What Donovan Wants (The Accidental Series, Book 4) by Tina Martin Page A

estate after graduating, she got her realtor’s license and
opened up her own agency.
    “Girl, you know how it’s. All they’re talking about
on news networks is how the housing market is picking back up now.
There’s actually a shortage of homes.”
    “Yeah, I bet.” Kamila looked up at the flat screen
TV.
    “Okay, you seem like you’re in a funky mood. What’s
wrong?”
    Kamila sighed, then took a sip of wine. “It’s
nothing.”
    “And we’ve been friends for how long? Go on...tell
me.”
    She sighed again. “It’s um...well, you remember that
guy from the cruise?”
    “Oh,” she said. “Donovan, was it?”
    “Yeah, that’s him.”
    “What about him?”
    “Well, I kinda, sorta married him.”
    “ You did what!” Lori said,
forgetting she was in public for a moment.
    “Lori, calm down girl, before somebody call the
police on you.”
    “You got me hearing things up in here ‘cause I know you did not just say you married him.”
    “Actually, I did.”
    “What!”
    “Okay, before you go ballistic, let me explain. We,
Donovan and I, were talking about our lives and sounding so
miserable that I told him we should do something
spontaneous...something wild and crazy to forever mark the cruise
in our memories. So I convinced him to marry me.”
    “Hold up, hold up...hold...up, stop the presses.
First off, if you want to do something spontaneous, go skinny
dipping, do some karaoke...don’t get married for goodness
sakes.”
    “Well, I’m telling you...we got married, but agreed
it wasn’t real.”
    “Okay, now I’m all confused. Did you marry him or
not?”
    “We went through the motions. He gave me this ring,”
Kamila said, holding up her left hand for Lori to see.
    “Wait...and you actually signed documents?”
    “Yep.”
    “On the cruise ship?”
    “Yeah.”
    “And did you consummate this marriage?”
    “Yes. We did. Twice.”
    “I can’t believe what I’m hearing right now,” Lori
said, shaking her head.
    “I know it was stupid, Lori.”
    “What on earth were you thinking, Kamila?”
    “That’s the thing...I wasn’t thinking...I was doing
what you said...getting Tony out of my system and I got caught up
in the moment and Donovan was a distraction from it all.”
    “So now what? You’re seeing him?”
    “No...haven’t seen or heard from him since the
cruise.”
    “And you’re good with that?”
    Kamila frowned. “Um...I was at first. He told me he
wasn’t interested in a relationship.”
    “Before of after he slept with you?”
    “Before.”
    “Oh,” Lori said, surprised that he was forthcoming.
“So if you knew that, why did you—”
    “Because it wasn’t supposed to mean anything,
but—”
    “You caught feelings.”
    “He’s a good man...”
    “How good of a man can he be if he married you,
slept with you then split?”
    “Like I said, he didn’t hide the fact that he didn’t
want any attachments...he told me that upfront. I just thought he
would change his mind...but we spent the last night on the cruise
together and when I woke up, he was gone.” Kamila took a sip of
wine. “In hindsight, I see how stupid the whole thing was now. I
should have never done it.”
    “But you did, and now you have feelings for
him...”
    “Yeah, as much as I hate to admit it.” Kamila blew a
frustrated breath. “Why do I keep ending up with the wrong
man?”
    “Because you don’t listen to me. I knew that man was
trouble.”
    “But he’s not—”
    “And, I tried to tell you that Tony wasn’t worth
five cents either.”
    Kamila grunted. “Ugh. I know, Lori.”
    “Now I will say this. Judging from the one-time you
introduced me to Donovan, he seemed decent enough. He sure was fine
and those muscles...”
    Kamila shot Lori a half smile. She remembered those
muscles well, how they confined and restricted her, squeezed her
tight and caressed her passionately. She got chills thinking about
the things he’d done to her body that night.
    “You should’ve ran