Page 9 of Hollywood Fairytale

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to fall asleep on you.” Trying to turn to look at Luke, I stopped as he held me in place.

“It’s okay. Go back to sleep. We have to get up early to catch our flight.”

“I’m so happy you’re coming home with me.” I yawned the last few words out making it almost impossible to understand me. Luke laced our fingers together over my stomach. “I love you.”

Placing a soft kiss on my shoulder, he spoke against my skin causing shivers to run down my spine. “I love you too, beautiful.”

With a smile on my face it didn’t take me long to drift off to sleep.

* * *

“Ladies and gentlemen, we are on schedule to land at 11:00 a.m. Central standard time. I hope you enjoy your flight.”

My head turned, my eyes bleary from the early morning hour. “I don’t like it when a three-hour flight takes five hours because of the time change. Otherwise, I would have took a later flight.”

Luke’s brows furrowed as he looked down at me. “You do know it still takes the same amount of time, right?”

“I do, but I wasn’t thinking clearly when I booked the flight. I looked at when I’d be landing not taking off. I think I was too excited to notice.”

Wrapping his arm around my shoulders, he gently pulled me down until I was leaning against him and my head was on his shoulder. “You’ll be happy once you’re back in Fairlane and home with Mason.”

“I know I will.” I snuggled deeper into him and wrapped my arm around his middle. “The best part is you’re coming home with me.”

“Are you sure Mason won’t be upset having to share you?”

“Why would he? Mason loves being around you.”

“Maybe he doesn’t want to share his mama with the man she’s been with for the last few days, especially when he’ll have to go back to school the next day.”

“It’s very sweet of you to think of him, but I don’t think he’ll mind. He’ll be ecstatic to see you.”

“Leo can’t wait to meet you.” He added, shocking me. His fingers ran through my hair making my eyes close. The feel of his touch was comforting and loving. “He’s already said he’s going to try to come in March when you come visit.”

“Right now, I love that idea, but when the time comes when physically I haven’t been with you in two months, I might feel differently.” I confessed.

“I have a feeling that we’ll both be feeling that way, but Leo will understand that we’ll want some alone time.”

I’d meant to sleep during our flight, but I couldn’t stop thinking about how hard it was going to be to not see him until March.

Turning my head, I kissed his shirt right above his heart. “I’m going to miss you so damn much.”

Squeezing my shoulder, bringing me closer to him, Luke spoke just above a whisper. “My beautiful girl, I’m going to miss you too. More than I can express.”

Tilting my head up, I peered up at him only to see the underside of his jaw. “I thought you were asleep.”

His fingers had long since stopped moving through my hair but had remained tangled in the strands.

“I could say the same for you.”

“That was the plan, but sleep didn’t find me.”

“What found you then?”

“You,” I breathed out in a deep sigh. “I’ve decided now that I got to spend a real amount of time with you that I’m spoiled.”

“A real amount of time?” he questioned, pulling me back so that his eyes locked on mine.

“This is the most time we’ve spent together and now that I’ve had time to think about it, I think you’re right that it will be harder. Every time we have to part it gets harder and harder to say goodbye.”

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