What Donovan Wants (The Accidental Series, Book 4) Read Free Page B

to try and get her out of my system, but so far it’s not
working.”
    “ You sound like you got it
bad.”
    “ I do.”
    “ But you do realize you have to
let her go, right?”
    “ Why?”
    “ Because she’s somebody’s
wife. That’s why.”
    “ But she should’ve been my
wife. I was there for her when the man she’s with
wasn’t.”
    “ You know him?”
    “ Yeah, I know him...went
to college with the guy. So what happened was, she was dating him,
then she broke it off, moved to Norfolk and started working in my
department. I took her to dinner a few times and then, very long
story short, she ended up back with the guy and left Norfolk to go
back to Charlotte to be with him. Soon after, they got
married.”
    “ And you can’t accept the
fact that she’s with the guy?”
    “ I feel like he stole her
from me. Am I wrong?”
    “ Well, how you feel is how
you feel.”
    Donovan loosened up a little, even shifted
on the couch so he had a good view of her sitting on the bed and
said, “I mean, I was finally diggin’ someone after all those years
and he swooped in like a hawk and took her.”
    Kamila frowned.
    “ What?” he asked when he
saw the disturbance in her forehead.
    “ There will be other
women, I’m sure.”
    “ I know, but they may not
be what I want. I’m very particular.”
    What man isn’t? “And just what does Donovan want?”
    “ I want a woman I can
love...that I can connect with on every level.”
    “ That’s
interesting...thought I had a man like that, but he connected with someone
else.”
    “ Why?”
    “ Why did he connect with
someone else?”
    “ Yeah.”
    “ I don’t know. You’ll have
to ask him that. You want his number?” she quipped. She yawned
again. “Let’s talk about something else. This is
depressing.”
    “ Okay...uh...what do you
do for a living?”
    “ I’m a traveling insurance
representative for LightSite Insurance Company.”
    “ You?”
    “ I’m head of the
accounting department at Zenadel Electronics.”
    “ Zenadel...I’ve heard of
them. We tried to offer some insurance plans to the C.E.O. there a
few years ago, but he declined.” Kamila unbuckled her sandals and
sat in Indian-style on the bed, rubbing her toes.
    “ Where do you
live?”
    “ In Richmond. You’re in
Norfolk, right?”
    “ Yep.”
    “Cool. I travel there from time to time...haven’t
been there in a while, though.” Kamila glanced at the clock. “Hey,
you wanna go dancing?”
    Donovan lifted a brow. “Dancing? You’ve been yawning
like a narcoleptic and now you want to go dancing?”
    Kamila laughed then said, “I’m tired, but I didn’t
come on this cruise to go to bed early. I came to have fun.” She
stood up, took some black suede heels from her closet and slid her
feet into them.
    “You wanna join me?” she asked, noticing he hadn’t
moved an inch.
    “I’m not much of a dancer.”
    “C’mon. Both of us could use a little cheering
up...might as well cheer each other up, right?” She walked over to
the couch, reached for his hand, as if she could pull his muscular
frame from the couch.
    He smirked at her gesture and took her hand for good
measure. “You’re a persistent little thang aren’t you?” He stood
up.
    “That’s what they tell me.”
    Holding his hand, she guided him to the fifth deck,
where the dance club was located. They could hear the music right
off of the elevator.
    “I didn’t know there was a club onboard,” Donovan
said, walking in.
    “Me either, until my friend Lori told me. She’s a
partier.”
    “And you’re not?”
    “No. I’m not, but tonight, I’m feeling
adventurous...and we’re on a cruise, so let’s just let loose!”
    “All right. Let’s do it.”
    Donovan took Kamila’s hand and walked through the
crowd to the dance floor. The two danced to some hip hop songs for
a while, then after they worked up a sweat, they went back to sit
at their table.
    “I can’t believe we only have three more days. This
is way