Page 36 of Accidental Attraction

Chapter Twelve

The first two hours of the plane ride were boring. Liam had taken out his laptop and was doing work while I stared out the window. I got kind of scared when we were about to take off, and looking out the window didn’t help. I could see the ground moving underneath us as we went faster. I didn’t freak out too bad. I just grabbed Liam’s hand in a tight grip where my knuckles turned white as the plane lifted up from the ground. Liam didn’t seem to mind my hold on his hand, and I didn’t loosen it until the pilot said we could walk around. Even then Liam had to pull his hand away to grab his laptop.

Now, three hours into our six-hour flight, I was about halfway done with my new book and bored. I put my book down in my lap, turning to look out the window. We were currently over some state, but from how high we were I could only see land and a little freeway. My excitement about going to Barbados was over now, as the long ride was not even half over yet.

Sighing, I rolled my head in Liam’s direction. A little while ago he moved over to one of the twirling chairs that had a pull-out desk to do some work. Bored of being quiet and sitting alone, I unbuckled my seatbelt and cautiously walked toward him. It felt weird walking when something was moving, like walking on the bus. Plopping down beside him, I looked at him. He looked really cute when he was concentrating. His eyes narrowed a little, and his eyebrows were furrowed.

“Liam, I’m bored,” I whined, like a five year old.

“We’ve only been on here for a little while,” he said, glancing up at me for a second before looking back at his laptop.

“We’ve been on here for three hours,” I replied, deadpan.

“Really? Oh, I’m sorry. I was just got caught up in my work.” He clicked a few things before shutting his laptop and turning to face me. “Are you excited to be going to Barbados?”

“You didn’t pick Barbados on a whim, did you?” I brought my feet up on the couch, tucking them beneath me.

“No, I remembered you said you always wanted to visit there.” He shrugged.

“And?” I waited for him to continue. There was something else he wasn’t saying.

“And I have a little bit of work to do there so I figured why not bring you along?” he admitted.

“I should be mad that I am the second choice here, but I’m going to Barbados so I can’t complain.” I grinned at him.

“What would you like to do once we get there? I have a meeting a few hours after we land.”

“I want to go to the beach, get some great food, explore some places,” I said almost dreamily.

“I’ll make sure that you do all that you want to do.” He smiled at me, making my heart flutter. “So what should we do for the rest of our flight?”

“Do you have any cards or something? Who knew it would be so boring on a private airplane?” I glanced around the cabin.

“I think there’s a deck of cards somewhere here.” I got more comfortable on the couch as Liam got up and moved around. “Okay, found one.”

As Liam sat down, he took off his loosened tie and rolled up the sleeves of his dress shirt. While he took the cards out of the box, I watched the muscles in his forearms flex. Even his forearms were sexy.

“Want to play a card game?” Nodding, I bit my bottom lip as he dealt the cards.

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“You are cheating!”

“Am not! I am playing by the rules.”

“Stand up. I bet you are hiding cards under your cute little ass.”

Rolling my eyes, I made a show of standing up and twirling around.

“See? No cards!” I tried to hold back my grin at Liam’s darkened expression. We had been playing all kinds of card games for the past hour, everything from 21 to Go Fish. And almost every game I had beaten Liam. Right now we were playing Old Maid, but using a Jack as the old maid card. Liam thought I was cheating, as I was winning once more. He wasn’t the most graceful loser.

“You can’t stand losing to a girl, can you?” I smirked over at him, holding my cards in front of me. I only had two more left while Liam had at least seven.

“You’re still cheating,” he mumbled. I shook my head and finished off the rest of my cards. “I need a drink.” Liam stood up and headed for the bar.

“Man, you suck at card games.” I got up after him, needing some water.

“I don’t suck. It sucks. You suck,” Liam muttered. Laughing, I leaned my hip against the bar beside him.

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