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Julian had just stopped for a break and was resting on a bench with her eyes closed & a serene expression on her face. Shawn couldn't take his eyes off of her. Thinking of how to approach her, he realised that this was the first time that he had to do the approaching but nonetheless this woman before him had really piqued his interest like no other.

Shawn rose from the garden bench that he was just sitting on, shrugging off his tailored waist-coat & draping it over his left forearm, rolling up his sleeves & loosening his tie as he took few steps towards her before stopping and turning back.

He wanted to do this without an error and was stuck with a brilliant idea. Taking out his phone and flipping it open he dialed his cousin slash friend; Noir for a piece of advice, thinking that the playboy might give him a bit of useful advice. Instead, he got laughed at and got told to be a man. Developing a twitch over his eye, he shut the phone disconnecting the call. The cackling of his cousin was still resonating in his ears.

Turning his attention towards the woman, he saw a bird had landed on her shoulder, her head was leaning back supported by the bench while the setting sun was giving her a halo, the picture before him was mesmerising. He quickly took out his phone and captured the shot, he wanted it to be imprinted in his memory.

Shawn didn't know what made him move but he was only a few distance away from her when brown eyes snapped open and focused on the guy coming towards her.

Eyeing him warily, she grabbed her bag and reached for the pepper spray. The bird on her shoulder flew away due to her sudden movements, while she became tense. Shawn ignored her tension as he dropped his tailored coat on the top of her bag before moving to do the similar exercise that she was previously doing. Julian was surprised initially but then she noticed all the changes and adjustments done to his exercise routine with a critical eye.

He ignored her appraising and surprise in her brown eyes, as she watched his routine for a few minutes. He was observing her for a reaction from his peripheral vision. Shawn projected a calm & stoic facade on the outward but internally he was smiling as she moved beside him to mirror his actions without a word.

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'My name is Shawn', he dropped offhandedly in the middle of the exercise. Julian who was deep in thought while going through the routine was startled hearing him speak, breaking her out of her thoughts.

Julian quickly recovered her focus, her mind raced as she went through the moves. She was noticing all the changes compared to her exercise routine.

Thinking that he might be in the field of medicine or he had the help of a doctor; to help come up with that exercise routine. Because not many people know this but every individual has a different body type, nutrition requirement and physical work-up requirement, people always assume that if they are over-weighted or have gained weight or need to stay fit then they all have to go to the gym or work-out on a treadmill at home but it is not like that from her experience...