Page 38 of Sky High Obsession

She was trying to catch her breath when she took her seat.In total, she guessed they’d been gone less than twenty minutes, but it felt like hours.When she looked up and encountered the speculative expressions around the table, Bethany’s mortification grew.Heat continued to thrum through her pelvis, making her very much aware that she was without panties.

“We all good?”Jeff asked as he looked from Zach to her.

Zach sat back, a small smile playing on his lips.“Miss Green survived the grilling so I’m satisfied our working relationship will thrive.”He cast her a glance and she caught the possessive heat in his eyes.She glanced away quickly, her gaze dropping to his chest, only to nearly choke when she spotted her panties peeking from his jacket pocket where he’d stashed them.

Grabbing the glass of water on the table, she tried to cover her fluster by taking a huge gulp.

“Everything okay on your end?”Zach batted the question across the table.

Sheena’s glance narrowed further before she smiled at Zach.“Yes.I’ve passed a preliminary list to Jeff.Once we’ve whittled it down to the desired numbers, with your approval of course, we’ll get started on the actual event coordination.”

“Good.Have Miss Green report to me tomorrow with her ideas for the first two destinations, and we’ll take it from there.”He stood, signaling an end to the meeting.

Sheena picked up her sleek leather case and rose with Gary.She rounded the table, her gaze zeroing in on Zach with a keen interest that made Bethany’s nape tingle with apprehension and acute irritation.

“I was thinking, a tour of the actual plane would be beneficial.I believe that hands-on knowledge of the product would help us profile it more effectively.”

Zach’s brow rose.“Really?You do realize that the only way to truly experience the Indigo Lounge is to take a trip and indulge in everything it has to offer?Are you saying that the best way you can stage this event is to participate, Miss Malcolm?”

Sheena Malcolm, the renowned ball-breaker known for reducing her interns to tears within minutes on their first day, flushed a deep crimson.

For a brief moment, Bethany actually felt sorry for her.Until she recalled the look in Sheena’s eyes as she’d appraised Zach.

Her Zach.

“Umm, no… what I meant, of course, was a private tour… of the plane… without the guests?—”

Gary cleared his throat loudly and Sheena subsided into silence.

“Since the plane is already here, I can arrange a tour for tomorrow morning if that suits you, before I fly back to California?”Jeff offered into the awkward silence.

“I would prefer it if Miss Green starts on the event planning straight away.But by all means, arrange a tour for any Neon staff you think need it.Would it be better for Miss Green to work from here?”

Bethany shook her head immediately.“No, my office is adequate for liaising purposes.I don’t need to relocate here, Mr.Savage.Thanks all the same.”

Zach’s jaw tightened for a second, but thankfully, he let the matter go.

When his gaze flicked to hers, she caught the steely determination in his eyes.She raised her chin and flashed back the same warning.

“If that’s all for now?”she pressed, eager to be away from his electric presence.She needed to think.To focus and regroup after what had happened in the last hour.

Further plans were made for a tour of the IL plane.Goodbyes were said, and she made the appropriate responses.But all she could think of was Zach’s scent in her nostrils, his dark promises in her ears and the fact that she was now exposed to him in a way that saw no outlet from the emotions he triggered inside her.

They were now linked professionally, unless she could come up with a hell of an explanation as to why she would refuse to work on the IL event planning.

She had no doubt that Zach would pull his offer from Neon should she in any way try to back out, whether the company was a fit or not.Neon were small fry in the PR and event organizing world.He could have two dozen companies in line to snap up the offer in a heartbeat.

She entered the lift and held her breath when he followed.The rest of the group crowded in.With no choice but to squeeze up against him in the small space, she was once again bombarded by the charged sphere surrounding him.His aftershave, spicy and alluring as hell, wove around her as the elevator whisked them downward.Jeff made small talk, and the others joined in.Zach remained silent, his nostrils slightly flared and his face set in that aloof mask she’d come to recognize as his resting expression when dealing with employees.

But when the lift doors started to open on the ground floor, he turned his head toward her.Eyes, dark and stormy, clashed with hers.

“Four o’clock tomorrow, Miss Green.I’ll send a car for you.”

She gaped at him.“I didn’t think I’d need to attend another meeting, Z… Mr.Savage.I can email you my ideas, or we can video conference.”

“I prefer a face-to-face meeting.Make yourself available, please.”His tone brooked no argument.With a curt nod to Sheena and Gary, he walked away with Jeff.

Bethany watched, dumbfounded, as the two men got into the back of his town car.Philip shut the door behind them and slid behind the wheel.Within seconds, Zach was gone.

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