Glimmer (Glimmer and Glow 1) - Page 47

Her body felt itchy. Restless. She wasn’t sure she could ever rest, remembering their lovemaking last night, reliving the things he’d done to her … the things she’d loved, knowing every second she was depriving herself of all that.

Great. It’d taken her nearly twenty-four years to discover she was a nymphomaniac.

She recalled all too well that strange incident in the castle’s hallway, too.

A nymphomaniac who’s prone to nightmares—

“Alice.”

She braced herself at the sound of tapping tennis shoes on the path and Thad’s voice. She turned. Behind Thad’s shoulder, she saw Brooke watching them. At Alice’s stare, Brooke spun around and walked in the opposite direction on the path.

“Hey,” Thad said, coming to a stop a few feet away. He grinned. “I was waiting for you to come out.”

“And Brooke was waiting for you?” Alice asked with a small smile.

Where had Thad spent last night? It’s none of your business, she chided herself. It wasn’t like she didn’t have some secrets of her own. Besides, knowing Thad, he’d snuck out on one of the fishing boats and fallen asleep whil

e the waves rocked him. She’d come to learn he loved boating and the water. He hadn’t been kidding that first day about considering becoming a fisherman.

Thad shrugged, looking vaguely embarrassed. And very handsome in a pair of jeans and a white sports shirt that set off his even tan and green eyes.

“She wants something that isn’t real,” Thad said, nodding in the direction where Brooke had just stood.

“You mean the blue-blood scion of the Schaefer dynasty?”

“Yeah. Unlike you, she doesn’t seem to realize that identity is phony.”

“I don’t think it’s phony,” Alice protested. “You’re as much of a gentleman aristocrat as anyone I’ve ever met.”

He laughed and touched her arm with light fingertips. She swallowed uneasily and glanced away. Things would be so much easier if she was crazily attracted to Thad, and not the CEO of Durand Enterprises.

“Do you want to take a walk?”

“Where?” Alice asked, glancing uneasily in the direction of the woods where she’d told Dylan she’d meet him at nine thirty. The woods had already fallen dark. Surely he wasn’t in there yet.

Thad looked vaguely bemused by her pointed question.

“I don’t know. On the beach?” he asked.

“Yeah. Okay,” Alice said stepping away from his touch. Thad was nice and sweet, but she liked him as a friend. If it weren’t for Dylan dominating her thoughts, maybe there would have been a chance. Maybe. But it was time she put a halt to Thad’s romantic interests, before things got out of hand, and she ruined their friendship for good. Alice didn’t want to lead him on, especially when she was so emotionally confused.

They headed for the beach, in the opposite direction of the thick woods. Would Dylan be angry at her for not showing up? Worried? Well she couldn’t help that. Both of them knew they were behaving irresponsibly by giving in to this thing between them.

“Whoa, wait up,” Thad joked when she hit the beach. “What’s the hurry?”

“Nothing. Sorry.” She’d been scurrying to get away from her cabin and the woods—out of potential sight of Dylan. She noticed Thad’s vaguely puzzled glance in the dying light. “What?” she asked.

“Nothing. You’ve just seemed a little … preoccupied all day,” he said, falling into step beside her.

“Oh. I guess I have been. A little,” she said slowly, staring out at the crimson-streaked sky over the shimmering lake. The day had died in a glorious sunset.

“Are you going to leave me in suspense?” Thad asked amusedly when she didn’t elaborate.

She threw him a small smile. “Do you believe in ghosts?” she asked flippantly after a short silence, interrupted only by the waves caressing the beach in a silken rhythm.

“Yeah, and vampires, too, but I have my doubts about werewolves and goblins.” He laughed and she gave him a sharp glance. His humor faded.

“Are you serious?” he asked, his brows slanting in what she recognized as concern. For her sanity, no doubt.

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