Authors: Robin Covington
One Little Kiss (8 page)
I lift my hand, ignoring the way it shakes, and slide it along her jaw until I can cup the back of her neck. I tug lightly, she resists for a moment and panic spikes my body temperature. I look up quickly to make eye contact, expecting to see a fight but what I get is an open vulnerable longing that tells me that this was the best decision I ever made.
I kiss her. I need to taste her, to experience her surrender and acceptance as she opens to my request. I need it because I am completely, utterly, totally hers and I can’t stand the idea of swinging out here alone without her there to catch me.
I break off the kiss, only taking a moment to push up the armrest divider and then I grab her and haul her into my lap. The lady behind us murmurs a startled “oh my” but I ignore her, choosing instead to kiss the shit out of the woman I love.
Leighton wraps her arms around my neck and gives me as good as she gets. She’s not holding back and I go along for the wild ride. I expect to be called out by the flight attendant any minute now for trying to join the mile high club while still parked at the gate but I really don't care. Any U.S. Marshall would take one look at Red and wish me luck.
We finally break it off to catch our breath and I steel myself to tell her all the stuff she deserves to hear, but one thing must be done first.
“Forgive me. I’m sorry I was such a stubborn asshole and I can’t promise you that I won't pull another dick move at some time in the future but I’m sorry for making you cry and for rejecting you. I’m scared and I don’t know how this is going to end up for me but I don’t want to push you away. In fact, I don’t know how I’ll get through this if I don't have you by my side. So don’t make me get off this plane, please.”
“What
are
you doing here?” she asks on a laugh, her fingers tracing my face like she’s afraid I’ll disappear. “Are you real?”
“Yeah. I’m real and not going anywhere.”
“What?”
“I’m going to Dublin with you.”
She shakes her head in confusion. “What? What about Rome?”
“I’ll get there.” I smooth a stray curl back from her face. “I’ll go when you go there with the philharmonic or we can plan another trip.”
“Jonas. I don’t want you to miss anything. What about your paintings? The memories you want to save for later?” She tears up and even though she tries to blink them away, I see them. When one escapes and trails down her cheek I catch it with my finger and sweep it away.
“Oh, Red,” I say, smiling down at her. The words come easy because I can’t have her thinking for one minute that she’s making me miss anything. “I don't want to paint a picture of those places without you in it. I want every memory to be of you and me, loving each other every second of our lives.”
“Love?” she asks on a whisper, her eyes huge and a tremble in her voice.
“Oh yeah. I love you. So much it hurts. And more than anything, the last thing I want to see is your face. You okay with that?”
She nods. “I’m
really
okay with that.”
“And you love me?” I can see it written all over her face but I want to hear the words.
“Oh yeah. I love you.”
We lean in for another kiss but the flight attendant announces that we need to be in our seats to prepare for takeoff. Leighton slides off my lap and with goofy grins plastered on our faces we fasten our seatbelts and settle in for our flight. I reach over to take her hand and she leans to the side to rest against my shoulder. I hear her giggle and look down to see what’s so funny.
“What are we going to tell Landon? He’s going to freak.”
I lean over and nuzzle her hair, pressing my lips to the soft spot just behind her ear before I whisper, “We’ll tell him it started with one little kiss.”
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