Silk Stalkings by Kelli Scott

Author:Kelli Scott [Scott, Kelli]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing Inc.
Published: 2012-08-21T21:00:00+00:00

Lifting her head off the pillow that smelled deliciously of him, Yancey asked lazily, “What is it?”

So many possibilities crossed her mind—unsettling possibilities. Perhaps he’d just been notified by the health department that he had crabs, and now she did too. Maybe his parole had just been revoked for bad behavior. Hopefully an ex-girlfriend wasn’t on her way up, wanting to give their relationship another go. Now. This very second. Yancey braced herself for him asking her to hide in the closet or slip out of a third-story window.

It dawned on her that she didn’t know him at all, but wasn’t that the point of her wicked escapade down the wandering path to sexual exploration? She wanted stories and memories and comparisons to measure other men against. Why not, since they so readily compared her to other women, finding that Yancey came up short? She needed to be sure that the next man she allowed into her heart was worthy. Intellectually. Morally. Sexually.

Equals in every way.

To make that weighty a decision, she needed to sample a random variety of men for comparison’s sake. How could one declare they’d found the world’s greatest cup of coffee if they’d only ever sipped one brew? How could a person declare carrot cake to be their favorite dessert if they’d never tasted pie? How could someone hate the idea of chicken on pizza if they’d never tried it?

Her stomach rumbled. I think a certain someone is hungry.

In college she hadn’t entertained the idea of agreeing to sex without several dates under her belt, a detailed romantic history and a firm declaration of fidelity—which had sometimes turned out to be a lie. Yancey refused to go the liar’s route, but she was definitely interested in padding her sexual resume with some extreme sexual encounters, whether pleasurable or not. Sometimes a person needed to parachute out of a plane to be sure they didn’t like it.

“My buddy Chip is swamped with tow calls. Mine and his own.” Diego dragged his hand down his face. “I gotta take one or two off his hands.”

She wondered if he’d planned this. Maybe he had a buddy system where Chip—if that was his real name—called him after a couple hours in order to get rid of her. Diego had got what he’d wanted and now he was done with her. She felt a little used, but Yancey had gone to him specifically for sex. She’d dressed, or rather undressed, for the part. But dinner would have been nice. Chatting would have been a bonus. Staying all night had never been part of her plan anyway, even though he’d said it was part of his.

With the deal sealed, it was time to get up, put her coat on and leave.

“Stay. Eat something,” he said as he pulled on his shorts and jeans. “Watch a little TV. Sleep. I’ll wake you when I get back.”

Pushing off the bed, Yancey said, “No. I should go.” She doubted that he meant her to take him up on his suggestion.

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