Chapter 20
Winnie
“I'm not sure this thing is big enough for all of us.” I eye the bathtub with suspicion. “How about I just watch?”
“Winnie, get in the tub,” Jamie’s deep voice echoes through the bathroom, making me smile.
I love listening to his voice. I swear Ellie could’ve made a killing if she had Jamie narrate her audiobooks for her.
“She’s having fun without me.” I motion to Tali who’s jumping in the tub and splashing water everywhere. I have no doubt if Jamie wasn’t working hard to keep her head above water, the girl would’ve slipped under at least a dozen times by now.
“Tali? Do you want Winnie to get in with us?” Jamie smirks as he talks to Tali. We both know what she’s going to say.
“Win-Win! In!” She splashes the water again and stares up at me expectantly.
“You don’t play fair,” I grumble under my breath as I strip off my sweatshirt and leggings, leaving me in only a bikini.
“Holy crap,” Jamie murmurs, his eyes caressing my body. “If this is what I win every time, I’m never playing fair again.”
“Shush.” I slip under the water and splash water towards him, but Tali has already soaked him so he doesn’t care.
“After this little girl gets tired out, do you want me to show you some workouts?”
My brows furrow together as I stare at Tali. I don’t want to meet Jamie’s gaze. Is he asking me because he’s realizing I could lose some weight?
“What’s going through your head, Win?” He asks slowly.
“Why do you want to workout?”
“C’mon, baby. That’s not at all what I was implying.” He squeezes his eyes shut and shakes his head. “Win, you’re stunning. I absolutely love your body. You don’t need to change a thing about you.”
“Then why?”
“Because you brought up wanting to go to the gym the day we met, but you said you didn’t know what you were doing.
I’ve been working on a plan for you and I asked my athletic trainer to look it over today and he said it was a solid workout.
I wanted to help you before I start traveling so you could workout while I was away if you wanted something to keep you busy after Tali goes to bed. ”
“You really made a plan for me?” I ask softly.
“Yeah, I’ve been working on it for the last two weeks. You can’t possibly think I don’t love your body. You’re perfect, Win. I wish you could see yourself the way I see you.”
He tugs me closer and presses his lips to mine. Tali’s pinned between us, but she doesn’t seem to mind one bit.
“You’re pretty perfect too.”
“Are you sure I'm doing this right?” I stare up at Jamie with so much doubt.
“Yes.” He chuckles, amusement lighting up his features. “It’s called a hip thrust. It will build your glutes and it’s an amazing workout.”
“Build my glutes?”
“It will fill out your butt, ok?”
“Ah, you’re a butt man?”
“I'm a Winnie Teller man.”
“I think you just like seeing me struggle,” I mumble as I thrust my hips up and hold the barbell in place before slowly lowering back down again.
“I'm not upset about it.” He smirks again when I glare at him. “I made three workout plans for you. I’d try to do each once a week, but if you want to do more, you can. I like to do chest and biceps one day, back and triceps another day, and legs and shoulders the last day. Within these three workouts, you can hit every muscle group in your body.”
“Will I be able to walk after this?”
“Able to? Yes. Will it hurt? Also, yes.”
“Jamie,” I groan.
“Hey, you can do this, beautiful. If you want to get stronger and in shape, this is the best way to do it. It will be hard, but I promise you’ll love the results.”
“Will you work out with me when you’re home?” I stick my lip out in a pout and stare up at him.
“If you want me to. I don’t mind some extra time in the gym.”
When I finish doing three sets of hip thrusts, he drops down to a push-up position and glances over his shoulder at me.
“Let’s go, beautiful.”