Free Destined - The Austin Series Prequel by C.J. Fallowfield Page B

on a woman, I much preferred soft curves. Her soft
curves.
    ‘It appears you do too.
Yoga?’
    ‘Pilates.’
    We stood staring at each other
for a moment, I could feel the heat between us and nearly let out
my own sigh as I saw her chest starting to rise and fall rapidly.
Damn it, her nipples had just peaked and all I could think about
was taking one between my teeth and sucking it until she felt apart
and begged me to fuck her. Her lips had parted and swelled and as
she looked up at me again her pupils dilated. She was totally
primed for me, just like I was for her.
    ‘You’ve gone rather flushed
Mia, are you feeling faint again? Do I need to pick you up now,
just in case?’ I grinned, trying to put her at ease. She gulped
again and jumped as her phone blasted out Fall Out Boy’s “The
Phoenix.” Nice, she had great taste in music too.
    ‘Shit, sorry,’ she
muttered.
    ‘F.O.B fan?’
    ‘Yes, I love this album,’ she
responded as she turned the volume down and looked at the text that
had come in. I quickly read it upside down and stiffened.
    Mia, I miss you so much. We
really need to talk, call me please. Kai xx
    ‘Who’s Kai?’ I demanded,
feeling a surge of jealousy course through my body.
    ‘Wow. Are you majoring in
reading upside down and being nosey?’ she exclaimed as she quickly
stuffed it in her bag.
    ‘Sorry, you should’ve read it
in private if you didn’t want me to see it. So is Kai your
boyfriend?’ I asked with a frown. This was the moment of truth.
    ‘Yes … I mean no … I mean … we
just broke up.’ She seemed on edge, but I was more focussed on the
relief I felt to hear that they were no longer together.
    ‘How come?’
    ‘That’s a bit of a personal
question given that I’ve only just met you, Gabe,’ she frowned, as
she looked up at me through her long lashes.
    ‘You’re complaining about
getting personal now? You openly objectified my arse and quite
happily snuggled into my chest as I carried you for over five
minutes, I didn’t hear you complaining about getting personal
then.’
    ‘I could hardly complain, I’d
passed out and I’ve no recollection of snuggling,’ she shot
back.
    ‘But you’ve already admitted to
the ogling. That’s personal, so you owe me one.’
    ‘Fine, I apologise for staring
at your arse and that it may in any way have made you feel devalued
as a human being, but don’t tell me that you didn’t enjoy touching
me up as you carried me.’
    ‘Touching you up?’ I was a bit
taken aback by her fast response, she was fiery and I liked it. ‘I
had my hands rather full at the time.’ I shot back.
    ‘Wow, way to make a girl feel
good. Are you trying to say my arse is fat?’ she scowled. Christ,
that scowl was so sexy. I was so close to forgetting talking and
getting to know her and just shoving her up against the tree and
taking her face in my hands as I kissed her aggressively.
    ‘Far from it, I think your
bottom’s pretty awesome, in fact I think it’d make me feel a lot
better if you were to reciprocate, bend over right now and let me
stare at yours for a minute or two. I’d feel we were even then,’ I
grinned, silently willing her to do it. She looked at me surprised
and blinked a few times. ‘So, you’re not going to tell me the
reason for the break up with this Kai?’
    ‘Mutual bottom appreciation
aside, I don’t know you well enough for this conversation.’
    ‘Bet he’s kicking himself for
letting you go.’
    ‘No one let me go,’ she
retorted, seeming annoyed. ‘I dumped him. Not all women are
desperate for relationships you know,’ she snapped. I raised my
eyebrows in surprise, I really hadn’t put her down for the one
night stand type of girl, Lexi yes, not Mia. Damn it, that
definitely wasn’t what I was after, for once in my life. The more
we bantered the more I was falling for her, like I had any further
left to fall.
    ‘What are you desperate for?’ I
asked, puzzled.
    ‘Some fun, I don’t want all
this