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Hours later, she knew sheDespite the Novocain, herwhen she left the dentist’s office They had given her a prescription for pain medication and advised her to take a pill as soon as possible Maybe soether; unfortunately, she wasn’t that person, so she stu home She had never taken any prescription pain ht before she left for the airport, it would kick in during the flight and give her a pain-free trip

Damn it--of course she should have packed earlier, but as usual she had left it to the last rab a suitcase and fill it hatever was clean It also occurred to her that she should probably change into a pair of jeans, but her short skirt would have to do She couldn’t seem to remove the hand that cradled her jaw for more than a few seconds Maybe she was a baby, but it hurt like hell

Five lass of water and took the white pill fro as she tossed theand the pills inside spilled out everywhere She had just grabbed the bottle intending to put the the bottle in the cabinet, she grabbed her bags and was hurrying to the door when it hit her She had forgotten to pack underwear; she debated just buying soet away fro back into the bedrooerie drawer co--no ti she needed was to ine the smirk on Brant’s face if she oing to happen

Brant had arrived at the airport a couple of hours early as he always did E-ups When you were forced to rush, things got overlooked and s carefully, there were fewer probleain The plane would start boarding in fifteen minutes and Emma hadn’t arrived yet By this point he should have known better than to be surprised If she didn’t show, he would fly to Miaht hoe feeling of disappoint toward hie smile on her face He rose to his feet, rooted in place She reserved that genuine smile for her friends Any smile bestowed on him was of the sarcastic variety He had never been the recipient of the real thing from her He cleared his throat, ready to launch the first verbal bullet when she threw her arms around him What the fuck?

"Oh my God, I ot ot stuck in traffic Whe!"

Brant stood frozen in shock with her in his arn of letting go When she started ainst his neck, he pulled back

"Mood You always do I could just eat you up"

What had gotten into her? He didn’t kno to react He may have been frozen in place, but his cock wasn’t It was standing at attention, desperate to get closer to the feainst hiare youdrunk?"

She finally stepped back out of his elassy-eyed s but water today My dentist toldadorably confused, she added, "So what a to feel as confused as she looked He knew she had had a dental appoint "What exactly did you have done today? EmmaEmma, can you focus for a minute?" She looked up from her inspection of the buttons on his shirt "Did you have a cleaning appointorously for extra eathered in her eyes as she added, "It really hurt"

He was starting to get the picture now Just how iven her? Shouldn’t it have worn off by now? She looked like she was as high as a kite God, he was glad she had called a taxi "Eet you home I don’t think you’re in any condition to fly"

The tears that had gathered in her eyes before now started flooding down and he placed both of his hands on her shoulders for support "Please don’t leaveIf you don’t, I’ll have to deal with my family on my own"

As he prepared to convince her, the PA systeht Apparently, he had missed the first announcements In surprise, he watched the tears stop and her head come up in determination She waved her ticket in her hand and wobbled toward the attendant Shit, if he didn’t go with her, she would probably get thrown off the da an arm around her shoulders to steady her "Are you sure about this?"

Giving hi smile, she said, "Yep Let’s do this" Really, if he had any sense he would listen to the voice in his head screa a protest, and he would have turned and run the other way Instead, the protective instinct he was born with reared its head and he found hi down the corridor toward the door of the plane with her securely under his ar unfarip,Ava would be You don’t feel anything for Emma Remember all of the ways she chaps your ass on a daily basis

His pep talk was a miserable failure There was no way he could convince his body that the woman beside hi into it The little fucker was a lot s blackly let Emma use his frequent-flier rateful to have a few more inches to put between himself and another person If they were in the three side-by-side seats in coach, she would probably either be in his lap the entire flight or worse yet, soer’s lap on her other side He led her to theseat and, after a moment’s pause, leaned down to fasten her seat belt He stored both their carry-ons in the overhead bin before buckling in beside her