Angel in Armani by Scott Melanie

Author:Scott, Melanie [Scott, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 125004040X
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2014-12-30T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

When the whine of the rotors finally died, the silence in the helo was far too intimate for her liking. It wrapped around them, drawing them together like the candlelight had back in the restaurant. Making her think foolish, foolish thoughts. Making her wish she could be the girl that Lucas saw when he flirted with her.

But she wasn’t. And this was a helicopter that Lucas was paying for and she needed to climb out of it and remember what her life was really like. No matter how seductive Lucas’s argument had been back in the restaurant. Where she hadn’t said yes. And she hadn’t said no, either.

“Give me your home number,” Lucas said softly.

Five little words. Six whole syllables. How much trouble could four little words cause?

A lot, part of her knew. You just had to listen to his voice in the darkness to know he was a lot of trouble waiting to happen. To her.

Oh but such good trouble, the rest of her retorted. C’mon, you know you want to.

Lucas leaned a little closer. Just a little. Just enough to make her want to lean in closer, too. She tried to remember why it was she hadn’t just said yes already. “I—”

“Just your number,” he said. “That’s all. After all, a guardian angel needs to be able to get in touch with his charge.”

She smiled then, against her will. “You already know my work cell. And I already told you, I don’t need an angel.”

“Maybe the angel needs you.”

His voice was so low and delicious in the dim light that she really wanted to believe this could be true.

Her good sense cracked, just a little. She wrote the number down on the notepad she kept stashed near her pilot’s seat and handed it to him.

“Just a number,” she said. “It’s not an invitation.”

He smiled as he took it. “Whatever you say.”

She was relieved when he climbed out of the helicopter and strolled off toward the car park.

Leaving without her.

He’d stop if she asked him to. He’d stay. He’d come home with her and demonstrate that expert anatomical knowledge again.

She went hot just thinking about it and shut down the thought as she finished shutting down the helicopter. The mechanics would have all gone home hours ago; they’d check it and prep it in the morning. Still, she lingered a little, walking a circle around the helo, running her hand over the metal skin, not quite ready to let go of the flight and the few stolen hours with Lucas.

Was it too much to hope that Lucas would have the good sense to leave quickly so she wouldn’t be tempted to follow him into the night?

She reached her car, stowed the flight bag in the back, rolled her shoulders once to ease the slight stiffness caused by the flight, and then climbed into the driver’s seat. The engine coughed to life as she turned the key and she headed out of the lot, trying not to feel like she was a complete idiot for letting Lucas leave.

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