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I’m pulled from my reverie by a voice over the tannoy.

“Could Mr. Nathaniel Callaghan please make his way to Gate 16? The gate is ready to close. Passenger Nathaniel Callaghan on flight 168 to Berlin, please make your way to Gate 16.”

“SHIT!”

“You need to go, Nate, now! Go, I’ll be fine.” I pull her into my arms, unwilling to let her go, but she pushes me away. “GO!”

She gives me a chaste kiss, turns, and strides away. I can see in her movements that she’s fighting every step that she takes in the opposite direction from me, quickening her pace to stop herself from looking back. I can’t leave her without a proper goodbye. I won’t see her again for two weeks.

I take off in her direction, grabbing her hand in mine, spinning her round to see the tears streaming down her beautiful cheeks. My bag drops to the floor as my hands reach up to clasp her face, my lips descending on hers in a ferocious kiss, claiming her as mine, devouring her tongue with my own. I bite and suck, nibble and lick her, savoring every delicate flick of her tongue. She submits to me, her body going limp against me as she gives herself over to me, to our intense chemistry.

“Don’t ever walk away from me without saying a proper goodbye.” She’s breathless and flushed as I pick up my bag, giving her one last kiss before I have to leave. “Goodbye, little one. I’ll see you soon.”

She’s practically panting as I turn to leave. “I can’t wait.”

“Me either. Now, I gotta go catch my flight.” I give her a quick slap on the ass, much to her delight, before breaking out in a sprint to my gate.

I make it to the gate just as the flight attendant is about to close the door, her disapproving look doing nothing to lessen the high I feel with the sweet taste of Sofia fresh on my lips. She hands me my boarding pass, and wishes me a pleasant flight. When I thank her for waiting for me, and flash her my best dimpled smile, her stern exterior crumbles and she blushes like a giddy school girl. It makes me laugh, only because it makes me think of Sofia. Her feisty little jealous streak, and her jibes at me for being attractive to other woman.

As I settle down into my seat for the short flight to Berlin, I find myself lost in thoughts of her, but unlike my flight to London, I have new memories to keep me going, the taste of her on my lips, and the smell of her perfume on my clothes. I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that she changed her flight and waited at the airport all that time just to see me for two hours.

She really is amazing. Far too good for me…but I’m selfish. I need her, and I’ll be counting the days until she’s in my arms again.

 

Simon just messaged me to go to dinner at his place tonight, saying that Brandon, Lily, and Sofia would be there. I feel terrible that I already knew I was being invited. I was sitting next to Sofia when he called her twenty minutes ago and asked her to go. She didn’t mention me, she gave nothing away when he said he was going to ask me to come along. I feel like the worst kind of friend. Not only have we lied by omission, but the last thing I want to do is go to his place tonight.

It’s been two long weeks since I left Sofia at Heathrow Airport, and I’ve been counting the days, the hours, and the minutes until I picked her up at the airport an hour ago. We’ve been sitting in traffic, the tension building between us, making it almost impossible to breathe. The air is thick with anticipation, the knowledge that tonight is the night that we will finally be together, in every way possible. It’s a physical presence in the space between us.

I was going to take her straight to my place, but the current twist of events has thrown a wrench in the works. Instead, I find myself taking a detour and heading towards her apartment, where I’m going to have to leave her, again, even if only for a couple of hours. We’ve arranged to meet at Simon’s place. It’s for the best. If we turn up together, the night will be ruined before it begins.

As I drop her off and watch her enter the building, disappearing from sight, a strange feeling of dread descends upon me. I thought tonight was going to be all about us. The beginning of three glorious weeks of exploring each other, learning and loving each other’s bodies, and finding out if what we have is the real thing. I already know the answer to that, but I need her to be sure. All of a sudden, I feel uneasy about what this time together will bring us. I know that I have to come clean with Simon before we can move forward. If I lie to his face tonight, it will eat away at me, and I know it will make it harder for Sofia to focus on us if she feels that she’s somehow deceived her older brother.

I need to approach this the right way if I want to convince him that I’m not going to hurt his little sister. I know that tonight, something is going to go down between us. I’m hoping beyond hope that he’ll see how serious I am about her, that he will see past his preconceptions about the way I treat women, and give me a chance to prove him wrong.

As I head back to my apartment alone, I can’t shake the feeling that something bad is coming my way. I just hope that I’m overreacting, that I’m just upset that our plans for the night have been derailed after two weeks of waiting and wanting.

When my cab pulls up outside of Simon’s building, I can feel the tension in my shoulders. I didn’t even notice my hands balled tightly into fists; my knuckles white with the strain. I tell myself that when he sees how I feel about her, he’ll understand.

I ring the doorbell and wait…Jess answers the door, looking radiant at six months pregnant, searching the hallway for, I don’t know what.

“Well hello sexy. Where is the latest drone? I know you have one!”

As I step inside, I can feel her before I see her. Sofia’s already here. She’s chatting with Lily, laughing and smiling, but I see the almost imperceptible tremor of her lips and the narrowing of her eyes at Jess’s words. Our eyes connect for the briefest of moments before she turns her head, her body language screaming her discomfort.

I lean in to kiss Jess on the cheek and hand her the flowers I brought for her. “No drones. There is a new lady in the picture, but I’m not ready to share her with you yet. She’s…important.”

“O.M.G!!! Lily, Sofia, did you just hear this??? New York’s very own Casanova has found that special someone! Hearts will be breaking all over town tonight.”

“Oh shut up! You and Simon weren’t exactly monks before you got together, and look at you now!” I brush my hand against her growing belly, her cheeks blushing with pride. “Give me a break will you? I don’t want to mess this one up.”

“Okay. Just this once, but I expect details later though.”

I say hello to Lily and Sofia, but it feels strange not to touch her. I want to pull her into my arms and feel her heartbeat against my chest. Instead, she hands me a beer, her fingertips brushing mine as she tells me that the boys are in the den. My dick twitches at even this smallest of interactions.

I leave the ladies to their chat, a smile pulling at the corner of my lips as I hear Lily talking. “What do they put in the water around here? All three of those boys are super-freaking-H-O-T! You should have snatched that up, Sof!”

“I’m pretty sure he’s the one that makes those kinds of decisions. I don’t think any woman would be able to snag Nate Callaghan. Not really. Like Jess said, who will the next drone be?”

My heart sinks. Is she playing a part? Trying not to give anything away about us? Or is that what she believes? That she’s just the next in line.

I open the door to the den to find Simon and Brandon having a heart to heart. I can’t take anymore ‘feelings’ tonight so I decide to lighten the mood.

“I knew it. I leave you two alone for a few months and you’re butt buddies.”

“Hey, dickhead! How the hell are you? Long time no see!” The guilt washes over me. I’ve been avoiding him like the plague since the wedding.

“I’m good. Your sister’s here and colluding with your women while you guys have been busy having your love fest in here.

Simon’s face lights up. “Sofia’s here? When did she arrive?”

“What am I, her damn keeper? I don’t know. I just got here.” That came out so defensive. Could I be any more obvious?

“It was a simple question. You need to get laid, loosen up a bit.” He has no idea how fucking true that is. I’m going to explode if I don’t get inside of Sofia soon. My dick is hard just at the thought of it. “Where’s your latest victim? She out talking to the girls?” I stiffen. He’s so close to the truth, and yet a million miles off the mark.

“No. I didn’t bring her. It’s…complicated.”

“Complicated? Does she actually have opinions, instead of blindly doing whatever you ask?” I can’t help but laugh. He hit the nail right on the head without even knowing it.

“You have no fucking idea!”

I can always count on Brandon to offer his support. “Have you met my wife and his girlfriend? Opinionated, bull headed, and complicated as hell. Welcome to the club!”

That revelation hits me square in the chest. I’m in exactly the same position as these two idiots. I thought I was all about being in control, keeping my relationships neat and tidy, but I’ve ended up in the same place anyway. Hopelessly in love with a girl who is far too good for me.

Jess offers a reprieve, interrupting to let us know that dinner is ready. Now all I have to do is get through dinner without declaring my undying love for Sofia in front of everyone and I can call the night a success.

Dinner is amazing. The food, the wine and the company are fantastic. I find myself unable to go five minutes without at least a glance in her direction. It’s so nice to see her having fun and laughing with her friends. She must be able to sense when my eyes are on her, because every time, her eyes find mine. Stolen glances that say a thousand words.

My ears prick up when the girls start grilling her about her new ‘boyfriend’. I’m intrigued. I didn’t know that she had been in touch with Jess while we’ve been…seeing each other. Sofia plays it down, blaming schedules, saying that they haven’t spent much time together, which is true for the most part. Ever the wallflower, Jess won’t let her off that easily. “Oh come on, you can do better than that. You told me last week that he gave you, and I quote, ‘the most phenomenal orgasm you’ve ever had.”

Holy. Fucking. Christ!

There is no way I’m getting out of this alive.

“What the fuck, Jess? Brother in the room here. I don’t want to hear shit like that. Lucky the son of a bitch couldn’t make it tonight.”

He turns and stares right at me. “ANY man that lays a finger on my sister, better be prepared to take a severe beating from me.” I hold his gaze. He knows. It’s now or never.

Sofia stands up for herself but Simon isn’t interested in what she has to say.

I need to step in before she says the words that need to come from me.

“If Sofia’s happy, surely that’s what matters?”

The table is silent; everyone is staring at me…waiting. Brandon giving me a knowing look, a flash of sympathy in his eyes.

“No. What matters is that this new guy is
clearly
not good enough for her. He couldn’t even be bothered to show his face tonight.” So this is how he wants to play it; force me into admitting it.

“Or maybe, he’s trying to respect her wishes.” This just angers him further.

“And why are you such an expert on the guy, NATE? Do, fucking, tell!”

“Goddamn it!” I stand from the table and make my way round to where Sofia is sitting. “Because it’s me, but you already worked that out, so let’s not play games.”

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