And he noticed.
Damn him.
He winked, lightening the moment, but not really.
I felt those words so deeply that he breached a part of me no one had ever neared before.
Maybe no one could.
Only him.
“I won’t take any more meds.”
His fingers gently curved around my wrist. “Good girls get rewards.”
“T-They do?”
I was about to die.
I knew it.
Heart attack incoming…
“They do.” He tapped my pulse point, which immediately stuttered. “Now, go and join your sisters.”
“But what about my reward?” I whined.
Why did he keep making me whine?
“Good things come to those who wait.”
“Maybe I should be bad, then.” I pouted. “I don’t want to wait.”
“Remember what I told you earlier, Kitty,” he rumbled. “You’re not dealing with boys anymore.”
I melted.
The walls of my cells imploded, turning me into goop. But they quickly reformed as the urge to kiss him was so pervasive that I bucked upward, intent on seeking his mouth, only for my seat belt to drag me back.
As I splatted against the seat for real this time, he proved he could be a gentleman because he kept the laughter contained to his eyes.
While I huffed, he drawled, “Later, Kitty. Until then, behave. And don’t approach strange men in airline lounges, understood?”
The demand housed a teasing glimpse of humor, but I knew he meant it. He was deadly serious, andIwas deadly serious about needing that kiss.
“If you?—”
“Kitty!”
I growled beneath my breath at the screech of my name from upfront where she bobbed around like a demented pixie, holding up the already-forming line. “I’ll kill her.”
He unfastened my belt. “Which sister?”
“Neev.” I blew a stray lock of hair out of my face. “I’ll see you later, right?”
“You will.”
“D-Do you swear?” I needed a vow. A simple reassurance wasn’t enough.
