Before Christian could say more, the door opened, and the last person on earth Cadence cared to see stepped through. “Good morning, Cadence, Christian,” Ashley said, looking more than a little out of place, and Cadence assumed that if she’d known either one of them was working out in here, she probably would’ve picked a different room. The glass windows in the hallway didn’t do much good if you didn’t use them.

“Hey,” Cadence managed, plastering a smile on her face, though she didn’t shift her eyes to see what Ashley was doing. It sounded like she was taking a spot on one of the ellipticals in the back of...