Page 36 of Heart Racing


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Admit it.

You like it when I say things that make you blush.

Or how you made those little noises when I kissed that spot behind your ear?

Nicola:

You know there’s open seats on the other side of the plane right?

Matteo:

Ouch.

This is flirting in your world, huh?

Nicola:

If it was flirting, you’d be dizzy by now.

Matteo:

So you are flirting?

I didn’t respond. Not with words, anyway. I glanced up and leveled him with a glare.

Matteo:

You’d miss me if I wasn’t on this flight.

Nicola:

I miss the sound of my own thoughts, actually.

Matteo:

And here I was thinking we were making progress.

Nicola:

We’re not. You’re hallucinating from too much cologne again.

Matteo:

Rude. It’s designer.

Alexander got it for me.

Nicola:

I hate it.

Across the aisle, he gasped and clutched his chest like I’d physically wounded him. I snorted and returned to my book, only for my phone to buzz again.

Matteo:

You say you hate me but you’ve been looking at me every 3.5 minutes.

Nicola: