C53 My Eyes Are Up Here

Ava's POV

"No" I repeated for the hundredth time.

"Sweetheart, I'm fine. See," to emphasize his point, he lifted a two hundred pound weight with a finger.

While lowering the weight to the gym floor, I could see him grimace to which he played it off with a smile. I knew that he was still in pain, because I could feel it