Free Finding Destiny by Christa Simpson

he wanted
from her? She worried that it was true.
    Though their
time spent together had been short on the grand scale of things,
she had felt a connection with Skylar unlike anything she had
experienced in all her days. The sex was smoking hot and Skylar
clearly had a good head on those broad shoulders. She only hoped
that she wasn’t the only one looking for something more.
    Destiny smiled
back. “Yes, sex would be part and parcel. But I actually meant I’d
like to see you again. Like on a date.”
    Skylar nodded,
but his response didn’t look promising. “Strings.”
    “Pardon me?” Had Destiny just heard him correctly? Destiny closed her
eyes and prayed that he wasn’t the player she had expected a man
with his impressive stature and skill would be.
    “You’re
looking to tie me down.”
    “In the
bedroom? Maybe. But that was hardly a marriage proposal.”
    Skylar
chuckled, and she knew that rumble would haunt her for a long while
after that. “First you need to see if my check book is up to your
standards.”
    Destiny shook
her head no, fiercely, and shuffled away from him. “I’m sorry if
that’s what you think I’m doing here, but this wasn’t something I
planned.”
    Skylar’s hand
rested on hers and he pinned her with his whiskey eyes. “If not for
that, then why?” He didn’t wait for her answer, and she was
thanking the gods for that. “Women have played me like that to this
point in my life. You’re telling me my luck has magically turned
itself around?”
    Destiny wasn’t
impressed with what he was accusing her of, but she also saw the
sadness in his eyes. He wouldn’t even give himself a chance at
happiness, and she would call him out on it if she had to. What
did she have to say to get this through his suddenly thick
skull?
    “You say
you’re financially secure. Good for you. That’s not really my
concern at this point. I thought we might sort through the less
finer points first.”
    “On a
date.”
    “Yes.”
    Skylar propped
an eyebrow up and his smile returned. “Wouldn’t you say we’ve kind
of bypassed that stage already?”
    She tried to
act like that smile hadn’t just wet her non-existent panties. “I
don’t know. It’s hard for me to judge whether we have anything at
all, when you act like that. I’d say at least there’s good sexual
chemistry. It’s a start.”
    “Ouch!” He
grabbed at his chest dramatically. “I’m a good lover. I was
hoping that you would have said I was amazing, or at least great.
But good? I’m surprised you would even want to start something with
me, when you think I’m a B grade lover.”
    Had he just
called himself her lover? Oh, she loved the sound of that. But
she was perplexed by Skylar’s ability to run around the topic
without answering the question.
    “If you’re not
interested in me, all you had to do is say so.” And she managed to
say that without a grain of emotion. How she did it was beyond her.
Her heart ached at the very thought of never seeing this man again,
even if he was being a total ass right now.
    “Destiny.
Obviously I’m interested in you.” He glanced at his arousal, still
lifted from his body even while they argued. “I’m sorry to tell
you, but the sex is… let’s just say it’s overwhelming to feel
something that phenomenal.”
    A glimmer of
hope bloomed in her belly, as Skylar’s hand reached for her face,
but she wouldn’t be letting him off the hook that easily. Though
his thickness was a turn on, she wasn’t about to continue their
sex-filled weekend if he really intended nothing more to come of
it.
    She backed
away again. “The sex is better than my wildest fantasies, okay? But
this run around is really irritating. Either you like me and you
want to see me again, or you don’t.”
    Frustrated
beyond comparison, Destiny turned away from him and stuffed her
head into the pillow at the head of the bed. She refused to release
a tear, but they were congregating in her eyes just waiting for