Destined for the Star (Starstruck) Read Online Free PDF

always anticipating that one thing that might turn it into a menacing frenzy.”
    ”You do? Has that ever happened to you?” he asked, concern coloring his tone.
    ”No, no never. I just have a very active imagination.” She smiled apologetically. ”Plus I really don’t like it when people lose control of themselves.”
    He looked thoughtful.
    ”Most people seem to thrive on the kind of energy released in crowds like that. But I’ve seen enough to have a healthy respect for that kind of energy.” He seemed lost in some unpleasant memories. ”There have been a few times in my life when I have been surrounded by really large, over-excited crowds, and it genuinely frightened me. There’s a collective madness, that can grip a crowd under certain circumstances, that truly terrifies me.”
    ”Like at rock concerts or something?”
    ”Yeah, like Beatle-mania.” He suddenly looked like he was afraid he’d said too much. He abruptly changed the subject.
    ”So, where do you live?”
    ”I live in Kista, a suburb north of town. It’s a twenty minute subway ride from here. Which reminds me, I need to get home to my brothers and get dinner ready.” She rose to her feet, brushing off the back of her coat as she stood.
    He stood up next to her. He suddenly looked bereft, a silent yearning in his gaze as he looked at her. She shamelessly inhaled his beauty with her eyes, memorizing every last one of the magnificent details of his face in the dimming light.  
    ”How long will you stay in Stockholm?” she asked, the ache in her chest building with each breath.
    ”I leave in the morning. I have to get back for some,” he hesitated, ”some business meetings.” He looked down at her, a hunger in his eyes she longed to satisfy, if she only knew how.
    ”Olivia, I can’t stand for this day to be over. These past few hours have been some of the best of my life. I really want to repay you somehow. Is there any way you would let me take you out to dinner tonight?”
    She felt lightheaded, melting into his gaze again. How could she say no? If there was any way at all that she could have just a few more hours with him, she had to take the chance. But her brothers were expecting her home soon and she knew she could never let them down. Even though they were old enough, and capable enough, to fend for themselves for one night, she still needed to go home and check on them and explain where she would be.  
    ”I’d love to have dinner with you,” she said and watched as his face lit up with joy. ”But I have to go home first, and check on my little brothers.”
    ”Of course.”
    ”If you tell me which restaurant you want to go to, I can meet you there in a few hours?”
    ”I’d much rather come and pick you up at home, if that’s okay with you?” He smiled sheepishly at her. ”I’m a little old-fashioned, I’m afraid.”
    ”That’s okay. Old-fashioned is great,” she smiled back, buzzing with happiness at the prospect of an entire evening with him. ”But how will you find the way?”
    ”I’ll take a cab. If you just give me your address, and maybe your phone number, in case I get lost on the way over.” He was teasing her again.
    ”Sure.” She felt dizzy, intoxicated by his sexy scent. He was standing so close to her - it was like a magnet pulling them together.
    They exchanged numbers and she gave him her address, and the code for her apartment building. Then he walked her to the nearest subway station. He followed her all the way down to the platform, and stood there waiting with her for the train. It was so hard to say goodbye to him, that she didn’t dare think about what it would feel like tomorrow, when he would be gone for good.  
    As they stood there, waiting for the train to arrive, he reached up with his hand and, very gently, he touched her cheek. Her heart skipped a beat. She found herself wishing intensely that she could freeze that exact moment in time and stay in it forever. Just the two of