“Thanks.”
He looked down
at the high heels she wore. “No problem. With those shoes, you’re liable to
turn an ankle.”
She chuckled. “I
doubt it. I wear heels every day. I can do a lot in them.”
Kiel ran his
gaze up her shapely legs. He could think of one particular thing they could do
together while she wore those shoes. And it involved them being naked and her
thighs around his hips.
He pushed away
his wayward thoughts and cleared his throat as a surge of arousal pushed through
him. “Still, I’ll take care of your bags for you just in case.”
Neha leaned
slightly in his direction and dragged in a big breath. “God, you smell good. I
noticed back at the coffee shop, but now it’s stronger. I could bury my nose
against your chest and breathe you in all day long.”
Kiel bit back a
moan at the thought of Neha actually doing that. It caused another surge of
arousal to spike through him and his cock to ache with pounding need. She
seemed to sway toward as she stared at his mouth with heavy-lidded eyes. He
took a step back. If they continued this way, they’d be finding a secluded
corner somewhere and he’d be claiming her in a very public area. That wasn’t
going happen.
“I guess we
should hurry and get you checked in before you miss your flight,” he said.
Neha gave a
small shake of her head and seemed to come out of the almost trance she’d been
in. “Yeah. Right.”
She walked
toward the terminal’s entrance, and Kiel fell into step with her. He went where
she did, not having a clue where the check-in would be. He’d driven by the
airport, but had never been inside it. Plus, he’d never been on an airplane
before. He’d also never been anywhere outside of Montana. Helena was the
farthest he’d ever gone from Canyon Creek, which was only thirty miles
northwest of the city.
Once they
reached a long counter with three different stations, they stood in the short
line to get to one. After they moved up and waited for someone to finish so
they’d be next, Neha took out her plane ticket from her purse. Kiel frantically
thought of different scenarios to keep her with him, but each one was dumber
than the next.
His mind whirled
as he followed Neha to the available station. He had to do something .
Kiel opened his mouth to blurt out anything, but snapped it closed once the
woman who was behind the counter spoke.
“I’m sorry,
miss. Your flight was cancelled. Passengers were rebooked to other flights.”
“Okay, then
rebook me.”
The woman shook
her head. “There are no seats available.” The woman gave Neha a hard stare. “If
you’d checked in two hours before your original flight was to depart as you
were supposed to, you would have gotten one.”
“All right. When
is the next one going out?”
“Not until
tomorrow evening.”
“So I’m stuck
here until then?”
“I’m afraid so.”
The woman didn’t at all appear sorry for Neha. “I suggest you book into a
hotel.”
“Since I don’t
have any choice, I guess I have to,” Neha said. “Can you get me a seat on the
flight leaving tomorrow evening, at least?”
The woman
nodded, then typed away on the computer in front of her on the lower counter.
Shortly after that a ticket printed out. She handed it to Neha. “That’s the
last seat for that flight. I suggest you check in two hours ahead of departure
this time.”
Neha took the
ticket, then walked away from the counter. She grumbled under her breath. She
might be angry about the circumstances, but Kiel wasn’t. He now had over
twenty-four hours to come up with a plan to keep her with him beyond that time.
Once they were
well away from others, Neha came to a stop and turned to face him. “I no longer
have my rental. Do you mind driving me to a hotel so I can find a room? If you
don’t want to, I can take a taxi.”
Kiel really
didn’t like the hotel idea either, so he said what jumped into his mind first.
“I have a cabin located in Canyon Creek. It’s about