sleep while super full and grimy. Maybe one or the other, but not both,” she said.
She grabbed her bag then shuffled away. He was left with images of her naked and wet and he had to sit in his seat a few minutes longer before he could move. He wanted her bed ready before she returned. He didn’t feel the least bit guilty as he went to work lowering the wall between their seats and converting them to beds. They weren’t totally alone, but they did have their own little cocoon.
“Is there anything else I can help you with for now?” the attendant asked just as he was finishing.
“No, we’re good. Thank you,” he told her. She didn’t even glance at the beds before excusing herself and walking away.
As he grabbed his own bag and headed toward the restrooms, he watched multiple reading lights go out. People flew redeyes from one country to the next to help prevent jet lag by landing in the morning after sleeping some of the long flight away. Unfortunately that was difficult to do on this flight. Between the time difference and the distance, a whole day passed in the fifteen-hour trip from Australia to America. It was a day he’d gladly give up to be with this woman for fifteen hours straight.
He hurried through his night routine as best he could in the small restroom. She was right; it was bigger than the coach section restroom, but not big enough for a six-foot-two man with wide shoulders and size twelve shoes. He did the best he could before rushing back to Daisy. He didn’t want to give her time to figure out she could put that wall back up.
She was lying in the bed when he arrived, but slightly out of breath. Damn, he’d missed seeing what she was wearing. Her blanket was up to her chin, hiding her from his view. She was lying on her back as if she wasn’t sure which way to turn. He could understand her predicament. This might be a sleepless night for both of them. He could think of a lot more fun things to do than sleep.
He climbed in beside her, their bodies instantly touching. There was no way to avoid it in the little space. She might have some extra room in her bed, but he overlapped his. While that worked for him with this woman, it was why he never had someone sitting in the seat beside him.
“What happened to that wall thing?” she asked, refusing to look his way.
“It came down to get the beds converted,” he told her. He was telling the truth, just not adding that it didn’t have to go away. Though he could see her with the tiny wall in place, he couldn’t touch her as easily, and that wasn’t acceptable. He wasn’t going to do anything she didn’t want, but he wasn’t going to push her away, and he certainly was going to give it a try.
“I’d think they’d be a little more careful. I mean we aren’t on this flight together, and this seems intimate to me,” she said. He could hear the breathiness in her voice. It turned him on even more. He turned so he was facing her. He had to clench his fingers to keep from reaching for her. It wasn’t time yet. People were still awake, and he had a feeling once they shared their first kiss, it was going to get heated pretty quickly.
“Having trouble keeping your hands off of me?” he asked, making her head snap in his direction so she could glare at him in the dim light. “It’s okay. You can touch all you want,” he added with a wink.
“I’m fine not touching you,” she assured him.
He couldn’t help it anymore. He reached out and brushed her hair off her brow, taking his time to tuck it behind her ear, enjoying the softness of her skin. Then he looked in her eyes as she gazed at him with a bit of wonder and a lot of lust.
“Maybe I can’t keep from touching you,” he said.
She gasped. He could lean in and take her lips. He knew she wanted it just as much as he did. But he didn’t want to scare her off. And for some strange reason this buildup was turning him on unlike anything he’d felt before. He didn’t want it to end too soon. He didn’t want the magic to go away.
He wanted to seduce her