Entangled (The Accidental Billionaires #2) - J. S. Scott Page 0,52
pulled into position for takeoff, and I grabbed Aiden’s hand.
He squeezed it. “Nervous?” he asked.
I swallowed hard. “A little. But I’m excited, too. I don’t remember much of my flight when I was a kid.”
“Just try to relax and enjoy the speed,” he said as he threaded his fingers through mine.
The jet took off like a shot, and my heart soared right along with the engines.
I was almost disappointed when we lifted off the runway and I couldn’t feel the acceleration anymore.
“I never knew I was an adrenaline junkie,” I said with a laugh. “But that was fun.”
“Not completely true,” he drawled. “I distinctly remember a time when it used to turn you on that we might get caught screwing in the great outdoors.”
Heat flooded to my core. “I did not love that,” I denied. “I was just happy to be with you.”
Part of me knew I was lying. Although everything about the Marino family had terrified the hell out of me, playing with Aiden had been exhilarating. That tiny element of danger that we might get caught in the park in the dead of night had added a little to the frantic pleasure he’d always given me.
“Deny it all you want, sweetheart. But you were pretty damn wet when I used to warn you that we could get caught,” he reminded me.
“Okay,” I said in a whoosh. “Maybe a tiny part of me liked it a little.”
Really, what I’d loved was having him inside me.
The profound connection.
The passion.
The abandon I’d felt when he had me all worked up.
With Aiden, sex had been new and exciting in every way.
“It seems like the sun is behind us. Are we headed east?”
“Pretty much,” he said. “Do you remember telling me how much you wanted to see Las Vegas when you finally hit drinking age?”
My heart lifted. “Yes! Is that where we’re going?”
I’d always wanted to go to Vegas. I’d wanted to see the bright lights and craziness of the city.
“We’ll be there shortly,” he said with a boyish grin. “And there’s nothing we can’t do there. I would have picked something more exotic, but Vegas is close, and I knew you weren’t going to want to be away from Maya more than a few days.”
“No. It’s perfect, Aiden. Oh, my God. I can’t believe we’re just flying to Las Vegas to have fun.”
Taking off to a party place on a whim wasn’t even something that had ever occurred to me, much less something I’d think could happen for real.
I was a struggling single mom, and women like me didn’t get a chance to do these things.
Usually.
I leaned over, put an arm around his shoulders, and kissed him because I couldn’t help myself, taking my time to savor the taste of him before I finally pulled back. “Thank you for this. It’s the sweetest thing anybody has ever done for me.”
My eyes started to tear up, but I blinked hard until they dried up.
Don’t cry. You can’t cry.
“I wasn’t doing it to be sweet,” he said warmly. “Maybe I’m just trying to get laid without our daughter around.”
I snorted. Aiden was incredibly sweet, whether he wanted to admit it or not. “This will definitely get you laid as many times as you want, any way that you want,” I teased.
He tipped my chin up, and he kissed me this time.
And his embrace was rough, but tender.
I sighed into his mouth, and he explored for so long that I lost track of anything except his lips on mine.
He was demanding, but the kiss was still sweet.
As he pulled back and looked into my eyes, he growled. “Be careful what you promise, sweetheart. I’ve been deprived for a long time. You might never see Vegas.”
My body was already primed from his uncomplicated but fierce embrace. “I’m starting to think that wouldn’t be so bad. We could always come back,” I said breathlessly.
I’d quite happily spend several days naked in a hotel room with him. I had no doubt that I wasn’t going to be happy to see him get dressed, either.
“We have to eat,” he mentioned.
“Room service?” I suggested.
I’d been so hungry for Aiden. I always had been, even when I hadn’t liked him very much.
The two of us had a primal, elemental attraction that gnawed at me unceasingly, and it was making me crazy.
He stroked a hand over my hair. “I’ve got plans for us, Skye, but I left a lot of downtime.”
“Thank God,” I answered, and then dived in for another kiss.