Page 63 of Dating the Billionaire

“I know that now,” she said. “But when you told Grant you didn’t want me to fly you anywhere, I had only met you the one time. I didn’t really know you yet. And when you said that, you touched a nerve.”

“A raw one,” he said. “I imagine it wasn’t easy for you, that, given your career choice, you must have dealt with a lot of discrimination.”

She nodded. But she suspected she would have dealt with more if not for Grant. He’d always had a way of protecting her. Yet she’d still been hurt too many times. Too many times to hope that this time—with Teo—would be end in anything but more pain.

She tamped down the hope that was trying to swell inside her heart. She wouldn’t be like her mother—always thinking that it was going to happen, that she was finally going to get her husband’s love. Blair didn’t think she could really get Teo to forgive her, let alone love her.

“Why are you here?” she asked.

“I chartered a flight to Greece.”

“You could have flown any number of airlines to get there.”

“I really hate flying commercial,” he said with such obvious distaste that she nearly laughed.

“There are other private charter companies.”

“But yours is the best,” he said, stepping closer to her. He cupped her cheek in his hand and stared deeply into her eyes.

She saw no anger in his now, but she was afraid to identify the emotion she did see. She didn’t want to be wrong.

“You’re the best,” he told her. “And I’m not talking about just your flying.”

“What are you talking about?” she asked. The way they gave each other so much pleasure? The sex? Was that all he wanted? Or like her, did he want more?

Dare she let herself hope...?

He moved his hand from her face as he glanced at his watch. “There’s no time for this discussion now. You need to take off soon. Grant already filed the flight plan.”

“Of course he did.” He would have, because he’d wanted to make sure that she didn’t chicken out. And she had no intention of doing that this time.

She was thrilled she’d been given another chance...even if it was just for Teo to tell her how badly she’d screwed up and that he couldn’t trust her ever again. But somehow, she suspected he wouldn’t have gone to all this trouble...

Unless it was Grant who’d set them both up.

Either way, she intended to make the most of it. She wasn’t going to let him walk away again without a fight.

The minute she stepped into the cockpit, Teo expelled a breath of relief. He hadn’t been sure that she would agree to fly him anywhere again—not after how badly he’d reacted to finding out that she’d been his pilot all this time.

She was so damn good. So good that, when the plane leveled out after takeoff, he found himself joining her in the cockpit.

She glanced over her shoulder and asked, “Checking up on me?”

“Admiring you,” he corrected her as he settled into the copilot seat.

“I thought you hated me,” she said, her voice cracking with the pain that thought must have caused her.

“I was mad at you,” he said.

She spared him another glance. “Was?”

“I couldn’t stay mad.”

“Did Grant threaten you?” she asked.

“Your brother and Miranda both had plenty to say to me,” he admitted. After Teo had seen Miranda in Monaco, Grant had looked him up in Madrid. Maybe he’d intended to beat him up at first, but they’d talked instead. Grant had shared that he’d never seen his sister cry, not even when their dad had died, until she thought she’d lost Teo. That had devastated him even more than realizing she hadn’t been completely honest with him. Blair Snyder was not a woman who used tears for manipulation. She was too proud for that—too strong. And he hated himself for causing her tears.

She was smiling now, though. “Did they both threaten you?” she asked.