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Well, when you put it
like that, how can I say no?”
     
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    Gabe’s idea of taking care of her was both
terrifying and thrilling. Candace wasn’t afraid of heights, but she
didn’t go out of her way to get airborne either. So, when Gabe
drove to a heliport and parked in a nearby parking spot, she wasn’t
sure how to react.
    “ Why are we stopping
here?” she asked.
    “ I want to show you
something that can only be seen from the air.”
    She stared, open-mouthed
at the chopper looming in the distance. Imposing blades perched
like enormous, metal fingers atop its roof. “Wait a minute. You know how to
fly that thing?”
    “ So many questions, woman.
Don’t you ever just relax and let others do all the
planning?”
    “ No.”
    He laughed and shook his head before coming
around to the passenger side to open her door. “Well, that’s just
too bad. If you want to hang with me, you have to do exactly as I
say.”
     
     
    Thirty minutes later,
Candace was strapped into the back seat of the spacious helicopter.
Gabe sat beside her, his fingers entwined with hers. The pilot,
whom Gabe had made prior arrangements with, sat up front and
executed a perfect vertical takeoff. For
almost forty minutes, they hovered above the skyline, with Gabe
serving as the perfect tour guide, pointing out landmarks and other
special sights. Seeing the city lit up at night and from an aerial
view gave Candace a new appreciation for Miami. Gabe pointed out
the Seaquariaum, the American Airlines Sports Arena, Freedom Tower,
and Jungle Island Zoo. The glittering lights made everything seem
so magical.
    “ Look
Gabe! I can see Biscayne Bay.” At thirty-five miles long, the moonlit preserve was
visible even from thousands of feet in the air.
    “ Lemme see.” He leaned
over and peered over her shoulder to the bay below. He was so close
the clean smell of his cologne tickled her nostrils. Jeez, the man
looked good and smelled good. “Incredible,” he whispered against
the back of her neck. “Almost as incredible as the woman sitting
next to me.”
    Staring out the window,
she closed her eyes and savored the sound of his deep voice. He
said such beautiful things.
    The gentle kisses he dropped on her bare
shoulder practically made her melt. “You look so stunning tonight I
can’t take my eyes off you, Candy.” He punctuated his compliment by
nibbling a trail of kisses from her shoulder to the nape of her
neck.
    “ Thank you. You don’t look
so bad yourself.” She really wanted to tell him he looked damn good
in all black, but she couldn’t think straight with his lips doing
such wickedly delicious acts.
    His long fingers cupped her breasts,
lovingly fondling her nipples through the fabric of her dress. She
was ashamed when the buds immediately pebbled to life. The staccato
of her heartbeat increased as she turned to stare at him.
    She darted a nervous glance at the pilot’s
back. “What about him?”
    “ Don’t worry about him.
He’s hearing impaired. He won’t hear your whimpers of
delight.”
    The space between her legs pulsed at Gabe’s
words. “Is he sight impaired too?”
    Gabe leaned forward and closed the dark,
privacy curtain that separated the passenger cabin from the
cockpit. “He is now.”
    Candace felt better. The
cabin was enveloped in darkness except for the neon lights of downtown Miami twinkling outside the window. She convinced
herself that the noise from the chopper blades would drown out any
sounds coming from the back of the cabin. Yet still, the pilot must
know something kinky was going on behind the curtain.
    Gabe unbuckled her seatbelt and pulled her
into his lap. “Now, where were we?” he coaxed.
    “ You were going to make me
whimper with delight.”
    “ Oh, yeah.” His lips
descended on hers and she tasted faint vestiges of coffee as his
tongue swept across hers. Candace sighed into his mouth. The man’s
kisses were recipe for disaster. If they kept this up, she would be
laid out flat on the