wasn’t big enough for the two of us. I had to stop looking at his trousers.
“I know your flying instructor. Theo and I go way back. We trained together, and we even did a one year contract in the Gulf.”
That was totally not what I expected, and I was strangely annoyed this pilot knew my flying instructor. Did he know everyone around me? First Joslyn, now my flying coach. I wasn’t a jealous person, and I didn’t think of Theo that way—but in a way he was mine. He was the one who gave me my wings, who bought me a drink to celebrate passing my theory exam.
Liam’s eyes delved into mine. “Theo mentioned he had a tenacious young woman who wanted to be a Captain of a 747 one day, and I became intrigued. He’s been mentioning your progress on and off while you studied.”
Brilliant. So my every move was reported back to this guy. A guy who belonged in the cockpit more than I could—for one reason—he had a cock. Do not think about his cock. Crap, now it was all I could think about.
When I didn’t speak, Liam cleared his throat. “Anyway, to cut a long story short, when I found out it was you Theo had talked about for the past year, working on my jet, I knew I had to know you. It’s not every day I meet a woman who’s as passionate about flying as I am.”
Swallowing back all my emotions, I said as nice as I could manage, “Theo shouldn’t have told you what my goals were. I don’t want any of the other crew knowing.”
He frowned. “Why not? I think it’s very cool.”
“It’s not. Don’t you see? I’ll be ostracised for having lofty dreams. They won’t understand that working the aisles won’t be enough for me. That I’m just using the job as a stepping stone to get up to the front.”
Liam’s eyebrows drew closer together, framing his snowy eyes. “I don’t get what you mean?”
I sighed. “Look, I like my job. I love that I’m employed to fly everywhere, but I want to fly. I don’t want to serve coffee and travel. Do you understand? I don’t want to be a flight attendant. I want… more.” I fiddled with my ponytail. “I don’t want to come across as a bitch who isn’t satisfied. All I’m asking is to keep this between us. Okay?”
Liam shook his head, mouth twisting in amusement. “So Joslyn doesn’t know about you holding your pilot’s license?”
I sucked in a gasp. “No. And I don’t want her to. It’s my secret.” I stuck out my hand. “Shake on it. Promise me this stays between us. Not even Captain Anderson will know. Deal?”
He rolled his eyes, but nodded. “Fine.” His hand interlocked with mine, and my heart pounded. His skin was soft and warm. He tugged me forward with barely any effort.
I struggled to breathe as his eyes hooded. “All I was going to offer is to help you gain your CPL. I don’t know why you made it such a big deal.” He laughed, letting go of my hand.
Stumbling backward to breathe air that wasn’t contaminated by Liam’s wonderful scent of spicy cinnamon, I squeaked, “My commercial license? Why would you do that?” I couldn’t understand. I had years to go before I would have the money for the exams and lessons. Even saving as much as I could from my salary and over-night cash envelopes.
“I see the same fire in you that was in me when I started. I didn’t have the money either, but someone else helped me.” He shrugged. “Call it paying my debt to karma. I want to return the favour.”
I stood there dumbfounded. I got him all wrong. Here I was thinking he was as horny as his step-sister, but he wasn’t—he genuinely wanted to help me. I didn’t know what to say.
“Nina. We need you up here,” Joslyn called.
Her shout was followed by a gruff request from Captain Anderson. “Mikin, get your ass up here and stop fraternising with the flighty.”
We both laughed, and I stopped in surprise at the camaraderie springing between us. Liam’s smile faded a little as we stared at each other, riveted.
“What
“I know your flying instructor. Theo and I go way back. We trained together, and we even did a one year contract in the Gulf.”
That was totally not what I expected, and I was strangely annoyed this pilot knew my flying instructor. Did he know everyone around me? First Joslyn, now my flying coach. I wasn’t a jealous person, and I didn’t think of Theo that way—but in a way he was mine. He was the one who gave me my wings, who bought me a drink to celebrate passing my theory exam.
Liam’s eyes delved into mine. “Theo mentioned he had a tenacious young woman who wanted to be a Captain of a 747 one day, and I became intrigued. He’s been mentioning your progress on and off while you studied.”
Brilliant. So my every move was reported back to this guy. A guy who belonged in the cockpit more than I could—for one reason—he had a cock. Do not think about his cock. Crap, now it was all I could think about.
When I didn’t speak, Liam cleared his throat. “Anyway, to cut a long story short, when I found out it was you Theo had talked about for the past year, working on my jet, I knew I had to know you. It’s not every day I meet a woman who’s as passionate about flying as I am.”
Swallowing back all my emotions, I said as nice as I could manage, “Theo shouldn’t have told you what my goals were. I don’t want any of the other crew knowing.”
He frowned. “Why not? I think it’s very cool.”
“It’s not. Don’t you see? I’ll be ostracised for having lofty dreams. They won’t understand that working the aisles won’t be enough for me. That I’m just using the job as a stepping stone to get up to the front.”
Liam’s eyebrows drew closer together, framing his snowy eyes. “I don’t get what you mean?”
I sighed. “Look, I like my job. I love that I’m employed to fly everywhere, but I want to fly. I don’t want to serve coffee and travel. Do you understand? I don’t want to be a flight attendant. I want… more.” I fiddled with my ponytail. “I don’t want to come across as a bitch who isn’t satisfied. All I’m asking is to keep this between us. Okay?”
Liam shook his head, mouth twisting in amusement. “So Joslyn doesn’t know about you holding your pilot’s license?”
I sucked in a gasp. “No. And I don’t want her to. It’s my secret.” I stuck out my hand. “Shake on it. Promise me this stays between us. Not even Captain Anderson will know. Deal?”
He rolled his eyes, but nodded. “Fine.” His hand interlocked with mine, and my heart pounded. His skin was soft and warm. He tugged me forward with barely any effort.
I struggled to breathe as his eyes hooded. “All I was going to offer is to help you gain your CPL. I don’t know why you made it such a big deal.” He laughed, letting go of my hand.
Stumbling backward to breathe air that wasn’t contaminated by Liam’s wonderful scent of spicy cinnamon, I squeaked, “My commercial license? Why would you do that?” I couldn’t understand. I had years to go before I would have the money for the exams and lessons. Even saving as much as I could from my salary and over-night cash envelopes.
“I see the same fire in you that was in me when I started. I didn’t have the money either, but someone else helped me.” He shrugged. “Call it paying my debt to karma. I want to return the favour.”
I stood there dumbfounded. I got him all wrong. Here I was thinking he was as horny as his step-sister, but he wasn’t—he genuinely wanted to help me. I didn’t know what to say.
“Nina. We need you up here,” Joslyn called.
Her shout was followed by a gruff request from Captain Anderson. “Mikin, get your ass up here and stop fraternising with the flighty.”
We both laughed, and I stopped in surprise at the camaraderie springing between us. Liam’s smile faded a little as we stared at each other, riveted.
“What
Similar Books
