she decided to put the man out of her head, at least for the next hour and a half.
Class wouldn't be starting for another few minutes yet, but already her body was covered in a thin sheen of sweat. She knew by the time the class was over, she'd be drenched, but she didn't care. She didn't come to class to look cute, she came to class because she enjoyed it and it helped her unwind. Already, she felt her body slipping into a tranquil state.
She blew out another slow, calming breath; her lip twitching as she felt the cool breeze of the door opening as other students entered. One of the reasons she enjoyed being near the door was occasionally during the class, the teacher would come to the back of the class, open the door and allow a burst of cool air to flow into the room, giving the class a brief reprieve from the heat that could go up to one hundred and four degrees.
Tessa recognized the shift in her atmosphere instantly. A familiar tingle began to slowly dance across her skin. As of late, only one thing had caused her body to react in such a way.
One person.
There was no way...
Slowly, Tessa opened her eyes and gasped when she found Isaiah Noble standing over her, holding a rolled up yoga mat under his arm, wearing compression shorts and nothing else.
"We meet again, Miss Everett," he said in a hushed tone, his head tilted slightly as he flashed a disarming grin.
She looked around and realized the other students had filed in during her moments of meditation. The classroom was now nearing capacity.
She noticed how he'd kept his voice low, out of respect for the other students who were in the Savasana pose preparing for class. Only people who attended the class on a regular basis knew to be courteous in that way.
She opened her mouth to respond, just as the door opened again and the yoga teacher entered.
"Good evening, yogis," she said. "Let's get ready to do some work tonight."
Isaiah grinned at her. "I'll catch you later," he whispered, before moving around the classroom to an empty spot. Which happened to be a few rows across from where she was.
"Shit, I barely made it!"
" Ssssh! "
Tessa smiled as Dana cut her eyes at one of the other patrons with a glare. Dana had decided to join Tessa at the hot yoga class in an attempt to 'sweat out' the rest of her cold. She wasn't a regular attendant like Tessa was. She'd asked Tessa to save her a spot, so Tessa brought one of her extra yoga mats from home for Dana.
Tessa sat up slightly as Dana sat down and it gave her the perfect vantage point to see Isaiah. The man was beyond gorgeous. His milk chocolate skin was smooth. His chest was broad, his abs were tight. She watched as his large biceps flexed as he unrolled his yoga mat. His defined calves made her wonder if he was a runner. His strong thighs sent her mind in a frenzied state. They were peppered with fine, wiry hairs. What they must feel like against soft skin...
Her skin...
" Goddamn! " Dana hissed, looking in Isaiah's direction then back to Tessa. Leaning toward Tessa, she whispered, "Isaiah Noble is here ? In our hot yoga class."
He chose that moment to look in her direction and smile again, and all Tessa could do was swallow and nod.
"Well hell," Dana said with a sly grin on her face. "It's about to be off the charts hot in here."

Puppies...
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5's first movement is an allegro con brio...
The square root of four thousand seven hundred sixty-one is...sixty-nine...
Shit! Don't think of sixty-nine...
"Feel the twist in your spine," the yoga instructor advised as the class sat in a position with one leg crossed over the other, with their upper body twisted in the opposite direction as they looked over their shoulder.
Which happened to allow Isaiah to watch Tessa's lithe body in the second to the last pose of the class. All evening he'd been stealing glances of her from across the room, watching her with rapt curiosity. She did every move with ease, telling him