BONE_A Contemporary Romantic Medical Suspense Story
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“No?”
“Well, obviously I do; however, I booked economy.” There’s a hushed inhale like I have thrown out the C-word at a nuns convention.
“You were upgraded, Ms. Sanderson. I can assure you this isn’t a joke. I’m also pretty confident you will want to fly first class.” His warm grin matches the friendly gleam in his eyes.
“Really? I mean really, I was upgraded? By whom?” I try to peer around his screen, but it has some sort of privacy cover blurring out any details.
“I don’t believe I’m allowed to give out that information,” he warns.
“Well, I don’t believe I will be getting on the plane and maybe you will have to haul those cases back down to economy,” I sass and fight the urge to click and wave my fingers in his face.
“Give me a moment.” He smirks at my attitude, and I give a light shrug. Yes, I’m the idiot kicking up a fuss about being upgraded. He returns with a triumphant smile. “Elemental paid for the upgrade.”
“Oh.” The instant recognition makes my lips spread into a wide, warm smile. “In that case…” I thrust my passport forward and lay it on the counter.
“So you’re happy to travel now, Ms. Sanderson?”
“Very happy, yes.” I nod enthusiastically. Elemental is the name of the house where the men live …and my future husband. Oh God.
I downed the first glass of champagne. It really didn’t touch the sides of my throat and I notice first class has a bar—a real bar. So I’m pretty sure my nerves won’t be a problem for much longer. The seats are massive and recline into a full bed. Not that I’ll be able to sleep, but I might fall into an alcohol-induced coma at some point on this ten-hour flight, so a horizontal option is good. I pull the crumpled piece of paper from my back pocket, or the catalyst as I like to call it. Smoothing it out on my knee that won’t stop shaking, I read it for the millionth time.
Hope showed me the advert three months ago. By then, I’d already spent one month on her couch, and she thought I could do with a giggle. The ad had been making the rounds on social media, and she laughed about it—we both did. Joked about ‘if only’. But I had a twinge in my tummy that pushed me to take the next step from ‘if only’. My heart was broken, my head was all over the fucking place after that Saturday, but my instinct was right on the money. My instinct said, “Fuck it, Finn. Why the hell not?”
You can question my sanity, and fine, you can question my motives too, but once I was satisfied this was, indeed, a genuine offer, I doubt I would have chosen any differently at the end of the day, or more specifically at the end of that Saturday four months ago.
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