She left the room to answer the door, returning within minutes with a mischievous look on her face.
“Winter this is Conner Stevens, your physical therapist.” Evie introduced.
Lord have mercy. Winter and every woman in the room could only stare in awe at the male specimen before them. Beth had promised to make it up to her and she had with the handsome blond standing before her.
She managed to tear her eyes away from Conner to see Razer and the other males were not happy.
“Tell Beth, she kept her promise. I forgive her.” She whispered to Evie.
Viper’s lips tightened and he gave her a look that she had no intention of interpreting.
“Are you ready to get started?”
“Yes.” Winter replied lifting her arms. Conner laughed, coming to her side and lifting her easily.
“I’ll show you the way.” Evie guided them through a doorway in the kitchen which led down a flight of steps. The narrow stairs opened to a large room that had been turned into a gym. It had several of the machines that Winter had become familiar with during her therapy.
“The hot tub is through that door, and the sauna is through that one, she pointed at the wooden door. The restroom is next door to the hot tub room. Evie indicated where each room was before going to a closet and pulling out two folded mats, laying them on the floor together.
“Beth purchased these mats you requested.” Conner sat Winter down on one.
“Today I am just going to see where you’re at in your recovery and show Evie some exercises for you to do in the morning and night. From now on, I will make my regular time around one. Sound good?”
Both women nodded in agreement. An hour later, Winter wasn’t so sure. She had ditched her t-shirt and was sitting on the matt after the session was over, covered in sweat.
“Ready for the hot tub?” Connor asked.
“Yes.” Winter groaned her reply.
“I have a swimsuit for you.” Going to the closet Evie took out a small package, following behind as Conner carried Winter into the downstairs restroom. It didn’t take long for her to get changed.
“Who picked out this suit?”
“I did. Don’t you like it?” Evie smiled.
“There is nothing to it, it’s a thong. I don’t wear thongs and the top is too small.” Winter protested.
“You look great, besides no one is going to see it besides me and Conner.
She had a point. Giving in gracefully because she didn’t want to keep Conner waiting, Evie opened the door to the bathroom. Winter tried not to be embarrassed as he slowly lifted her into the hot tub. They sat relaxing for ten minutes before Conner called time. Evie helped her into a robe afterwards then guided Conner upstairs to Viper’s room. Winter was already falling asleep when he laid her on the bed.
Conner left with a wave at Evie. She waited until Conner left before untying Winter’s robe, not wanting her to get the bed damp. Viper appeared in the doorway.
“I’ll take care of it.” Evie left as he was pulling the robe off and removing the damp bikini. He took a t-shirt from his drawer and pulled it over her head noticing her nipples had tightened in the cool room. Covering her with a blanket he turned the heat up slightly before lying down next to her on the bed.
Chapter 4
The next two days were physically hard for Winter but she did begin to feel stronger. She wouldn’t let Evie help her unless she needed it when using her wheelchair to get into the bathroom. Thankfully the doorway and room were large enough. The evenings were spent upstairs in Viper’s room where either Evie or Beth would join her for dinner. Viper would only come in when she was asleep. Winter had learned to share the bed with Viper at night; it was hard to argue with someone when they waited for you to be in a medically induced sleep.
She had learned that he didn’t have a shy bone in his body. He refused to wear anything to bed, and would flash his body as he got out of bed or after a shower. Winter would look away but somehow she had managed to ingrain his image in her mind and it would strike when she was quietly reading or relaxing on the couch watching television. Thankfully the attraction he held for her, she had managed to convince herself was gone. She would never give him another opening to hurt her.