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He studied her but didn’t ask a follow-up question. After being in her apartment, he had to know how different their worlds were. “Hopefully you can relax and sleep. As soon as we get to the castle, Kiera’s going to have all kinds of plans for you.”
“Oh, Kiera will?” She gave him a challenging look.
“I have loads of plans for you too.” He took her hand between both of his, lifted it up, and brushed a kiss across her knuckles. She flushed with warmth. “But I’m betting the darling little girl will get her way a lot faster than I will.”
“Prince Derek,” she scolded him. “You’d better not plan on ‘getting your way’ at all.”
“That came out wrong,” he protested.
She hid a smile, pulled her hand back, and started pushing buttons on the handle of the comfortable seat. “I think I will sleep now,” she said primly.
Somehow she pushed her head rest forward, a bump in her lower back shoved her abdomen uncomfortably against the seat belt, and the entire chair started massaging her upper back.
Derek laughed. He undid his own seatbelt and reached over her. His arm and hand brushed against her arm and her abdomen several times as he turned off the massage feature, got rid of the lumbar support, and then reclined her chair to a completely flat position.
Ellery stared up into the blue eyes of the most handsome prince in the world. He was on the edge of his seat, leaning over her, and smiling. “Better?”
Better would be him leaning down and kissing her.
“Yep. Great. Goodnight.”
Brenda approached. She was a pretty brunette, and her smile was huge. She held out a pillow and blanket.
“Thank you, Brenda.” Derek took them from her.
“I’ll be back with another set,” she said, a twinkle in her blue eyes.
“Thank you.”
Derek set the folded blanket on her legs, gently lifted her head and neck with one hand, and slid the pillow underneath. She reclined back against the soft pillow and was lost in his eyes. It was dim in the plane, romantic even. How far away were Ollie and Braxton that she hadn’t heard two large men make a peep? It wasn’t that big of a plane. When would the flight attendant return? Was this the right time to kiss this handsome prince? How would she ever keep her distance and her head screwed on straight if she did kiss him? Alternate reality didn’t begin to describe the situation, and they weren’t even in his romantic and mystical kingdom yet.
“Better?” Derek whispered huskily.
“Perfect,” she admitted, biting at her lip.
Instead of leaning down and kissing her, he unfolded the blanket and tucked it over her arms and legs.
“You can’t sleep with your shoes on,” he said.
“I have before,” she admitted.
“Somebody needs to take better care of you.” He gave her a look that made her want to forget a short lifetime of hard work and fierce independence and give her heart to him this instant. “I propose that somebody should be me.”
Her heart threatened to race away from her. She swallowed hard. “I don’t know about that. We’ll see if you’re qualified for such a demanding job.”
“I’ll prove my qualifications this week.” His smile changed from teasing to tender. He was going to kiss her, and she would be helpless to resist him.
“Here you go, Prince Derek.” Brenda was back with another fluffy pillow and soft blanket. “What else can I get you? Drinks? Snacks? Dinner? Something to read?”
Derek looked at Ellery.
“I’m hoping to sleep, but thank you for asking,” Ellery said. With how fast her heart was beating and all the anticipation of kissing Derek being ripped away once again, she didn’t know that nine hours was long enough to settle down and sleep.
“Of course.”
“Thank you, Brenda.” Derek nodded to the water bottles already in the holders of their chairs. “That’s all I should need until morning. I hope you can rest as well.”
She smirked at him, as if him wanting her to rest was some signal. “Me too.” She grinned at Ellery and walked away, murmuring, “Lucky girl.”
