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Sarah’s gaze cut to hi how she was supposed to respond to Penny’s coreed not to discuss other women

“As if yours is any better,” he teased his cousin back, deter to recapture the joy from earlier “You ready for this?”

“Absolutely” Penny turned excited eyes toward Sarah “I’d have sworn Jude didn’t have a romantic bone in his body I was so impressed by his call there was no way I could say no”

Sarah’s feet shifted Jude doubted it was because of her new shoes “Romantic?”

“Quit giving away my surprise, cuz”

Save them a quick safety rundown, headsets to put on, and then they were off

Sarah’s hand gripped his for dear life He glanced at her and questioned hiain Maybe he should have saved the helicopter for another night

“Open your eyes, Sarah”

“No” She shook her head back and forth in tiny little movements The rest of her body was stiff, as if she was afraid to er a tailspin that would send theround “I can’t”

Her hand had becoainst his and Jude mentally swore

“Have you ever flown in any type of aircraft, Sarah?”

She shook her head

“Another first, eh?”

Which he probably should not have said as Penny’s gaze briefly cut toward them

“My storound” Her face was pale, her hand clammy, her lower lip half-hidden between her teeth