My Destiny by Adrianne Byrd

Author:Adrianne Byrd [Byrd, Adrianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kimani Press
Published: 2012-06-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Months rolled by while Destiny and Miles became increasingly closer friends. Their daily, early-morning runs moved from two miles up to Miles’s customary four. And now they visited the gym two days a week. They spent so much time together there were rumbles of complaints from their other friends.

“Hey, the Super Bowl is next week. Why don’t we throw a party?” Destiny suggested, stepping out of the elevator and onto the fourteenth floor.

Miles’s brows rose as he considered the suggestion. “You know, that might not be such a bad idea. The guys and I usually watch the game down at the ESPN Zone, but I’m sure they’d love the idea of a party—especially Wes.”

“Great. I’ll finally get to meet your infamous best friend.”

“You’ve never met Wes?”

“Not officially. I’ve seen you two together from time to time, but I’ve never met him.”

“Then be prepared for a treat,” Miles warned.

“If he’s anything like you, then consider it done.”

They laughed and turned toward their respective apartments.

“Oh,” Destiny said suddenly as a thought occurred to her. “How did your blind date go the other night?”

Miles’s head rocked back with a bark of laughter. “You mean the one my mother set me up on?”

“That’s the one.” A wide grin stretched across Destiny’s face in anticipation of a humorous story.

He shook his head and leaned against his door frame. “Longest night of my life. I believe her name was Monica—a five-time divorcée who has never worked a day in her life.”

Destiny laughed. “You’ve got to be kidding?”

“Nope. She’s been married to two plastic surgeons, a real estate tycoon, a movie director and a lottery winner—all by the age of thirty.”

“Jeez, I feel like such a late bloomer. Maybe I should rethink all this independence stuff.”

Miles’s laugh deepened. “You would never have trouble finding a rich man to take care of you. You definitely have the looks.”

She pressed a hand to her chest. “Why, I believe you just paid me a compliment.”

“Sorry.” He held up his hands. “It won’t happen again.”

She smiled. “I can’t believe your mother set you up with someone like that.”

“Are you kidding? I’m beginning to suspect my mother just wants me married. She couldn’t care less to whom.”

“I find that hard to believe.”

Miles shrugged. “Yeah, maybe I’m pouring it on a bit thick. Chances are my mother didn’t really know the girl. She could have been a friend of friend of a friend.”

“She has a whole network devoted to getting you hitched?”

“Seems that way.”

“Are you regretting ever telling her that you’re ready to settle down?”

“Nah. This has been the happiest I’ve seen her in a long time—so it’s worth it.”

Destiny shrugged and turned to enter her apartment.

“What about you?” Miles’s question stopped her before she could disappear behind the door.

“What about me?”

“Didn’t you tell me that you had a date this week?”

She rolled her eyes and nodded. “Tonight.”

Again his brows rose as one in mild curiosity. “Tonight?”

“Yeah. Believe it or not, Lu Jin fixed me up on this one.”

“In that case, are you sure you won’t need a chaperone?”

She laughed.

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