Searching for Sea Glass: BEST-SELLING AUTHOR (Sea Glass Secrets Book 1) by Teal Wingate Page A

jail.”
    “Good.”
    “He wasn’t a nice man.”
    “Why was he beating Willow? Was it a rape?”
    “No.” This time she lowered her face. “He attacked her because she was trying to save me.”
    “Save you?”
    Sunny watched as his strong hand gripped the Scotch glass. The knuckles turned bone white. She was sure the glass would shatter in his grasp.
    “What happened to you Sunny?” The words were low and far more deadly than any he’d said thus far.
    She shrugged. She would tell him anything he wanted to know about Willie. But some things were too personal to share. Some pain was just too deep.
    “Tell me.” A muscle jumped along the length of his sculpted jaw.
    “It was nothing. I don’t want to talk about it.”
    “The nothing you’re referring to got my sister killed. I want to know what happened to you.”
    She slid out of the booth. She glared down at him. “I don’t care what you want. I loved Willie like she was my sister. I love Billy like he grew in my body, under my heart. You can’t just bull your way in here and start making demands.”
    The shaking began with her knees. It moved up through her body and down her arms. Finally it settled over her hands. She noticed it at that point and clenched her fingers tightly together. She hoped he wouldn’t notice. It was always a bad idea to reveal your weakness to a lethal predator. They’d always take vantage of it. Of you.
    “Why are you so frightened?” he asked. He rose to tower over her.
    “I’m not afraid,” she lied for all she was worth.
    He settled his large warm hands on her shoulders. The gesture should have been comforting. It wasn’t.
    “Sunny, what’s wrong? Just tell me. I’ll take care of it for you.”
    She jerked back. She forced her eyes to meet his. “There’s nothing wrong. Other than the fact that you showed up here tonight with your entourage. You can’t have Billy. If that’s what this is about. There’s no way I’m letting you have him.”
    He took a step closer. “Have I said anything about taking him? Have I done anything to make you believe I would do such a thing?”
    Sunny shook her head. “No, but what other reason would you have for showing up now. After all these years? It certainly couldn’t be because you wanted to see me. It’s been five years, John . I’m sure you forgot all about our little escapade on the beach that night. I know I have.”
    “My friends call me JD,” he said. He moved forward until the material of his tuxedo coat brushed her breasts.
    Sunny couldn’t stop the involuntary shiver that ran down the length of her frame. She licked her lips. She tried to fashion some kind of snappy comeback. But it seemed her brain had gone numb while her senses had taken over. She felt her bosom swell under the ridiculous tee-shirt she was wearing. She felt intoxicated, but she hadn’t drunk her whole glass of wine.
    She watched as his every breath caused the most intriguing movement of his deep chest. There was just something seductive about a man in a tux. Especially this dangerous enigmatic man.
    Sunny bit her lower lip. She tried moving away from him again. But his hands moved slowly, oh so slowly, from her shoulders. They trailed down her back, igniting a path of fire. They locked together at the base of her spine. She was trapped against him. Though she did admit to herself there had been no force used to get her there.
    “I’m not your friend,” she sputtered. This was wrong. He was the enemy. She shouldn’t be basking in the heat of his body. She shouldn’t be savoring the feel of his taunt arms around her. She shouldn’t
    “You could be,” he whispered it. His dark head bent to hers. He stopped an aching inch from her lips. When she nervously licked them, he groaned. A second later he swept her up into a whirlwind of jolting desire.
    Sunny remembered this feeling. It was like the most exquisite pain. She knew she should run away from him as fast as she could. The last time