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Aine bit her lower lip. “The change in your attitude was just so…unexpected.”
“I’m sorry, Aine. I was…reacting.”
She kept both hands firmly on the steering wheel and didn’t turn her head to look at him. “To what?”
“The guy, the one you said works with your sister’s husband.”
“He does work with Tabon.”
“It’s obvious that he’s interested in you, Aine.”
She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “We dated, briefly. It ended a long time ago.”
Out of the corner of her eye, Aine saw Stuart nod.
“I figured it was something like that.”
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before, but honestly, it’s old news.”
“Is it?”
Aine turned her head. “It is, Stuart.”
They were almost to the turnoff for Cambria before Stuart spoke again.
“I booked a place to stay.”
“Uh, okay. Where?”
“Someplace called Cambria Shores.”
Aine knew her cheeks were flaming red, but there was little she could do about it.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine, just a little warm.” She fiddled with the air conditioner and turned the vents so they were pointed directly at her. “Do you want to come by the house first?”
“Either way. I guess we could stop so I can check in.”
“Sure.”
Instead of going left at the turnoff to the house, Aine turned right to go to Moonstone Beach. She pulled into the inn’s parking lot and went inside with Stuart.
“You look so familiar,” said the woman behind the desk.
“I get that a lot. I’m a twin.”
“I see,” said the woman, looking puzzled. “What is your name again?”
“Aine,” she answered.
“I remember you. You were here last year with—”
“My mom. She isn’t here this year, so I’m staying with my sister and her husband who have a home on Windsor.”
Stuart had finished filling out the paperwork and was st
aring at her. “Are you sure you’re okay?”
