What the Lady Wants by Nika Rhone

Author:Nika Rhone [Rhone, Nika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, suspense, bodyguard, heiress
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2017-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Club Platinum was packed.

Currently the premiere hotspot on the Denver clubbing circuit, the eclectic mix of tasteful elegance and flamboyant trash had become not just a huge tourist draw, but the destination of many locals as well. The door charge was higher on weekends, but the show inside was worth the price.

And only part of it was on the stage.

As Thea and Lillian led a wide-eyed Nick through the crowd, Thea couldn’t seem to keep from second-guessing the decision to bring him tonight. Called back to town for more meetings and left at loose ends until Monday, Nick had been onboard with the last-minute invitation, even offering to pay for the evening out of appreciation for their company, an offer Thea had declined. Letting him pay would have made it feel too much like a date.

There had been one tricky moment when she remembered her promise to Doyle concerning Nick and excused herself to make a quick cell phone call from the ladies’ room, but where she expected and planned for Doyle’s earlier resistance, what she got instead was a quick agreement.

Granted, Doyle had seemed a bit distracted and harried, like he was impatient to get back to something she interrupted, but still! He sounded more than happy enough to okay the outing. He’d even told her to have fun.

With. Another. Man.

If she’d needed a final nail in the coffin about how Doyle felt about her—or, rather, didn’t feel about her—there it was. And it hurt. A lot.

She’d gone back to the table where Nick and Lillian had been involved in a heated discussion about hybrid cars, of all things, and managed to smile and even participate in the conversation for almost ten minutes before suddenly “remembering” a promise to Rosa to stop at a specialty store while she was in town and pick up a few things for her Sunday baking. Since Lillian was in love with just about anything that came out of Rosa’s kitchen, she’d all but shoved Thea out the door, but not before making plans to pick up both her and Nick for their club outing.

So here she was.

On a date.

With Nick.

Okay, it wasn’t really a date, considering Lillian made them a threesome. And that Lillian had been the one to ask Nick along. And it was Lillian who was driving. But it was Thea’s hand that Nick had a hold of as they plowed through the crowded club, and it felt…nice. Comfortable. Safe. Almost…brotherly.

Thea groaned to herself. That was exactly how it felt. Like she was holding hands with one of Lillian’s brothers. Platonic. Uninspiring. Sexless.

She was pulled from that depressing line of thought when Nick eased closer to her and whispered—or rather, shouted over the noise—in her ear, “What kind of show did you say we were going to see here?”

Despite her inner turmoil, Thea couldn’t help but smile. They’d kept Nick in the dark about what the entertainment for the evening at Platinum would be. It was always fun to see how long it took for the uninitiated to figure it out.

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