“You pick,” I insisted.
I didn’t really care which one we watched first.
Luckily, Lauren liked sci-fi, and I didn’t mind watching the second part ofWicked. I’d actually seen the first part and enjoyed it.
“What are we doing after we finish these movies?” she asked.
“We’ll drop your vehicle at your place, and I’ll take you to Billings for dinner,” I told her. “We’ll make it an early night. Iwas hoping I could convince you to spend a significant amount of time with me tomorrow.”
My baser instincts had been hammering at me to keep Lauren here with me, to spend the night teaching her every carnal way she could find pleasure.
However, I knew she deserved everything a relationship could offer her.
Lauren Collier deserved to feel special in every way possible.
“How much time?” she asked as she beamed up at me.
Fuck!
Those dimples of hers were definitely going to do me in someday.
“What we’re doing is going to require a round-trip flight on my private jet and an overnight trip. I know you’re busy at work, but I’ll have us back by Monday.” I hauled her into my lap and wrapped my arms around her waist. “Don’t say no, angel. I want to do something special on our first real date.”
Yeah, we were hanging out and having dinner tonight, but that wasn’t really a first date.
Her eyes widened. “You don’t plan on giving me any idea where we’re going?”
“None,” I replied with a grin. “That would spoil the whole element of surprise. Trust me?”
I was making light of that request, but I honestly needed to hear that Lauren trusted me after what had happened yesterday.
I knew that I’d hurt her, and I’d sooner cut off my balls than to do that to her again.
“I trust you,” she said obligingly. “But won’t I need to pack a few things if we’re going overnight?”
The tension in my body relaxed. I still had her trust even though I didn’t deserve it.
“Just pack a change of clothes. Something casual,” I instructed. “I’ve got anything else you’ll need.”
“This is starting to sound very intriguing,” Lauren said in a teasing voice as she wrapped her arms around my neck. “I’ve never flown on a private jet before.”
I tightened my arms around her.
Fuck!Doing nothing more than kissing Lauren was going to kill me, but this first date was more important than getting her into bed right now.
“I think you’re going to like this surprise,” I told her.
Her soft lips teased my mouth with a butterfly kiss before she said, “I think I’m going to like doing anything with you.”
Something in my gut twisted just a little.
I’d probably never get used to Lauren’s openness and the way she had no problem letting me know that she actually liked being with me, simply because she liked my company.
Not because I was a billionaire.
Not because I could give her anything she wanted.
She just wanted to share space with me because it made her happy.
