Singing a Song... by Crystal V. Rhodes

Author:Crystal V. Rhodes
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-58571-612-8
Publisher: Genesis Press, Inc.
Published: 2012-08-19T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

It was their last day on the island, and Darnell regretted she would have to leave Aruba. This place was magic, and Thad was the magician.

She didn’t know the plans for the day, but that evening they were to go into town for dinner and dancing. It would be a special evening; he would make it special. He had a way of doing that. Darnell smiled at the thought.

After wandering through the house looking for Thad, she found him sitting in the room adjoining his bedroom suite. Like the other rooms in the house, this one was decorated in white, except there was a splash of red as an accent.

Thad was sitting in a swivel chair with his feet propped on the top of a wooden desk. Preoccupied with what he was reading, he didn’t notice Darnell enter the room. Quietly, she took a seat on the sofa opposite his desk. He looked relaxed.

She had been watching him for a few minutes before he lowered the script and rubbed his eyes, his brow furrowed in thought. Sighing, he looked up and started in surprise at seeing Darnell. His face softened.

“Well, hello. I didn’t know you were here.”

Darnell’s heart fluttered at his dimpled smile. “You were busy reading. I didn’t want to disturb you.” Getting up, she crossed the room to his desk.

As he watched her, Thad could feel his groin begin its familiar tightening. He was glad that he was sitting down. This woman could turn him on by simply walking into a room. Her shapely brown legs peeked at him from beneath a pair of white cotton shorts. The crisp white blouse she wore was tied in a knot beneath her breasts, revealing a flat stomach marked with a perfectly round mole located only inches from her navel. Thad’s mouth went dry.

Darnell perched on the edge of his desk and nodded toward the script in his hands. “That must be interesting. What’s it about?”

Thad couldn’t think. Darnell was wrecking havoc with his senses. Wetting his lips, he swallowed. “What…what did you say?”

She leaned closer, which only made his situation worse.

“I said, that script must be interesting. What’s it about?”

He followed her gaze, still disconcerted by her nearness. “Oh, this?” Closing the script, he quickly stuffed it in the desk drawer. “It’s nothing.”

Darnell frowned. “Nothing? Nobody writes a script about nothing. It must be about something interesting. It was holding your attention.”

“It’s about love.” Thad’s voice was barely audible.

Darnell stilled. Her eyes locked with his. “Love?”

“Yes, the love of a man for a woman he can’t have.”

Her heart hammered in her chest. “Why can’t he have her?”

Thad’s voice was steady. “Because she belongs to someone else.”

This was it—the moment of truth. Darnell swallowed. “But people don’t belong to people, Thad. They can only belong to themselves. If someone wants to be free, it’s their choice when they take their freedom.”

The room was thick with anticipation. Expectation. Thad was direct. “Are you willing to take yours?”

Darnell reached down and touched a finger to his cheek.

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