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it would somehow change things for the people back in Four Corners if I helped the US? Or was I opening the door to this moment the entire time? The moment when Pierce told me he wanted me. The moment when I stopped being a trainer and started being a woman who reacted to a sinfully sexy man, with a wicked body and more lines of temptation than I was able to resist.
    “I think I get it.” He settled onto the bed.
    “Get what?” I was afraid to look in his eyes.
    “You’re afraid.”
    I pressed into his knee cap gently. “What am I afraid of?” I shouldn’t have asked.
    “What’s going to happen next.” His eyes darkened. I didn’t know blue eyes could change shades so quickly.
    “What’s going to happen is I’m going to wrap your knee and you’re getting out of here.” I released the pressure on his leg and stepped back from the bed.
    He sat forward, swinging his feet to the floor. “You don’t mean that.”
    I didn’t care if the gel pack wasn’t frozen. I yanked it from the freezer and tossed it across the room so it landed in his lap.
    “Here. I definitely mean it.”
    He rubbed his jaw. “You’re throwing me out?”
    I stared at him defiantly. “That’s exactly what I’m doing.”
    It felt good to stand up to him. I felt as if I had regained some sort of control over my body and my senses. I wasn’t going to succumb to his skillfully planned compliments. I wasn’t going to take the bait.
    “I think your trainer can take it from here. Larry’s pretty good.”
    I handed Pierce the bandage wrap as he stood next to the bed.
    “I guess I read you perfectly.”
    My eyes shot to his. No, I was proving that he had read me completely wrong. I could stand up for myself. I could tell the playboy I wasn’t playing by his rules. He didn’t know what he was talking about. There was no way he had sized me up in this short amount of time.
    “How so?”
    He walked to the door, stopping to pause before leaving. “You’re scared as hell to be alone with me.” He smiled a wide wolfish grin. “Because you know what will happen if the two of us are trapped in this room with no other distractions.”
    My breath hitched and I felt a quick tightening in my core. I didn’t want to speak. I didn’t want to admit that he had read right through me. I was afraid he could hear the uptick in my heartbeat. Afraid he would know that every part of me reacted to what he had just said. Afraid he knew the truth and I didn’t.
    “Goodbye, Pierce.” I kept a firm hand on the door.
    “Thanks for the help with the knee.” He still hadn’t moved.
    “I hope the swelling goes down for you.” It sounded lame and even that innocent statement could be misinterpreted to mean I was somehow pulling for him on the court. Nothing I said was right.
    “See you tomorrow, Sierra.”
    “See you.”
    I closed the door behind him, wishing I’d never opened it in the first place.

Chapter Seven

Pierce
    I held the ice pack and a bandage in my hand. I threw it in the nearest trash can I passed on the way to my building. I was staying two down from Sierra. I didn’t bother to shield my face from the rain as I emerged into the storm.
    As I walked from one tower to another I heard the athletes talking about all the events canceled today. There was no rowing, canoeing, or soccer. The lightning took the weather to a whole other level of safety issues for the Olympics.
    It seemed as if I wasn’t the only one trying to kill time today. I could head to some of the other Team USA events and cheer on my fellow athletes. Swimming was always popular, and I knew the men gymnastics needed support. But after what happened in Sierra’s room, I didn’t think I was in the mood to cheer on anyone.
    I was still in a state of shock. Had a woman ever told me to leave? Had a woman who was clearly that attracted to me ever turned me down?
    I took to the sidewalk cautiously, careful not to put much pressure on my knee as I stepped up. A cute ginger