Good Girl Gone Wild: When Lust Turns to Passion... (Good and Wild) Read Free Page A

“That’s my sister. I’m Lisa.”
Lisa saw a petite redhead in designer clothes with the most engaging grin, and
decided she liked her. She wondered where Christine had encountered this
fashion plate.
    “Oh! Sorry, you
look very alike,” Kate said, eyeing her speculatively. Just then, Nick came up
and smiled vaguely in Lisa’s direction.
    “Hi,” he said,
and Lisa brightened immediately. Kate seemed to make up her mind, and turned to
Nick.
    “Nick, this is
Lisa, and…” Kate looked interrogatively at Lisa’s companion.
    “This is Wendy,”
Lisa said carelessly, then leaned forward to whisper. “You want to cut in
line?”
    “I can do one
better,” Kate whispered back, and impulsively took Lisa’s hand. She dragged a
surprised Lisa and Wendy from the line and to the entrance, where they were
immediately admitted. Nick rolled his eyes at Kate’s antics, and followed the
three girls in.
    Inside, they
found a table almost by a miracle as a party of four got up and left. It was
very crowded and the music very loud, seeming to vibrate in their bones. Kate
commandeered the table immediately and called for a waiter to clear it. It was
so noisy it was impossible to carry on a conversation, but the three girls
managed. Soon they were giggling like old friends, and Nick observed them with
an air of a father watching unruly toddlers. Soon enough, the girls were
solicited to dance, but Kate refused, turning to Nick, eyes blazing.
    “Isn’t it an
amazing coincidence?” she shouted over the din. Nick frowned, not bothering to
verbalize. “That we met Christine’s sister.” As he looked blank, Kate rolled
her eyes in exasperation. “Lisa!”
    Nick gazed at
her in stupefaction, then at Lisa who was gyrating easily on the crowded dance
floor with a hunk in a tight black shirt. “How do you know?” he finally shouted
back.
    “Are you
kidding?” Kate shrilled. “They’re practically twins!”
    Nick looked
again, and finally saw the resemblance. Same eyes, nose and mouth, but strangely
Nick felt none of the attraction he had felt for the sister. He looked back at
her, and Kate was considering him with impish glee.
    After what
seemed an eternity, Nick finally convinced the girls to go to a quieter place.
Wendy elected to stay with some friends she met, so it was just Nick, Lisa and
Kate who sat at a quiet bar two blocks away. Lisa had by now been given the
facts of Kate’s acquaintanceship with Christine, and was busy in weaving her
hapless sister into her schemes. Nick was very attractive, and Lisa thought
Christine deserved to have some fun. She found a kindred spirit in Kate.
    “I’ve known Nick
all my life, and even if he’s my cousin, I know he’s damned attractive,” Kate
confided when Nick got up to go to the bathroom.  “But he’s 27 and he’s never
had a serious girlfriend, and that’s not right.”
    “The same with
Christine,” Lisa said. “She always stays home with a book, and she doesn’t have
any fun. I always tell her she acts like she’s 64 instead of 24!”
    “I think your
sister made a real impact on him,” Kate said, earnestly regarding Lisa. “I’ve
never seen him like that before.”
    Nick came back
just then, and Kate turned to him brightly. “Lisa was saying she lives near
here and could give us some coffee. What do you say?”
    “Sounds good,”
Nick said, trying not to sound over-eager. He’d been cudgeling his brain all
night trying to find a way to get Christine’s number, and this seemed like an answer
to a prayer.
    Lisa received
the announcement with equanimity, although she was inwardly quaking about
dropping in on Christine without warning. She glanced at her watch and saw it
was nearly 1 am. She would be sleeping, Lisa thought, then shrugged, bringing
out her cell phone. The phone buzzed 6 times before it was answered, and the voice
on the other line was definitely grumpy.
    Christine had
been in bed for hours, but couldn’t sleep. She tossed and turned,