the public would relate to her just as well if she didn’t have to watch her mouth quite as carefully as she was now.
When we stepped into the plane, she completely seemed to forget about me. She dropped my arm like it was a hot potato and gaped at the luxurious interior of our transportation for the day.
The seats were leather armchairs that reclined completely with privacy shields that could be employed when the occupant wanted a nap. Each chair had its own in-flight entertainment system with side tables and every conceivable type of port and connector to ensure that one could stay productive on the flight if you wanted to.
The floor was carpeted and in the back was a small bathroom with a shower and fully stocked cabinets. One couldn’t fly much more comfortably than this.
Leah flung herself into the chair closest to her, breathing in the leather before pretending like her bones had turned to jelly. “That’s it. I’ll take it.”
“It’s a done deal,” I joked. “That’ll be both arms and a leg, please. Depending on the state of your teeth, you might have to throw in your two front ones as well.”
She sighed, running her hands up and down the armrests before getting up again. “That’s too bad. I think this plane suits me. It goes so well with my new dress.”
I laughed, guiding her into the back of the jet to show off the bathroom. We crowded in there together, and as she turned to say something to me, our mouths ended up being only inches apart.
“Well, well,” she said. “Here we are again.”
“Hmm,” I hummed, caging her in against the sink with one hand on either side of her hips. My gaze rose to meet hers, and I realized that her eyes were just as filled with lust as mine probably were. “Wanna make out a little? We can be sneaky about it.”
She chuckled, bringing her head forward to nuzzle my neck, her lips moving against my skin when she spoke. “I’d love to, but I haven’t changed my mind.”
I let out a heavy sigh, grinning when she pulled her head back but only enough to look at me again. “We could just fuck and get it over with.”
“As romantic as that proposition is, my answer remains the same.” Her green eyes lit up before she rested her head against my shoulder and dragged in a deep breath. “We should probably stay here for a while, though. We wouldn’t want the hostess seeing quite how much you like this plane.”
My hips jerked forward, but I was already pushed up against her from the cramped quarters in here. “Are you sure it’s that, or are your legs just feeling too weak to carry you right now?”
“Let’s split the difference and say it’s a little bit of both.” I felt her chest expanding into mine as she took a deep breath. “This is going to be really hard, isn’t?”
“Oh, it already is.” I pushed my hard-on into her again, then realized that it wasn’t helping either of our causes. “Yeah, it is, but we can stick to abstaining if you want.”
I dropped a kiss on top of her sweet-smelling hair, then took a breath of my own. “I’ll be here whenever you’re ready, Leah. For anything.”
Chapter 17
LEAH
Flying on a private jet was everything I ever could’ve dreamed it would be. Sitting in those seats while soaring through the air was like being transported on a cloud and the onboard entertainment systems provided so many choices that I didn’t even know where to start.
In the end though, Dane and I spent a lot of our time in the air talking. We prepped for Paris, but mostly we just spoke about random things and joked around.
About halfway through the flight, as I was looking into those beautiful blue eyes smiling at me, I finally plucked up the courage to talk to him about something I’d been thinking a lot about.
Sex. More particularly, sex with each other.
When I’d stopped him that day in his apartment, my worries had been two-fold. About our professional relationship on the one hand and about Rick on the other.
I’d made the decision on behalf of us both that it was a bad idea for us to get intimate, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that since I knew it was something we both wanted, it was probably something we ought to discuss.