The Best Thing He Never Knew He Needed by Tina Martin Read Free Book Online

process. Things you like and dislike. Love. Hate.
Things that make you feel uncomfortable.”
    “ And why would you be
interested in that?”
    He shrugged. “Just am, and
by the time I’m done, I’ll know you so thoroughly, I’ll be able to
decipher what you’re thinking without you having to say a
word.”
    Sherita laughed so hard,
she felt water in her eyes. She knew Desmond was a womanizer, but
comedian? “Oh, so I’m supposed to believe…” she began before
laughter took over again. When she could catch her breath, she
cleared her throat and said, “I’m supposed to believe you’re a mind
reader now.”
    “ No,” Desmond said with a
straight face, “But I am very good at reading people, Sherita,
especially women.”
    “ So you’ve done this to
other women?”
    “ I have, but not as
thoroughly as I plan on doing it to you.”
    This fool done lost his
natural mind . Sherita shook her head. Men
like Desmond were accustomed to getting what they wanted, but he
had to be a world-class moron if he didn’t think she was aware of
that already. “Well, thanks for the warning, and the laugh,”
Sherita told him.
    “ You think it’s funny now,
but you’ll understand what I mean when you witness it happening for
yourself.”
    Sure I will. “Like I said, thank you for the
warning.”
    “ A warning won’t do you
any good, princess.”
    “ Sure it would. When you
know what time a thief is coming to rob your house, you know when
to be on alert.”
    “ Yeah, but just because
you’re alert doesn’t mean you have what it takes to fight off the
thief. Maybe he’s stronger than you. Maybe he has more
experience robbing than you think he does.”
    She quietly digressed.
Desmond wasn’t going to rob her of anything. She’d had her heart
stolen by a thief once before. Now, her guard was up. And it would
stay up.
     
     
    Finally at the park, they got out of the car, then opened the
back doors to get the babies.
    “ Okay, so we’re not going
to go far since we don’t have strollers,” Sherita told him. She
scanned the park, looking for a good place to set up. “There. We
can go right over there by the willow tree. You take Grace. I’ll
carry Ezra, and then you can watch them while I come back to the
car to get my camera and stuff.”
    “ Or I can carry Ezra and
Grace while you grab your equipment now.”
    “ Oh…right. Okay. Do that,
then.”
    He smiled, walking around
to her side of the car with Grace, then picked up Ezra’s car
seat.
    Sherita scooped up her
equipment, stuffing everything she thought she needed in a shoulder
bag. “Okay…I think I got all I need.”
    Together, they headed for
the spot she’d chosen.
    Once there, Desmond said,
“What now?”
    “ Okay…umm,” she rummaged
around in her bag and removed a white, ruffled blanket. “Can you
spread this out? I’m thinking of lying them both here, flat on
their backs and standing above them, taking a few
shots.”
    Desmond took the blanket,
spread it out on the ground then took Grace and Ezra from their car
seats, one-by-one and laid them there.
    “ Perfect,” Sherita
said.
    He stood back while
watching Sherita work. She was good with the camera, taking shots
of the babies at all angles, watching them stir a little. Desmond
had done a phenomenal job of lying them there without waking them,
but now they were waking up and Grace wasn’t a happy camper. She
expressed her displeasure with being exposed to nature by a faint,
whiny cry. And even her cries sounded like a pleasant
melody.
    “ Aw, Grace, it’s okay,
beautiful,” Sherita said.
    “ I’ll get her,” Desmond
said. He dropped to the ground next to Grace, placed his face
against hers and said, “Uncle Des is here, baby girl. Everything is
all right, sweetie.”
    Sherita took a few face
shots of Desmond with the babies.
    “ Since you’re sneaking
pictures of me with the babies, you should take pictures of the
four of us. Can you set the auto-flash?”
    Sherita grinned.