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Thirty minutes later we were in his car, headed up the interstate, but he wouldn’t give a clue as to where. When we took the airport exit, I began to get suspicious.
“Are we flying somewhere?”
He just looked at me and gave me one of his sexy smiles.
Then he threw me off because he didn’t pull into the main airport entrance but kept driving. When he finally turned off Airport Road, I had no idea where we were. I knew we were at the airport, but we were on the backside of it. Then we went through a large gate where he had to show his ID. They asked for mine and I took out my driver’s license. After a couple of minutes, we were allowed to proceed. He drove around until we came to one of those huge hangars. A small jet sat outside in front of it. A man ran out to meet us as Pearce exited the car and came around to help me out.
“Dr. Middleton, it’s good to see you, sir.”
“Hi, Jerry. Thanks for coming on such short notice. This is Alexia.”
“Hello, ma’am.”
I shook his hand and Pearce guided me toward the jet.
“Are you serious? Is this your plane?”
“No, it’s the Middleton Enterprise G7.”
“What’s a G7?”
“A Gulfstream 7. It’s a jet, Alexia.”
I rolled my eyes. “Duh, that much is obvious.”
“It’s just the type of jet, sweetheart.”
“I didn’t know you had one of these.”
He stopped and turned to me. “Well, it’s not mine. It’s the company’s. I was lucky it wasn’t in use this weekend. Now, shall I carry you on board, because I’m certainly not opposed to that?”
“No, I can walk.”
I mounted the stairs, and the pilot greeted us as we entered.
“Dr. Middleton, welcome aboard.”
“Thanks, Mitch. This is Alexia.”
We exchanged greetings and Kathie, the flight attendant, asked if we wanted drinks. Pearce ordered champagne and we watched her pop the cork on a bottle of Cristal. We toasted as the plane took off.
The jet was pure luxury. There were reclining seats, a sofa with a large screen on the opposite wall, and a cabin in the back with a bed and bath. It was unreal.
“Do you fly in this often?”
“Yes, if the family goes on a trip together, we usually take this. For conferences I don’t use it. I’ll confess, you get spoiled because it’s much faster. No lines and baggage issues. We all ski, so it’s much easier to use this than a commercial airline.”
“No doubt. I can see why. Now will you pinch me?” I ran my hand over the buttery-soft leather seat.
He just laughed.
“Where are we going?”
“It’s a surprise.”
About an hour later my ears started to pop which indicated we were descending. It didn’t take long after that for the plane to come to a stop.
After the flight attendant opened the door, we were greeted at the stairs by someone informing us our rental car was here. I looked outside, but it was dark, so I still didn’t know where we were.
