Chasing Secrets by Richards Alyssa

Author:Richards, Alyssa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragonfly
Published: 2019-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

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When they returned from their hike, she joined him on his boat dock. He removed his t-shirt and his physique made her catch her breath. Tanned and firm, she didn’t remember any of her college professors looking like that.

“You know rumor has it that this lake was used as a baptismal for that church I showed you yesterday. One jump and the past is washed clean.”

“Has it worked for you?” She slipped out of her t-shirt and shorts and adjusted her bikini top.

“Every day.” His smile lit something in her heart that fluttered and kicked. It made her think of the fun, easy days of her teenaged years, when she had her whole life ahead of her.

When she turned, he lifted his head with a jerk, as if he had been enjoying a long, slow look. She grinned at his guilty-as-charged expression.

He jumped in first, popping up a moment later and flipping his wet hair to the side.

She dove in next to him, the too-cool water hitting every nerve ending like a bucket of ice. “Oh!” she gasped.

His laugh echoed across the lake, bouncing off the mountains as if this were their own private world.

“Thanks for the warning.” She cupped her hand and squirted a stream of water at his face.

“It’s invigorating!”

They swam to the end of the channel and turned back before it opened into the wider body of water. Then Griffin flipped onto his back and gave her a perfect half-moon grin, one that was contagious and ignited her spirit of fun.

“Race?” she said and broke into a fast crawl.

She felt the current from his strokes close to her legs and she knew that she was slightly ahead. Remembering her swim race days from her youth, she powered toward the pier at top speed, focusing on form and timing. When she slapped the top of the pier she lifted her head just in time to see Griffin a half beat behind her.

“So close!” He was out of breath, his smile broadcasting enough electricity to fuel the town for a week.

She lifted herself onto the deck, enjoying the feel that the work gave her muscles.

“You must have been a champion swimmer when you were younger,” he said.

“My room at home is still full of medals and trophies. My dad can’t bear to throw any of them out.”

“At least I feel a little better about myself now.” He laughed and lifted one of the seat cushions on the boat and threw her a towel. He took one for himself and slung it around his neck.

She dried her arms and legs and sat in the sun to dry out before heading inside.

He sat down beside her, leaned onto his hands, looking like a model from a Ralph Lauren ad. “The sunrise is tremendous. Comes up right over that mountain there.”

“I saw it,” she said. “I’m a morning person.”

His smile was soft. “Me, too.”

In the quiet moment between them, his magnetic stare returned. “There’s something I’ve been wanting to do since we first met.

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