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The engine is already running, the rotors spinning. I duck my head instinctively as we approach the open door. I climb in gingerly and scoot over to make room for Aiden.
I wonder what his name means. I’ll have to look it up.
Aiden nods to the pilot before helping me strap in. His scent assaults me and my pulse takes off once more.
Argh! He’s too close.
As we lift off, I dare a sideways glance at him; his gaze is fixed out the window.
I swallow hard. Holy shit! The man is hot.
How have I not noticed it before?
He’s wearing jeans and a tight-fitting white t-shirt. I really must have an upper arm fetish because it’s where my eyes are drawn to. His powerful, tanned biceps are out of this world.
I let my gaze wander upward and take in his face. A neatly groomed beard covers the lower half, framing his pink lips enticingly. His dark hair is cropped short… definitely not long enough to hold on to.
Whoa, stop it there, missy. Don’t even go there. You’re in enough trouble as it is.
Aiden turns his head in that moment and his deep, dark-brown eyes find mine. Warmth immediately spreads through my chest.
His eyes are just so… so… I don’t have words. I could get lost in them forever.
Stop it, Ella! Seriously.
I drop my gaze abruptly, a heated blush spreading over my skin.
What is wrong with me?
I need to forget that moment when our eyes first met… how I was sucked into outer space… again… just that this time it wasn’t like floating. It was like landing on solid ground.
For a few short seconds that seemed to last an eternity, I was at peace, experiencing a deep-seated contentment and joy like never before.
Rapture… yeah, it was rapturous.
More puzzle pieces snapped together, and I was complete… perhaps for the first time in my life. And the feeling still lingers.
It scares the living daylights out of me.
What does that mean for Tiero and me?
Argh!!!
There is no Tiero and me. And never will be again.
You ran away from him. Remember?
It’s not like he’s going to forgive me. Especially when he finds out about our baby. Oh god, he’ll be so furious.
My hands splay over my tummy.
Don’t worry, little peanut. I’ll keep you safe. I’ll do everything in my power to keep you off your father’s radar.
If my experience with Tiero has taught me anything, it’s to stay far, far away from these momentous, earth-shattering soul fireworks. Nothing good can come from these.
But something about this stranger makes my soul soar.
Jeez, for twenty-six years I go through life not feeling much of anything for any man, yearning for a soul connection like my parents had and then in the span of less than two months my world comes to a stop and rearranges itself on its axis twice?!
