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“I have a few things to take care of in Manhattan,” I tell Dominick as I shove my carry-on into the overhead.
“I’ll take that, sir.” A flight attendant rushes over to snatch my garment bag from my hand. “Can I get you anything to drink?”
“Water,” I say with a grin. “Lots of cold water for me for the entire flight.”
Since he’s seated directly behind me, Dominick sits back down and grabs Arietta’s hand. “Sounds like you had quite a night, Daniel.”
“You could say that,” I say calmly, even though I married his sister last night.
I turn my attention to Arietta. “I’m sorry to hear about your grandfather. If you need anything, I’m here for you.”
Her blue eyes meet mine. “Thank you, Daniel. Dominick is right. You are a good man.”
“That’s debatable,” Gina whispers.
I hold in a laugh as I take the seat next to her and buckle in. “It’s good to see you, too.”
She lowers her sunglasses far enough that her eyes lock with mine. “We need to talk about undoing what happened last night, but not here. I don’t want any of them to know.”
Since Bella and Barrett are seated in the row behind Dominick and Arietta, I get it.
“Understood, wife,” I whisper.
She shakes her head. “I can’t think about that right now.”
“Then don’t.” I smile at the flight attendant as she approaches with a glass of water in her hand.
I down the entire thing in one quick gulp before I hand it back to her.
“I wanted some,” Gina says in a low tone. “I’m so thirsty.”
“Can you bring some for my seatmate?” I ask the flight attendant. “A glass before take off, and then we’ll take as much as you’ve got.”
Her gaze jumps from my face to Gina. “It looks like Vegas got the better of you two. I hope it was a trip to remember.”
“It was,” we say in unison.
I glance at Gina. “I, for one, will never forget this trip.”
CHAPTERSIXTEEN
Gina
“Daniel will stay with Gina,”Bella suggests.
Wait. What?
I look at her. “Isabella!”
“What?” She shrugs. “You have an empty extra bedroom. Daniel needs a place to crash for a few days. Calvettis don’t allow family to stay at hotels. At least not if we have room.”
I pinch myself to make sure I’m not still asleep.
It hurts sodammit, this is not an ongoing nightmare.
I had a bad one on the plane that continued when I woke up to find myself leaning against Daniel’s shoulder. He was quick to tell me that I spent the entire flight like that, nestled up close to him while I snored peacefully.
“I’d offer our extra bedroom, but Arietta wants Vernon to stay with us,” Dominick explains. “She’s on the phone with her mom now. It sounds like her grandfather will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow morning.”
