“Wow, you really are some kind of amazing.” Though she had no doubt he meant his caveat for forgiveness one hundred percent.
He looked pleased by her declaration. “I have very good parents.”
“I think your basic core has a lot to do with it, as well.”
Sayed shrugged. “Perhaps, but even in that I must acknowledge the gift of good DNA.”
She reached out and touched his face. She simply couldn’t help herself.
He stilled, making no move to dislodge her hand. “What?”
“I just wanted to reassure myself you’re real.”
“I am flesh and blood like the next man.”
“Emir.”
“With you, I prefer to be a man only.”
“Is that possible?” Her heart responded to the man, but her head reminded her that the emir was way out of her league.
“Right now, in this moment, it is.”
Neither broke eye contact as the attendant cleared their dinner detritus from the table.
“Did you know there is a small bedroom in the back of the plane?” he asked when the attendant had moved away. “It is a necessary luxury for those times when travel and sleep schedules do not coincide.”
Goose bumps were traveling up her arm from the circling of his thumb against her palm. “Um, that’s nice?”
“Would you like to see it?”
Liyah was being propositioned. She wasn’t sure who was more shocked when she accepted.
Herself, or Sayed.
*
Sayed led Aaliyah into the sleeping quarters. Although it was as superbly appointed as the rest of the plane, the bed was only a double size.
He would not allow the cramped quarters to prevent him from his current objective: giving Aaliyah an experience worthy of the gift of her innocence.
No matter how mind-bogglingly good the sex had been the night before, they’d both been under the influence of alcohol. And he hadn’t known she was a virgin.
He’d entered her body completely unaware of the gift she bestowed. Without proper care many virgins experienced a great deal of pain their first time.
It was only by grace and benevolent genetics that Aaliyah had not.
The knowledge he was her only lover resonated in the most primal part of Sayed’s psyche.
And he wanted more.
Desire riding him harder than a runaway camel in the desert, he reached for her the moment the door shut behind them. Sayed pulled Aaliyah flush with his body and into a kiss. Over half a foot shorter than him, she should not fit so perfectly, but she did.
Like their two bodies had been made just for this connection.
He demanded a response from her and she gave it, her passion a match for his, though expressed differently. Her lips melted under his, parting almost instantly. Without a second thought, he accepted the alluring, silent invitation.
Surprised and a little worried that it was every bit as stunning as the night before, he rubbed his tongue along hers.