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Grant
Fuming as I was,I said nothing. I didn’t think she was the type of woman to play games. Yet, here we were. One minute, she couldn’t get enough of me, the next she told me it was all a mistake.
The only mistake we’d made was not using protection. Something I’d never done with another woman ever. Something she’d failed to mention.
Yet, there I was watching her every move, wanting her with a need I’d never experienced before. There was something about her that was refreshing. She hadn’t wanted anything from me. In fact, she’d done her best to stay stubborn against my charms, which was really attractive. I was finding it damn hard to walk away.
“Grant, we missed you in the bar last night,” the stunning blonde standing next to me said.
I thought her name was Lanie or Lara, but I didn’t take the time to confirm.
“Yeah, I was… otherwise occupied,” I said, smiling to myself, thinking just what I’d been doing all last night and well into the morning.
My eyes drifted to the brunette that consumed my thoughts. She may have been easily the best-looking woman I’d come across in a while, but that wasn’t why I was so damn captivated.
The problem was, I had no idea how to change her mind about us. She was right. We did live in different cities—hell, different states. But we also worked for the same airline. Conceivably, we would see each other more often than not, assuming we were assigned to the same crew.
Plus, what was holding me in Maryland? Nothing really. Dad was self-sufficient. I was out of the family business. And Florida wasn’t all that far.
Was I really considering a move for a woman I’d known less than a week?Slow your roll, Grant, I told myself. She wasn’t the only woman alive.
I kept my distance from her as Lara droned on. She could have been telling me I was a jackass and I wouldn’t have noticed until Jolie did.
When her eyes narrowed, I smirked and turned to the blonde and heard her say something about airline food. I murmured a non-verbal response and caught Jolie marching off.
So she wasn’t as unaffected as she played out to be. If I were a betting man, I’d say she was jealous.
“Hey, kid.”
I turned as Cal clamped a hand down on my shoulder and then he waved Lara off. Cal wasn’t that much older than me, if my guess on his age was accurate. Was the kid comment a way to put me in my place?
“I thought I warned you about Jolie?”
Annoyed, I asked, “What about Jolie?”
“It’s obvious something happened between the two of you the way she’s avoiding you like the plague.”
“Is she your girlfriend?” I asked.
“No.”
“Is she the woman you think about every flight?” He’d told me her name was Crystal, but it was worth checking.
“No,” he said.
“Is she the woman that’s got you all messed up?” I’d noticed and I didn’t know him that well. The crew knew him better and had commented about his change of mood, or those were the whispers I’d overheard.
“No.”
“Then it would seem to me, it’s none of your business what goes on between Jolie and me.”
Cal’s eyes hardened, but no more than mine already had. “It’s my business because she matters. She’s already been hurt.”
“By you,” I reasoned.
“Yes, and I don’t want to see her hurt again.”
