Kahleena MacCarthy ~ To Meet a Highlander Read Free Page A

trying to win over? Absolutely perfect. He’d had a crush on her since junior high. Here’s to hoping he didn’t blow one the second he was near her. Having her for a couple weeks was better than never being able to have her at all. He’d take it.
                  For once, staying in had proved to be a good thing.
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                  The last few days were a blur of work and nightly research. Tsarina would not fail on her trip to Scotland.
                  It was finally Friday night and she was ready to pick up Kaeden. At least no one would ever know that she changed six times before deciding what to wear. Tsarina didn’t want to appear desperate or too conservative or slutty. It was a lot of work. Hopefully her little black dress and come fuck me heels would do the trick. It was simple. A mix of class and tramp. But she didn’t want to look like she hadn’t been laid in seven months. Looking completely desperate, which she was, was definitely out of the question. She had to keep some pride.
                  Tsarina easily found Kaeden’s truck parked toward the back of the lot. He hopped in and they took off.
                  “Are you sure you don’t want to eat or do anything first? We could see a movie or whatever.” She smiled at Kaeden hoping not to be rude.
                  “No, I was figuring pizza and a quiet, well, maybe private is more of the word, evening. Are you okay with that?” Tsarina couldn’t believe she was asking Mr. Hormones if he was all right with things. Really? She wasn’t trying to take someone’s virginity. His was long gone. Now who sounded like the whore dog?
                  “Sure. Whatever you prefer.” Kaeden tried to act indifferent as he shrugged, but Tsarina knew he wasn't. She just wasn't sure why. He looked down right uncomfortable and the only reason that came to mind was he was worried about Trystan finding out.
                  As they got to her place, she threw her purse on the table by the front door. “So, what do you want on your pizza?”
                  “I don’t care. Meat for sure if you don’t mind.”
                  “Meatlovers then. I’ll get three and if we need an energy burst, we can raid the cold pizza. Soda?”
                  “Any kind’s fine, just preferably no diet.”
                  “You have condoms?”
                  “Yeaa….wait, what?” Tsarina almost laughed at Kaeden's reply. She'd snuck in the question pretty well she thought.
                  Tsarina couldn’t control her laugh. “Condoms. Kaeden, you know why we’re staying in this weekend and maybe next weekend if you’re not too busy training.”
                  “So, you expected to have sex tonight?”
                  “Yes. You didn’t?” Didn’t Kaeden always try to drive it home on the first date? Tsarina almost felt like an ass. Almost. Kaedan probably wasn't used to a girl being so direct. Maybe exactly what he needed was a dose of his own medicine.
                  “Sure, yeah. I guess so.”
                  “You don’t want to?” Now she felt like a fool. No, like a complete ass. Just maybe half an ass. That’s it. The little black dress and come fuck me heels are going straight to the trash. Men were always trying to get in her pants, but since her last serious relationship, she’d been on strike. Now that she thought to play their own game of nothing but sex, it seemed she wasn’t good enough. Why could men do it, but not women? What's so wrong about reversing the stereotype? Why couldn't she add notches to her belt and be motivated by meaningless sex?
                  “Tsarina, I didn’t say that. I’ve wanted you for years. You just never noticed me. I kind of, well, I guess I thought that if I ever got a date