Unfortunately for her, she received judging stares the moment she walked into the gym the next day. People were whispering as they watched Amy walk in with Stella. The latter sighed when she saw this. Displeasure was evident on her features.
"It's always the empty cans that stick their noses where it doesn't belong", Adrianne announced from behind them.
She had just walked in when she saw how judgemental people were being towards her friends. She felt annoyed and deliberately said that loud enough for everyone to hear while glaring at the unwanted audience. Most people dispersed while whispering and pointing fingers at Adrianne. The latter didn't pay them any attention and joined her friends.
"Good morning baby mama", Adrianne gave Amy cheek-to-cheek kisses.
"Good morning. Thanks Adrianne but you didn't have to do that", Amy gave her an apologetic smile.
"You did a great job Adrie", Stella exchanged cheek-to-cheek kisses with her.
"Don't let them give you unnecessary stress. But if it gets too much, don't hesitate to come to us for help", Adrianne patted her on the shoulder in assurance.
Stella nodded in agreement. Amy smiled at them. She was not worried about people talking about her. She had bigger fish to fry than worry about people's opinions on her.
The three went to their respective classes. Amy kept an indifferent attitude as she walked in. Unfortunately, even people in her class whispered about when they saw her. She ignored them and got her pilates mat before settling down cross-legged on her spot.
"Good morning ladies, shall we get into today's lesson?" Pedro spoke as he walked to the front.
Following him, everyone set up their mats and sat down in readiness to their first lesson. He led them into warm up and stretches before getting into the actual lesson. As they went deeper into the lessons, the positions became harder for some so he went around correcting posture. Amy was no exception to this treatment when Pedro helped correct her posture when doing a side plank.
Her brows knitted together, not because of the pain from achieving this new position, but because of the stares she was receiving. She relaxed her face and soon morphed her expression into an indifferent one.
When the lessons were over, she went to the bathroom to relieve herself. As she sat on the toilet seat doing her business, she heard the door of the bathroom open followed by the sound of footsteps.
"I'm not surprised at all. You saw how Stella is friendly with Enzo and Pedro. I bet the men let their guard down because she's an older woman. Who knew she was that conniving", a female voice spoke.
"How disgusting! And that Adrianne is even more shameless! I bet she's the one who sold the idea to Mrs. Stanford", another female voice answered.
"All for money? I thought Stella's library was doing well. Did she really stoop that low because of her husband?"
"People would do anything for money."
Flush!
The two women gasped when they heard the sound of the toilet flushing. They quickly left the bathroom before the person could come out. A pissed off Amy came out of the bathroom. She didn't mind people talking about her but not her friends. She deliberately didn't call them out because she felt it would look like empty talk. They wouldn't believe her.
She needed to fix this before more absurd rumors spread about her friends and possibly have them unjustly kicked out of the gym. And she could only do that by bringing the matter to the attention of the people in authority. She washed her hands and left the bathroom.
As the classes were over, Enzo and Pedro should be in the gym training other clients. Since no one would listen to her, they surely would listen to those two since their word and actions seemed to carry a lot of weight. She would let them handle the matter to the best of their ability for her friends' sakes.
When she arrived at the first floor, she looked around the gym and there was no sign of the two men. She went up to the second and check the Cardio classroom; nothing. She went up and checked the pilates classroom; nothing.
'Could they be in their offices?' she mused.
Since it was on the same floor, she turned to find her way to the office. It was a few rooms away from their pilates classroom. Her mind was reeling from the things she had heard in the bathroom. She could not believe how ridiculous people could be.
Thud!
The sound was followed by grunting noises. Probably because it was the gym, hearing such noises was normal. The sounds got a little louder as she got closer to their office. When she reached the door, the sounds were more prominent. Being Pedro's office, she imagined him to be working out using a punching bag. The guy was muscular after all. She was not sure if he would hear her over the noise but she still gave a soft knock before opening the door.
"Excuse me, I...." Amy's voice faltered and she froze in her step.
Her mouth fell open, eyes wide and hand still holding the door handle. Before her, Pedro was indeed working out, but it wasn't the kind she was thinking of.
The room fell in a pin drop silence.
Pedro tried not to breath too loudly as he looked at her with the same expression. Down on his desk lay Enzo on his stomach whose red and sweaty face mirrored their expression while looking at Amy. The latter's eyes suddenly fell on Pedro's girth that had disappeared inside Enzo's assh-
"Oh! My God!" Amy quickly turned around and gave them her back. "I'm so sorry. Please continue", she hastily left the room remembering to close the door behind her.
"Mrs. Stanford", Pedro called out as he hastily pulled out of his partner and pulled up his pants but Amy was long gone.
"Shit! Shit! Shit!" Enzo was a panicked messed as he stood up and fixed his trousers. "Why is this happening? Pedro! It's happening again! What do we do? Oh God! This can't be happening!"
Pedro who had finished dressing up held Enzo's shoulders and made him look at him. "Hermosa, everything will be okay. We took care of Louise, Emily shouldn't be a problem. Everything will be okay, that's a promise."
Enzo took in Pedro's serious face. He believed him with his whole heart. With a nod from both parties, Pedro patted his cheek and gave him a chaste kiss on the lips before leaving the room. A storm was brewing within him. This was just too troublesome.
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