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I know better.”
She didn’t answer, going back to reading her magazine. Shane tried to concentrate on the contracts in front of him but he felt a pair of blue eyes gazing at him. Finally he slapped the papers down on the table with a growl.
“What?” he asked again, intending to get an answer this time.
“You,” she replied with a barely suppressed laugh. “This important businessman is a far cry from the boy in cutoff jeans and torn t-shirts I used to know. You even have the flight attendants flirting with you. Are you and she…”
“No, we are not. And as for how I look, I suppose we’ve both grown up and changed but I do still have t-shirts and cutoffs. I only wear them on the weekends now or when I’m doing yard work.”
Arden’s gaze lingered on the door Sherry had exited through. “You always did have women panting after you. Even for an Anderson, you overachieved in that category.”
A small bit of hope began to unfurl in his abdomen. It sounded like Arden was jealous. Maybe just a little bit.
“I do not have women panting after me. And as for Sherry she was just being polite and helpful. Getting us food and drink is part of her job description.”
Arden closed the magazine and shook her head. “She bent down so you could get a good look at her chest and maybe her bra.”
Black lace. Probably a front-closure but he’d been fooled before.
“I’m not interested,” he stated flatly because it was the God’s honest truth. Not even if Arden hadn’t been there would Shane have taken Sherry up on her offer. He didn’t mix business with pleasure and she was an employee of Anderson Industries.
“She’s very beautiful. And tall.”
Chuckling, Shane shoved his paperwork into his briefcase. “You think everyone is tall.”
“Compared to me everyone is.” She played with her water bottle. “So what’s the plan when we get to Indianapolis?”
He tucked his case away and reached for his highball glass. “We’ll get a hotel for the night and then in the morning we’ll rent a car and drive to Hemingdale. Once we get there, I thought you might want to visit your mother’s grave first thing.”
Arden gave him a misty smile. “That’s thoughtful of you. I’d like that.”
His heart lurched in his chest but pointedly ignored it. “It’s all part of our new friendship.”
“Then you’re a good friend.”
If she called him the brother she’d never had he’d jump from the plane without a parachute.
“After that, I thought we’d try and see your mother’s best friend. I’m sure she has a lot of information that wasn’t in any file.”
Arden slowly stood and walked up and down the aisle a few times. Shane didn’t say anything, content to let her work out whatever it was she needed to. Eventually, she sat back down and gripped the leather covered arms of her seat. “What if I find out something truly horrible? I mean, something even worse than my mother being shot? If Dad went to all that trouble to protect me then the truth could be totally devastating.”
“That certainly did occur to me,” Shane conceded. “Do you want me to have the pilot turn the plane around? I can do that if you’re scared.”
Her face flamed with outrage. “I’m not scared.”
He didn’t mind admitting to himself he liked to push Arden a little. Every now and then he’d see flashes of the spirited girl he’d known, but too often she was quiet and subdued. He wanted to see the fire and passion that had made her the most exciting woman he’d ever known.
“If you say so.”
Arden leaned forward, her eyes narrowing. “I do say so. I’m not afraid.”
“You said that. Do you want me to turn the plane around or not? We can be back in Montana in a few hours.”
Hopping up from the chair, she turned her back to him, her arms crossed over her chest.
“You are such a jerk, Shane Anderson. I do not want to turn around and I am not scared.”
“Being afraid isn’t a bad thing, honey. This
She didn’t answer, going back to reading her magazine. Shane tried to concentrate on the contracts in front of him but he felt a pair of blue eyes gazing at him. Finally he slapped the papers down on the table with a growl.
“What?” he asked again, intending to get an answer this time.
“You,” she replied with a barely suppressed laugh. “This important businessman is a far cry from the boy in cutoff jeans and torn t-shirts I used to know. You even have the flight attendants flirting with you. Are you and she…”
“No, we are not. And as for how I look, I suppose we’ve both grown up and changed but I do still have t-shirts and cutoffs. I only wear them on the weekends now or when I’m doing yard work.”
Arden’s gaze lingered on the door Sherry had exited through. “You always did have women panting after you. Even for an Anderson, you overachieved in that category.”
A small bit of hope began to unfurl in his abdomen. It sounded like Arden was jealous. Maybe just a little bit.
“I do not have women panting after me. And as for Sherry she was just being polite and helpful. Getting us food and drink is part of her job description.”
Arden closed the magazine and shook her head. “She bent down so you could get a good look at her chest and maybe her bra.”
Black lace. Probably a front-closure but he’d been fooled before.
“I’m not interested,” he stated flatly because it was the God’s honest truth. Not even if Arden hadn’t been there would Shane have taken Sherry up on her offer. He didn’t mix business with pleasure and she was an employee of Anderson Industries.
“She’s very beautiful. And tall.”
Chuckling, Shane shoved his paperwork into his briefcase. “You think everyone is tall.”
“Compared to me everyone is.” She played with her water bottle. “So what’s the plan when we get to Indianapolis?”
He tucked his case away and reached for his highball glass. “We’ll get a hotel for the night and then in the morning we’ll rent a car and drive to Hemingdale. Once we get there, I thought you might want to visit your mother’s grave first thing.”
Arden gave him a misty smile. “That’s thoughtful of you. I’d like that.”
His heart lurched in his chest but pointedly ignored it. “It’s all part of our new friendship.”
“Then you’re a good friend.”
If she called him the brother she’d never had he’d jump from the plane without a parachute.
“After that, I thought we’d try and see your mother’s best friend. I’m sure she has a lot of information that wasn’t in any file.”
Arden slowly stood and walked up and down the aisle a few times. Shane didn’t say anything, content to let her work out whatever it was she needed to. Eventually, she sat back down and gripped the leather covered arms of her seat. “What if I find out something truly horrible? I mean, something even worse than my mother being shot? If Dad went to all that trouble to protect me then the truth could be totally devastating.”
“That certainly did occur to me,” Shane conceded. “Do you want me to have the pilot turn the plane around? I can do that if you’re scared.”
Her face flamed with outrage. “I’m not scared.”
He didn’t mind admitting to himself he liked to push Arden a little. Every now and then he’d see flashes of the spirited girl he’d known, but too often she was quiet and subdued. He wanted to see the fire and passion that had made her the most exciting woman he’d ever known.
“If you say so.”
Arden leaned forward, her eyes narrowing. “I do say so. I’m not afraid.”
“You said that. Do you want me to turn the plane around or not? We can be back in Montana in a few hours.”
Hopping up from the chair, she turned her back to him, her arms crossed over her chest.
“You are such a jerk, Shane Anderson. I do not want to turn around and I am not scared.”
“Being afraid isn’t a bad thing, honey. This
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