The Secret Thief by Nina Lane

Author:Nina Lane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9780999541012
Publisher: Nina Lane
Published: 2018-04-03T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Run. Run. Run… shit.

I slow to a walk on the coastal trail, my lungs bursting and my chest heaving. Pain shoots through my leg muscles. I rest my hands on my thighs and bend over to catch my breath. The fucking boulder looks like it’s a thousand miles away.

I turn and walk slowly back up the hill to the lighthouse. Today, I left the workroom later than usual, needing to catch up on cataloging after my afternoon with Flynn got away from me in more ways than one.

The granite secrets wall climbs alongside the cliff’s edge like a prehistoric snake. Bits of wet paper cling between the rocks.

My thoughts tumble and crash. I’d given Flynn the full truth of what had transpired with David, only to discover yet another weird-guy quirk that I have no idea what to do with. Of all the things I’ve imagined Flynn to be (undercover FBI, lord of a sex dungeon, international spy), a secret thief is not one of them.

Did he steal my secret after he saw me hide it in the wall? Does he steal everyone’s secrets or was it just mine? And why?

I reach the terrace, my breathing still fast, and look up at the tower. He’s not there, and the smoky glass is smooth and empty. Even if I did barge back into the lighthouse and demand answers, they might not be ones I want to hear.

I pause at the wall. A Forestry Department sign is printed with a history of the wall, as well as the statement that the wall is maintained to prevent the paper from damaging the environment. The implication, of course, is the lighthouse keeper clears the secrets out of the wall on a regular basis.

But there’s nothing stating he steals them. Reads them.

I no longer believe in fairy tales.

The only secret I had left… which is now no longer a secret.

I still love fairy tales, but as fictional stories to be enjoyed. I don’t believe they exist in reality. Certainly they don’t for me. In my story, the villain already won. Flynn knows that too.

The more I think about it, the more it burns. This is just one other thing he knows about me, while I still know almost nothing about him. Hot sexy stuff aside, that particular dynamic in our relationship is starting to tick me off.

I shake my head and stride back to my car. This weekend, I need to regroup. I’m getting too caught up in him and his mysteries. Losing focus with all our intimate little teas and that intense way he looks at me, and the heated kiss I still feel imprinted on my lips.

Enough of that. I need to do what Juliette has been pressuring me to do—find an art history job somewhere else.

I need to distance myself from Flynn. In addition to being a locked door, he’s a thief. And I’ve had enough stolen from me.

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