Page 64 of Dating the Billionaire

“I’m not sure that I would actually call them threats. More like warnings for me to make this right.”

“I’m the one who made this wrong,” she said. “I was the one who blew it.”

“I understand why,” he said. “Miranda told me about your mother.”

She sucked in a breath. “She’s not who I want to be.”

“Daughters rarely want to become their mothers,” he said. “Francisca doesn’t.” He sighed with pity. “But she is starting to.” He shook his head. “My mother is manipulative and selfish.”

“My mother is just stupid,” Blair said. “And weak.”

“You don’t have to worry about ever becoming either of those women,” he assured her.

She glanced away from the controls to his face. “I was stupid,” she said. “When I told you my name was Savannah.”

“It is.”

“And when I pretended to be Bill.”

He chuckled. “That was stupid, and a shame to ever cover up your beautiful face with a beard.”

She touched her fingers to her jaw. “It did a number on my skin, if that makes you feel any better.”

“No,” he said. “You in pain or discomfort makes me feel worse, not better.” His heart ached at the thought of her tears. “That’s why I booked this flight.”

“To make me feel better?”

“To make us both feel better.” He reached out then and touched her thigh.

She was so good that the plane didn’t move at all. But she tensed and admonished him, “No touching while I’m flying. You didn’t try that with Bill.”

“I was tempted,” he teased her. “Bill was pretty hot.”

“I’m not wearing that beard again,” she warned him. “In fact I’m not sure what I’m going to wear when we get to Athens. Grant didn’t give me time to pack.”

“Don’t worry about it,” he said. “I’ve got you covered. Actually, Tony does. Although it’s going to be a shame to cover you at all.”

She jerked her thumb to the open door of the cockpit. “Let me get us there safely,” she told him. “Then we’ll talk.”

“I don’t want to talk anymore,” he told her. “I want to touch you.”

She jerked her thumb again toward that open door. “Go.”

“I’d rather come.”

“Teo!”

He chuckled. But he got out of the copilot seat and headed to the back. He knew it wouldn’t be long before they landed...on the ground and on each other.