I drop my arms and she presses her body against mine as she points her finger in my face.
“You might own this place, but it would be nothing without me.”
“You’re right.” My voice is low and rumbles between us as I reach down. I let one finger trace the edge of her hip as I lean closer to her. “I’m nothing without you.”
Before I can stop myself I grab her by the hips and lift her up as I swing around. I pin her against the wall and growl just before my mouth covers her. The kiss is searing hot, and when she cries out I let my tongue sweep inside. Her hands fist my hair to pull me away but only for a second. She whimpers and then I feel myself being tugged close as I grind my body against her.
Chapter Three
Jenna
Lucas can barely sit still, he's so excited about his first trip on a plane. His excitement makes me happy and I wish I could afford to do more things like this for us. One day maybe I will, but for now I’m happy that he’s mine and not with my mother.
“I get the window?” Lucas asks me for the tenth time, making me laugh.
“Yes, you get the window.” I stand when they call our boarding group and Lucas holds my hand.
“You ready?” I say, and he nods as they scan our passes.
“Born ready.” He takes off, almost dragging me behind him, but he has to slow down when we catch up to the people in front of us. When we finally get to the entrance, Lucas stops to touch the outside of the plane door as we step on.
“Of course Erin did this,” I mumble to myself when I look down at our seat numbers and the overhead assignment. “This is us.” I usher Lucas into the first class seat that could easily fit two of him.
“This is awesome.” He starts opening everything and I lean back in the chair, watching him.
I should have known Erin would get something pricey after I told her not to. I’m not going to dwell on it, though, because this trip is about having fun and relaxing. It’s also about not thinking about Reed. Which is all I have been able to do these past few days.
The man is driving me crazy. Who kisses someone like that and then disappears? Did I suck at it? It was explosive and I have no idea where all that passion and hunger came from. When he lifted me off my feet I was lost in him. The world stood still for a moment and it was only the two of us. Did he not feel it too? I guess not if he so easily walked away.
The next day I saw he put the days off I wanted back on the calendar. At least he was listening to me. Now I’m going to have to deal with this dumb crush. Before, I thought Reed was sexy, but now I know he has a mouth that’s made for sinning. That shouldn’t be shocking from looking at him.
What I don’t understand is why he kissed me. He’s loaded and I don’t miss all the women who do double-takes when he’s in the coffee shop. He doesn't seem to notice, but I do, and it annoys me when it shouldn't. If anything it’s good for business, but not so great for sanity. He would break my heart and that’s not something I can deal with right now. I have my hands full working and taking care of Lucas. I don’t need another complication.
Lucas takes off his backpack and pulls out the plane he got at the small gift shop.
“Cool plane, little man.” My stomach drops at the sound of that voice. “Is that a Boeing 747?”
“Yes! How did you know?” Lucas holds the plane up in the air and I slowly turn my head to see Reed standing there. Oh god, today he’s in jeans and a black shirt with a leather jacket. What the hell is going on?
“I have a thing for planes,” he tells Lucas as he takes the seat right next to me. “And brunettes that smell like sunshine too,” he whispers.
“What are you doing here?” I try and keep my cool since Lucas is staring right at us.
“Reed,” he introduces himself to Lucas and holds his hand out for him to shake it. Lucas looks at him with wide eyes and smiles as he puts his little hand in Reed’s big one. Great, he’s smitten too.
“My name is Lucas.”
“I think I’ve got something you might like.” Reed reaches into his bag and takes out an iPad and headphones. “I’ve got a bunch of cool games on here. One with planes too.” Reed gives him a smile.
What is he doing?
“Can I?” Lucas looks at me as he asks for permission.
“Sure.” Because how can I say no? Reed hands it over and Lucas puts on the headphones. Two seconds later he’s going to town on an airplane game.
“What are you doing here?” I hiss, keeping my voice low.
“Can I get you anything to drink?” I glance up to see the flight attendant standing there. She’s got a giant smile on her face as her eyes eat up Reed.
I look away as I pretend to be very interested in what Lucas is doing on the iPad.
“Can I get a juice for my little man, and champagne for my woman? I’ll take a water.”
I jerk my head back to look at him. Did he really say that? My stomach flutters and I don’t know how he keeps doing that to me. Reed leans back in his chair as he stretches his legs out. He’s making himself nice and comfortable while I want to smack him.
“What are you doing here?” I try again for the third time.
“I didn’t want you going to the wedding alone. Don’t people fall in love at weddings or some shit?”
I’m not sure if that’s a question or not. “I don’t know. I’ve never been to one.” I guess that does happen in movies. “Wait. You thought I would come to this wedding and fall in love with some random man?” He shrugs. “You’re crazy.”
“I’m not risking it.”
Not risking it? What the hell does that mean? The flight attendant is back and hands us our drinks. This time she doesn't linger over Reed and I look at the champagne in my hand.
“You can drink it.” He smirks at me.
I’ve never had champagne before; my only experience with alcohol is a few glasses of boxed wine. I bring it to my lips and take a small sip. The bubbles hit my tongue and I decide it’s way better than the box stuff.
I feel myself relax as I finish off the drink and they come back around to collect the glass before takeoff.
Reed puts his hand on my thigh and although I know I should push it away, I don’t. It feels good and it’s nice to have someone with me. Even if I don’t know what it means. I turn my head to look at Reed, who’s staring at me.
“I wasn’t going to fall in love with someone at the wedding,” I say, because the idea is beyond crazy.
He only gives me that sexy half-smile as he leans in close. “Now you are.”
Chapter Four
Reed
“I can get him.” Jenna holds out her hands to take Lucas from me, and I shake my head.
He’d only lasted about ten seconds on the airplane with the headphones on before he was taking them off and telling me about every single thing he was doing. After the flight I had a car waiting to take us to the hotel, and much to Jenna’s quiet annoyance, I had already taken care of everything. I would have paid for her flight too, but I was afraid to cancel and rebook it. So I did the next best thing, which was offer someone two grand to switch seats. Money well spent.