“I have to talk to you, but first… I have to taste you again.I have to see whether I remember correctly,” he muttered before his lips claimed hers.
*
Sensations slammed intoher, raced through her body, and all she could do was cling to David.His broad shoulders were a hard rock underneath her fingers while his mouth was devouring hers.
This had to stop; she shouldn’t be kissing David Cavallo.The plane hadn’t even taken off yet, and she was already plastered against him.She pushed against him, hoping he would stop, but he deepened the kiss, and she was lost.
“I’m sorry, sir,” a voice said somewhere above them, and David lifted his head.His brown eyes were smoldering, his breathing erratic.
“Yes?”Without taking his hands from Dana, he looked up at the flight attendant.
“You should fasten your seat belts; we’re about to take off,” she said with a smile.
Dana put her hands against her burning cheeks.What was she thinking?Embarrassed, she fidgeted, looking for the seat belts, until David covered her hand with his.Silently he put the seat belt around her body, his fingers lightly grazing her hard nipples.
His nostrils flared and she stopped breathing.
Unable to look away, she stared at him while he fastened his seat belt.
The plane gathered speed and she closed her eyes.David covered her hand with his again, and he entwined his fingers with hers.
She was not supposed to sit here and allow him to kiss her, to touch her!Whatever this sudden flaring up of hormones between the two of them was, it had to stop.She tried pulling her hand from underneath his, but his fingers simply folded her hand completely in his, and she stopped fidgeting.
For the few minutes it took for the plane to reach the desired altitude, she sat quietly, acutely aware of his hand around hers, of his scent slowly penetrating through every pore of her skin until it became part of her breathing, her heartbeat.His body radiated heat, heat that was muddling her brain, making her forget all the reasons she shouldn’t get involved with this man.Ever.
When they were finally in the air, she pulled her hand away and loosened her seat belt.This time when the flight attendant offered her a glass of champagne, she didn’t hesitate to take it.She tried to move slightly away from David’s overwhelming presence.
He also took a glass and held it out to her.“To… the interesting things that happen at weddings.”There was a teasing light in his eyes.
“David, please… let’s forget about last night.It should never have happened.I don’t even like you!”Her frustration with the whole situation boiled over.
“Why is that?”David asked mildly and put his glass down.
Realizing she’d said too much, she shook her head and took another sip of champagne.
David took her glass from her and put it next to his.“Would it help if I tell you I know you don’t like me because I used to be a journalist?”
She whipped her head around and stared at him.“So you know about my dad?”she asked trying to look calm.
He nodded but before he could say anything else, his phone rang.Without taking his eyes off hers, he answered his phone.But whoever was talking to him got his attention, and he stood up and walked away.
Dana breathed freely for the first time since he’d sat next to her.There never seemed to be enough oxygen in the air when she was close to him.
She stared at his back, noticed the way his T-shirt clung to his broad shoulders, the way his jeans fitted snugly around his very sexy behind.
Swallowing a groan, she closed her eyes, remembering vividly his pulsing body as he’d made her aware of his desire for her last night.
Damn it.What the hell was going on?She’d dated guys before, gorgeous guys, hot guys, sexy guys.But at the moment, she couldn’t recall any of their faces.
She’d seen David several times before—she’d danced with him at Don and Caitlin’s wedding.And even though her heart always went a little crazy when she was near him, although her mouth became dry, and her blood heated instantly, she’d managed to ignore her body’s antics and play it cool.Until last night, that was.Until he’d kissed her, until he’d shown her how his own body reacted after their kiss.
Whether she wanted to admit it or not, his kiss had touched something inside of her, touched her very core.As a biology teacher, she knew it was probably just her dopamine levels causing the havoc in her body, but her heart wasn’t listening.Oh, no, her heart was on its own mission, merrily jumping about inside her body at the mere thought that David would be back any minute now.
And then he came strolling back.But instead of taking the seat next to her, he grabbed his laptop and moved to another row of seats altogether.
“There seems to be a problem with our website.The technical guys have fixed it, but I need to add the rest.And it can’t wait.”He opened his mouth, obviously changed his mind, and closed it again before he sat down.
“I want to talk to you about your dad and what happened, but I have to sort this out first.”
