35. Hannah
  71. Hannah
  72. 36. Declan
  73. Declan
  74. 37. Hannah
  75. Hannah
  76. 38. Declan
  77. Declan
  78. 39. Hannah
  79. Hannah
  80. 40. Declan
  81. Declan
  82. 41. Hannah
  83. Hannah
  84. 42. Declan
  85. Declan
  86. 43. Hannah
  87. Hannah
  88. 44. Declan
  89. Declan
  90. 45. Hannah
  91. Hannah
  92. 46. Hannah
  93. Hannah
  94. 47. Declan
  95. Declan
  96. 48. Hannah
  97. Hannah
  98. 49. Declan
  99. Declan
  100. 50. Hannah
  101. Hannah
  102. 51. Declan
  103. Declan
  104. Epilogue
  105. Hannah
  106. Epilogue Two
  107. Grant
  108. Books by Nikki Lawson

“Not bad, but spread your feet a little more,” she says, pushing my feet apart with one of hers before she steps around to my back. “And stand straight.”

She grabs my waist gently as she speaks, rolling my hips into alignment. Every point of contact between her delicate hands and my body feels electric. I focus on my breathing, trying to keep my shit together despite the rush of memories her touch evokes.

“Good,” she says. “Now roll your shoulders.”

I do as I’m told, and Hannah nods approvingly.

“That feels good, honestly,” I admit. “I should do this more often.”

“I’m not surprised. A lot of people carry tension in their shoulders,” she says, moving her hands up to my tense muscles in that area and squeezing them to make her point. “And with the sport you play, that tracks. Try to breathe into it while you roll your shoulders, nice and deep.” She sucks in a deep breath beside me, so I do the same. “Now exhale slowly.”

Our breaths hiss out together as Hannah steps in front of me and gets back into the pose herself. “Good. From here, we’ll move into a forward fold. Watch me first, then I’ll break it down.”

“Don’t have to tell me twice,” I say, the corner of my mouth lifting, but Hannah pretends not to notice.

She spreads her feet apart evenly and stands straight, then throws her arms out to either side and swings them up and above her head.

She bends over until her hands find the floor, then moves them up to her knees and uses that grip to hold herself at a ninety-degree angle. She arches her back slightly in a stretch, and for a moment, I’m transported back to our night together, to her body arched beneath mine, to her breathless sighs in my ear⁠—

I drag myself back to the present as she slowly stands back up and smiles at the look of bewilderment on my face.

“Think you can handle that, hotshot?” she teases, and for a second, I’m speechless both because of the incredible way her body moves with such control and precision, and because I don’t think I have a prayer of doing the pose half as gracefully as she did.

“I can handle way more than you think.” I smirk at the way the redness on her cheeks intensifies, but she smirks right back at me.

“Then let’s see what you’ve got,” she says and waves at the air in front of me with a challenging glint in her eyes.

I clear my throat and stand up as straight as I can, roll my shoulders a few times, then lift my arms up over my head in the best imitation I can manage.