Lucas takes off his backpack and pulls out the plane he got at the small gift shop.
“Cool plane, little man.” My stomach drops at the sound of that voice. “Is that a Boeing 747?”
“Yes! How did you know?” Lucas holds the plane up in the air and I slowly turn my head to see Reed standing there. Oh god, today he’s in jeans and a black shirt with a leather jacket. What the hell is going on?
“I have a thing for planes,” he tells Lucas as he takes the seat right next to me. “And brunettes that smell like sunshine too,” he whispers.
“What are you doing here?” I try and keep my cool since Lucas is staring right at us.
“Reed,” he introduces himself to Lucas and holds his hand out for him to shake it. Lucas looks at him with wide eyes and smiles as he puts his little hand in Reed’s big one. Great, he’s smitten too.
“My name is Lucas.”
“I think I’ve got something you might like.” Reed reaches into his bag and takes out an iPad and headphones. “I’ve got a bunch of cool games on here. One with planes too.” Reed gives him a smile.
What is he doing?
“Can I?” Lucas looks at me as he asks for permission.
“Sure.” Because how can I say no? Reed hands it over and Lucas puts on the headphones. Two seconds later he’s going to town on an airplane game.
“What are you doing here?” I hiss, keeping my voice low.
“Can I get you anything to drink?” I glance up to see the flight attendant standing there. She’s got a giant smile on her face as her eyes eat up Reed.
I look away as I pretend to be very interested in what Lucas is doing on the iPad.
“Can I get a juice for my little man, and champagne for my woman? I’ll take a water.”
I jerk my head back to look at him. Did he really say that? My stomach flutters and I don’t know how he keeps doing that to me. Reed leans back in his chair as he stretches his legs out. He’s making himself nice and comfortable while I want to smack him.
“What are you doing here?” I try again for the third time.
“I didn’t want you going to the wedding alone. Don’t people fall in love at weddings or some shit?”
I’m not sure if that’s a question or not. “I don’t know. I’ve never been to one.” I guess that does happen in movies. “Wait. You thought I would come to this wedding and fall in love with some random man?” He shrugs. “You’re crazy.”
“I’m not risking it.”
Not risking it? What the hell does that mean? The flight attendant is back and hands us our drinks. This time she doesn’t linger over Reed and I look at the champagne in my hand.
“You can drink it.” He smirks at me.
I’ve never had champagne before; my only experience with alcohol is a few glasses of boxed wine. I bring it to my lips and take a small sip. The bubbles hit my tongue and I decide it’s way better than the box stuff.
I feel myself relax as I finish off the drink and they come back around to collect the glass before takeoff.
Reed puts his hand on my thigh and although I know I should push it away, I don’t. It feels good and it’s nice to have someone with me. Even if I don’t know what it means. I turn my head to look at Reed, who’s staring at me.
“I wasn’t going to fall in love with someone at the wedding,” I say, because the idea is beyond crazy.
He only gives me that sexy half-smile as he leans in close. “Now you are.”
Chapter Four
Reed
“I can get him.” Jenna holds out her hands to take Lucas from me, and I shake my head.
He’d only lasted about ten seconds on the airplane with the headphones on before he was taking them off and telling me about every single thing he was doing. After the flight I had a car waiting to take us to the hotel, and much to Jenna’s quiet annoyance, I had already taken care of everything. I would have paid for her flight too, but I was afraid to cancel and rebook it. So I did the next best thing, which was offer someone two grand to switch seats. Money well spent.
Lucas passed out in the car and instead of letting him slump over in the seat, I’d scooped him up. Now as I carry him into the hotel, she walks beside me, glancing at us every few seconds.
It had taken me a few days to get my plans in place, but I wanted everything perfect. And I knew being around Jenna was only going to test my restraint when I knew I needed to have it now more than ever.