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Chapter 23

Linh's POV...
I turn around and see Nar already standing there. Our eyes meet as I noticed his brown eyes starts to study my face, with a bit of a puzzled look as if he looks a bit surprised yet with wonders at me. His stares silently made my heart rush a bit faster, and at the same time my palms starts to sweat at the tension between us. Is it because I decided to change my look a bit for today? Not much though, I just removed my glasses and use contact lenses for today. Since working out with glasses can sometimes be a challenge especially when I'm sweating a lot. Though I'm not doing cardio today, but leg day can really bring out some sweat.
"So...the mysterious girl, perhaps she just revealed herself not long," Nar says with a small smile, though I noticed that he is smirking in between, which got my heart doing somersaults.
"Maybe, I guess she left some clues," I say while smiling shyly. I almost thought that his smile would be the number one thing that would always make my heart go crazy in a blink of an eye, but well, I never knew his smirk would be this deadly.
"Oh really? How did you know about that?" Nar asks. This time, his thin lips widen the smile on his face.
"I have a feeling about that," I say in a shy tone.
Nar chuckles a bit as he shyly looks away. But even though his vision isn't locking with mine at the moment, somehow the way he just moved his face so elegantly just made my heart beat faster in a second. It's crazy at how I lost count at how many times I feel my heart beating faster for every move he makes. All these new feelings I am experiencing towards him gives me insane butterflies, which honestly...got me scared everytime.
Meanwhile...
"So you're gonna start with RDL?" Hoang asks as he watch his little sister set up the smith machine while he's doing bicep curls.
"Yup, I've been trying to improve my form," Minh states. 
Minh starts her first set of RDL. She thought maybe in a few days she would increase her weight, since she's been planning to do it for a while.
"Woah, did you increase the dumbells?" Linh asks as she walks pass Hoang.
"Yup," Hoang answers.
"Good for you, Brother," Linh states.
The three of them eventually continues with their workout for today. Linh and Minh took turns with using the smith machine, while Hoang thought about going for a quick cardio after.
Half an hour later...
"So what's next?" Linh asks.
"This is called Good Morning," Minh states as she set up the smith machine.
Linh watches as Minh starts doing her first set of good morning. This is the first time she sees Minh doing the workout, since she usually prefers RDL.
"Leg day?"
Linh turns her head as a soft, familiar male voice tinkles through her ears. Her heart quickly skips a beat when her vision meets with Nar's chocolate brown eyes. Like being enchanted, Linh silently found it hard to not get lost in his alluring eyes, which always got her heart feeling weaker everytime.
"Yeah," Linh answers shyly. She thought that it's weird that she still feels shy around him at some points.
"Oh, good mornings," Nar states. 
Linh smiles. "My sister thought about trying it out."
"Oh, that's nice," Nar states.
The two young adults continue to stare into each other's eyes, awakening the awkward tension between. Little did they know that both of them are struggling to hide their nervous vibe as butterflies begin to dance wildly inside of them, making them wish they could just chase them to dance away, only so they could run from the reality that they wish to deny at the moment. Of course for the two of them, it's a crazy experience in a crazy moment. For Linh, to experience a type of attraction with someone from another country who literally has a girlfriend is something she never planned before. In fact, it was something she was most afraid of when she was little, to fall for someone she completely has no chance with. As for Nar, despite having a dramatic and sentimental nature sometimes, he's not the type of guy who likes risky challenges (unless he is letting his impulsive side get the best of him). Despite being childish, Nar dislikes uncertainty that could lead to vulnerabilities. Knowing that deep down he's a sensitive person, Nar would often "wear a mask" of protection to avoid getting his heart broken, and growing feelings for a foreign girl like Linh is definitely not something he had plans about when he first got to Ho Chi Minh.
It's kind of sad knowing that he's already a taken man. If not....maybe I wouldn't be so afraid of falling for him. Linh thought.
This girl really seems like she came out of a dream, where she is too naive to wake up to reality. Yet, at the same time, she made me wish that I could dream a bit longer. Nar thought.
Meanwhile...
Minh is waiting to continue her second set of good morning. Her eyes are busy focusing on her phone, though she did took some glances of Linh and Nar at some points.
"What's the work out, Kid?" 
The sound of an old man's voice quickly tinkles her ears, quickly getting her attention. Minh instantly shifts her gaze from her phone to the old man who is now standing in front of her. Out of Minh's surprise, he doesn't look like the average old men who just likes to talk to random people. From his eyes, Minh felt like her legs are frozen in fear as she noticed how his gaze shows a somehow disturbing look, with his lip forming a creepy yet lustful smile which instantly awaken both Minh's fear and anger at the same time.
"It's good morning," Minh answers in a rude tone. She didn't hesitate to hide her rudeness since it's exactly what she wanted him to view about her respond.
"I never heard about it. All I know is deadlift and a good view here," the man says before letting out a creepy chuckle. In this point, Minh is 100% sure that the old man who looks like he's around 60 something is a certified pervert.
This man is a total freak. Minh thought.
"Say, why don't you try lifting those heavier plates during deadlifts?" the old man asks, his lips forming a creepy smirk.
"No," Minh says in a slightly louder tone.
Being on the edge of blowing up at the old man, Minh didn't realize that her voice has caught the attention of Linh who is standing not far from her, breaking the eye-contact moment she was having with Nar. With full of concern, Linh quickly turns her head to see Minh standing in front of the smith machine with an annoyed look while staring at the old man.
"I'll go check on my sister first," Linh says before walking in faster steps to approach Minh and the old man.
To be continue...

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