Chapter 406

• Less than an hour later, we’re boarding Jake’s private jet at the airport with all our bags in tow. This has happened so fast that I’ve barely had time to think, let alone breathe. I feel like I’m running away from work, life, and everything and taking a time-out in some fantasy romance novel with a millionaire who can pull strings like no one else. Since we used to take business trips at the drop of a hat, I should be used to this side of him, and to him, this is no different. To me, though, this is craziness. My whole world has been upended overnight.
• Jake pulls me up the steps and into the jet with him. There’s a sense of familiarity that feels so good. I missed this plane; I missed everything that was a part of him, of being with him. I missed our trips together.
• He guides me to a window seat and slides in next to me, laying a hand on my lap with a smile and another kiss. Jake’s constant kissing is starting to be my normal, but it still catches me by surprise how demonstrative he can be; I’ll never tire of it. With the hugging, hand-holding, affectionate gestures, and constant verbal praise, I never imagined he would be this way. I never saw it with any of the women he hauled along or went out with; they were the ones who always clung to him, pushed him for a kiss, or grabbed his hand to hold, always trying to get affection from him. He always seemed aloof and overly polite with them.