Naughty by Velvet

Author:Velvet
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780312375843
Publisher: Pan
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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PELTING HAIL assaulted the plane with such unrelenting force that it felt as if the aircraft were under enemy attack. The sound of hail hitting the metal exterior was loud and piercing, like a round of ammunition being fired from a MAC-10. Glancing out of the porthole at the long stretch of asphalt that seemed to go on for miles, Jacob counted at least ten aircraft lined up nose to tail on the tarmac waiting for the hailstorm to subside. Golf ball–sized pellets were wreaking havoc on the departure schedule. With this delay, they would land at Heathrow forty minutes to an hour behind schedule.

Then, as quickly as the downpour began, it suddenly stopped. “Good,” Jacob whispered, breathing a sigh of relief.

“Now that Mother Nature has ceased fire”—it was the captain making a lame attempt at humor—“we can continue taxiing. It looks like we’re number eight in line for takeoff.”

I should’ve left yesterday with Mira. She had taken the company’s private plane, and invited Jacob to join her. Reluctantly, he had to decline. He wanted nothing more than to join the mile-high club with Mira, but Naomi was in another one of her paranoid moods, accusing him of abandonment, insisting that he preferred work to her. Ever since their night of passion at the Sofitel, Naomi had been extremely clingy and wanted him to make love to her every evening. To quell her ensuing tirade, he shortened the trip a day. Hindsight was indeed twenty-twenty. Had he known that the heavens would open up and disrupt the departure schedule, he would’ve accepted Mira’s offer. Right now, I could be sharing an after-dinner port with Ms. Rhone, or better yet sharing her bed, he thought.

Twenty minutes later, they were airborne, soaring above the clouds where the sun was brightly shining. Looking out of the window at the blinding golden orb, he marveled, Whoever said, “The sun is always shining somewhere,” was right. Mother Nature was amazing. Less than an hour ago, she was unleashing her fury with a fistful of mini-snowballs; now she was smiling a warm dazzling smile, lighting up the horizon.

The flight was seven hours long, and by the time they arrived at the gate, Jacob was sleepy and hungry. The customs agent was taking his sweet time checking passports. Jacob anxiously tapped his foot as he waited impatiently for the clerk to process him. Once he was cleared by the agent, Jacob made a beeline to the taxi stand so that he could go to the hotel and get a few hours of shut-eye before meeting with Mira.

The weather in New York must have been a prelude to the elements in London. As usual, the skies were overcast and cloudy, with light drizzle creating a gentle mist across the ancient city. It wasn’t raining hard enough for an umbrella, so he flipped up the collar on his trench coat and ducked inside a waiting taxi outside of the airport. They were staying at the legendary Ritz, located in

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