Driven by Desire

Author:Ambrielle Kirk [Kirk, Ambrielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-06-29T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The next day…

“Make yourself at home,” Tanya said, throwing her keys and purse on the end table in the foyer as Marcus followed her into her one bedroom studio apartment.

Their talk last night pretty much confirmed what she already knew. Marcus Brooks was a man that one never really got enough of. Their walk through Centennial Olympic Park for the live Caribbean music fest and then winding down for an early dinner at a nearby restaurant was the icing on the cake. She’d never had anyone really pay this much attention to her wants and needs. Dating in the past had always been a quick movie every once in a while or maybe dining in a restaurant she’d frequented many times before.

“Nice,” he said, closing the door behind them. “Pretty view of the skyline. How long have you been living here?”

“Going on two years. I left the University of Georgia campus after graduating my senior year. I knew I wanted something small and relatively close to shopping and central to the city. Most of my classes are online and some nearby, so I don’t have to worry about the travel time as much. Plus they’re a lot of companies close by where I wouldn’t mind starting my career at.”

As an underemployed graduate student it was all she really could afford and it had been important to her to live in one of the safest and up and coming neighborhoods of Atlanta. The rent took a hefty chunk of her income and savings, but her peace of mind and comfort was worth more.

“You’re a smart, successful woman. I love that about you.”

“I’m an only child and I grew up in a single parent home with my mother, so being independent and making wise decisions is really all I know.”

He sat down and watched in the kitchen as she unwrapped the cheesecake slices they’d ordered to-go from the restaurant. “You said your mom didn’t stick around Georgia when you started college, right?”

“Right.” She took two saucers from the cupboard and put cheesecake in the middle of each one. “She moved back in with my grandma to help out since grandpa died. I had to convince her that I could make it out here on my own by myself before she would leave. I knew grandma needed her so I kind of had to fake it the whole first year of college.” She looked up at Marcus and smiled. “It was my first time on my own, and being such a homebody and everything, I barely knew anyone. Once I started getting out, going to parties, and tail-gating events things got easier. Then I met Zaira…and I got wilder.”

They both laughed.

“Zaira reminds me of her father. They both get down to business when it comes to work, but truly know how to have a wild time.”

“That sounds like Zaira.” She sat down on the sofa next to him and handed him the saucer, and then went back in the kitchen to grab some glasses and a chilled glass of wine.

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