Glimmer (Glimmer and Glow 1) - Page 49

“I have to be getting back,” Alice said abruptly. The frothing tension of the moment was just too much for her. Let Thad and Dylan enjoy the nice night together. She’d had enough.

“Uh—” Thad began.

“I’ll see you tomorrow, Thad. Thanks for the walk,” she said not unkindly before she lunged onto the sand toward the tree line.

“Alice—” Thad called out, but he stopped himself with a frustrated sound. He probably thought she wanted to escape because she didn’t want Fall to suspect she’d been fraternizing with another employee, even though there were no hard-and-fast rules about dating that she’d ever read in her packet. Her blood felt like it was steaming in her veins as she headed for the wooded path, her anger and longing and confusion a volatile brew.

This time when she plunged into the dark woods and heard the firm, quick step behind her, she knew damn well it was a flesh-and-blood man, not a phantom. She flew around when he halted her flight by a firm grip on her upper arm, the front of her body coming into contact with his solid length.

“Stop it,” she muttered, landing a fist in the middle of his chest.

“Why are you always hitting me?” Dylan hissed. Despite his hushed tone, he sounded just as irritated at her as she was at him.

“Because you deserve it,” she spat, her choppy breath mingling with his in the opaque darkness. “Why did you have to follow me? Can’t you take a hint?”

“No. Spell it out for me,” he seethed. She couldn’t see him in the darkness, but somehow knew he was snarling. He stepped closer. Her pulse leapt at her throat as her skin began to tingle at the contact.

“You know we shouldn’t keep doing this, Dylan,” she whispered between clenched teeth.

“So you thought you’d take up with pretty boy instead?”

“No. Jesus, I wasn’t taking up with him! We were walking.”

“I want you to stay away from that kid.”

“What?” she sputtered, finding it difficult to keep her voice muted in her fury. “He’s a year older than me, not a kid! He’s my friend. And at least he wanted to do something with me other than take me to bed,” she stated fiercely.

“That’s not what it looked like to me,” Dylan replied dryly.

“I was in the process of … Oh, forget it. Why should I explain myself to you?” she said scathingly.

“Stay away from him. Take your walks with someone else. I don’t know enough about Schaefer.”

She blinked at the cold. What a weird thing to say. “You’re crazy.”

“Maybe,” he replied grimly. “But not about this.” His hand tightened on her arm and he brought her closer. Her breasts pressed against his ribs, her lower belly against his crotch. She placed her hands palm down against his chest. Instead of pushing him away, however, she just absorbed the sensation of him: the hard muscle, the strong beat of his heart. She sighed in frustration, resisting an almost overwhelming urge to plant her face beneath her hands and inhale his scent. “But maybe you’re right about one thing,” he said.

She started in surprise. “One thing?” she asked derisively. “I can’t wait to hear which one.”

“I haven’t taken you any

where nice. Anywhere … romantic, where we can talk and get to know each other better.”

That gave her pause. “You want to talk to me?”

“Yes,” he replied, ignoring her confused sarcasm.

“And be romantic?”

“Spare me the sarcasm, Alice. I’ll be the first to admit I’m not an expert on the topic, so there’s no need to patronize.”

“I’m not patronizing you.” She gyrated her hips slightly, pressing tighter against him. “I thought you just wanted to fuck me.”

She felt his cock swell at her purposefully crude taunt. The air surrounding them suddenly felt too thick to breathe.

“I do want to fuck you,” he grated out. Triumph spiked through her at the anger in his tone. She’d gotten to him. For once. His hand skimmed down her spine, his fingers playing at the top curve of her ass. Alice trembled in excitement.

“Among other things,” he continued more evenly, as if he’d gotten ahold of himself in the interim. “We’ll drive down the coast on Saturday night. I know of somewhere nice, and the owner will be discreet about our presence there. That’ll give us some time together. I have to travel tomorrow, but I’ll be back in plenty of time for that,” he mused, and Alice knew she hadn’t derailed his infuriating confidence. Trying to ignore his low rough voice and his hand caressing her back and ass was only making her more enthralled by the second. “Now. Are you going to tell me why you were avoiding me?” he asked. His warm breath brushed against her upturned lips, and she felt something give within her. Soften.

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