The Perfect Couple by Emily Walters Read Free Book Online

conscience was in turmoil. What if she failed? What if they didn’t make it past the auditions? What would she do then?
     
    “Are you going to stand out there all day, Cara, or are you going to come in?” Daniel asked from the front door of the studio as Cara stood on the sidewalk out front.
     
    Cara narrowed her eyes at Daniel’s grinning face as she stepped inside the cool interior of the dance studio, wondering if he had any reservations about this audition. By the looks of it, she doubted he had many reservations about anything.
     
    “I’m glad you decided to do this, Cara.”
     
    “I haven’t totally resigned myself to doing this,” she muttered, though the chance to back out had long passed. She had submitted her application last night online after giving Daniel the go-ahead to start scheduling training. Cara knew she could just not show up for the audition but she had never backed out of one in her entire career and she didn’t plan on doing it now. Now, she was in it for the long haul, however long that might be. “Let’s just get this started, okay?”
     
    Daniel smirked but said nothing as Cara put her bag down and went through a series of stretches in order to limber up her body. Ballet she could do with her eyes closed but stepping out of the box was going to be a strain on her physical limitations.
     
    “I think we need to look at both of our strengths and weaknesses,” Daniel was saying as he contorted his own body through a series of stretches. Cara would have had to be blind not to notice his shirtless form, dressed in only a pair of loose workout shorts. His shoulders and chest were well defined and Cara’s mouth went dry at the sight of his six-pack abs rippling as he stretched them. Had she gone through a small maniacal episode to ever think she could dump him? He was such a fine specimen of a man and the things he was putting aside to help her out, well Cara couldn’t imagine anyone else doing the same. It had to mean that he truly cared for her and she had been on the verge of throwing it all away.
     
    “Cara, are you going to answer?”
     
    “What?” Cara forced out, finding the quizzical eyes of the man in her thoughts looking at her intently. “Sorry, I wasn’t listening.”
     
    “I asked what you knew,” Daniel chuckled, winking at her.
     
    “I know classical of course,” Cara stated, a faint blush stealing across her cheeks. “I’m decent in some ballroom dancing and I have some knowledge of contemporary choreography. Hip-hop and street is my weakness.”
     
    “Lucky you, that’s my strong point,” Daniel laughed as he fiddled with the CD player. “My weakness is classical. I am pretty well versed in ballroom and contemporary.”
     
    “Really?” Cara asked, surprised. “I wouldn’t have pegged you as a ballroom type of guy.”
     
    Daniel laughed as the rhythmic beat of a hip-hop score filled the air, motioning for her to come closer. “My mom started me out in ballroom. I was the tango champion two years running when I was in middle school.”
     
    Cara giggled as she thought of Daniel marching down the ballroom with a rose in his mouth as she walked over to him, resisting the urge to make a tango move in front of him. Instead he pointed to his feet and turned the music up. “Watch my feet, Cara. The moves are simple. The whole point of hip-hop is to make it look flawless, which is no different than any other dance.” Cara stood back and watched as Daniel started some simple moves, making it indeed look flawless. Everything was timed to perfection with the music, his body movements quick but easily transitioning from one to another. It looked, well, pretty complicated and some of the hope of actually passing the audition dwindled inside. Still, it was pretty amazing watching Daniel dance.
     
    The music ended and Daniel wiped his forehead, his entire chest glistening with sweat. It was enough to set Cara’s insides to quivering. “See, that wasn’t