He didn’t say it with a hint of sleaze.
Just quiet, anchored certainty.
Like he knew he could.
I took a deep breath, barely, the air almost croaking through the thin space in my throat. “I shouldn’t,” I whispered, but I wasn’t sure if I was telling myself or telling him.
He squeezed once, just barely, before pushing off the stool without another word.
The warmth of his invasion dissipated, his scent vanishing a half-second later, and all that lingered was the brutal hum of the airplane and the chill of the too-cold cabin as he turned his back to me and walked toward our suites.
Like he was betting I’d follow.
Like heknewI would.
And God help me.
I did.
My pulse thudded in my throat as I slipped off the barstool and headed back for the suites.
Matt was waiting as I stepped back around the corner and into the galleyway.
Not inside his suite, but leaning against the outer wall beside his open door like he knew I’d come.
The low blue light of the cabin caught the sharp cut of his jaw, the curve of the smirk playing at the corner of his mouth.
I didn’t stop at my suite’s closed door.
I didn’t make eye contact, either.
I walked past him, my shoulder brushing against his chest—Christ, it had zero give—and turned, crossing the threshold into his suite.
He followed me in.
And the door clicked shut behind him.
The warmth of him at my back flooded my senses as I glanced around his space.
It was identical to mine, but mirrored, with the bed on the right against the half-lowered partition between our suites instead of on the left like it was in mine.
His passport sat closed and face-up on the little desk,United States of Americain gold embossed letters shining with a boarding pass shoved in the center of it and poking out like a bookmark.
His breath on my ear from behind me made my spine stiffen.
“Get on the bed, Sienna.”
I forced a swallow.
“You haven’t even kissed me yet, and you’re telling me to get on the bed?”
The warmth of him disappeared.
I blinked, turning my head in confusion.
But he was moving, leaning down slightly to press a blue button at the foot of the bed.
The partition started to lower further.
