She shakes her head, moaning around my fingers.
“That’s my girl.” The loss of my touch has her rocking her hips against my thigh. “It’s been so goddamn long since I’ve seen you fall apart for me.”
I slip from her mouth, grab the hem of her blouse, and tear it over her head. The plane suddenly jerks, and I hurriedly throw an arm around her while the other grips the seat, keeping us in place.
“You okay?” I ask, pressing my lips to the bridge of her nose where her skin is tinged pink. “I will be once you put your hands on my pussy again.”
Chuckling along the column of her neck, I trail kisses lower until my face is buried in her breasts.
“Touch me, Mikhail,” she begs, rubbing her cunt on my pant leg.
I reach around her ass and drag two fingers over her slit.
“I want you to ruin my pants, pretty girl. Like you ruined me.”
The world outside this plane doesn’t exist. Not when we’re 30,000 feet in the air. Nothing matters beyond this woman grinding against my cock and crying my name.
“Fuck, Mikhail...I’m coming.”
“Yes...that’s it,” I urge as I grab her throat, wholly enraptured by her beautiful face as she splinters.
Warm, wet, and throbbing against me, Leah has me aching for my own release, to sink inside her until we’re both utterly useless.
“My turn,” she says with a grin and slinks to the floor on her knees, freeing my cock from the aching confines of these goddamn pants.
When her mouth slides down my shift, I curl a fist into her hair and tip my head back against the seat.
How have I lived four years without her?
“Mikhail, I know this goes without saying, but watch out for her. You know she’s a little crazy, and I’m pretty sure she fucking drugged me. If my dad finds out she’s with you, he’ll put my head on a spike.”
I don’t answer. Reality coming to collect.
“Hey, did you hear me?” Rodrigo’s voice rattles in my ear.
“Yeah, don’t worry. I’ll get her home.”
I stare at the dark phone screen long after hanging up. My thoughts are in disarray.
As I watch her sleeping form, the pit of my stomach hollows. I can’t pinpoint the emotion festering inside me.
“Hey...” Her voice is thick with sleep as she sits up and stretches before touching my arm. I thought I told you not to let me fall asleep.” She pulls my knuckle to her lips and presses a kiss. But the longer our eyes connect, the more she realizes something has fractured. Her beautiful smile fades when I don’t offer one in return.
“What’s wrong?” she asks.
Slipping my hand from hers, I adjust my body, and with a slight shake of my head, I say, “Leah, this can’t happen.”
Silence chills the air between us. I wait for her to process, to say something, anything, but she remains quiet.
“The alliance between my family and yours is too important. Everything we’ve built over the years...my future—I can’t just throw that away for...”
“For what?” she bites out. “For someone who’s not worth it? Or maybe it’s because I don’t exactly look like Celeste?”
I snap my head toward her. “That’s bullshit, and you know it.”
She whips away from me and tugs on her skirt almost desperately, as if she’s trying to cover every inch of exposed skin. Maybe it’s her way of erasing what happened between us.
“Leah.” I reach for her hand, but she recoils like my fingertips are on fire.
“Don’t.” Her voice quivers slightly, and it does strange things to my chest. “Not only are you the biggest dick I know, but you’re also the biggest coward.” A devious little grin tips the side of her mouth. “You’re all I’ve seen for a long time,” she taunts, throwing my words back at me. “The Mikhail I thought I knew was a man who always took what he wanted and answered to no one. What are you so afraid of? My dad? Rodrigo?”
“Fear has nothing to do with this. But my family...”
“Save it.” Her gaze shifts to my lap. “Maybe you should go take care of that.” I follow her line of sight to the stain on my pants. And the memory of her face, contorted with pleasure, hits me with the weight of a freight train.
It takes every morsel of self-restraint not to haul her into my arms. But I know what’s at stake. Losing our alliance with the Castellanos would cost millions in product and territory. Fallout is inevitable. I’m the heir to my father’s empire, and I can’t jeopardize everything we’ve built...even if that means losing her. The thought is like a thousand serrated knives to the heart. But once this drop is over, I’ll keep my distance and let time dull the ache for this woman like it has for four years.
As if sensing the resolution I’ve come to, Leah shakes her head and pushes to her feet. Benjamin’s stupid face flashes in my mind, and I catch her arm before I can stop myself.
“Where are you going?”
“Fuck off.”
She attempts to free herself, but I tighten my grasp and tug her back to her seat. Her eyes are
wide as she watches me.
