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the flight attendant brought the cart down the aisle.
    “What would you two like?” She handed Jake napkins and gave them each a packet of pretzels.
    Kacey opened her mouth to speak, but Jake clapped a hand over it before she got a word in. “We’d like two mini bottles of vodka.” Kacey bit his hand. “Make that four, thanks.”
    Kacey rolled her eyes after he set the cup of ice in front of her and poured her the two bottles. “Drink this.”
    “I don’t need alcohol. I’m fine!”
    “Says the girl who just accused a clergyman of being a terrorist.” Jake pointed to the man she had just been accusing. Jacket now removed, a very visible clerical collar peeked through, showing his profession.
    Kacey cursed.
    “Hey, now!” Jake elbowed her. “We’re in the presence of God. Now drink up.”
    “You do realize you used God and drink in the same sentence, right?” Kacey grumbled, throwing back the clear liquid. “Holy crap! That tastes like sh—”
    “Sugar!” Jake interrupted with a laugh and cough. The clergyman turned around and gave them a peculiar look before glancing back at his magazine.
    “I don’t think I believe you anymore.” Jake drank his vodka as fast as humanly possible.
    “What do you mean?” Kacey croaked.
    “You can’t do anything for forty-five minutes. It’s been ten and I’m ready to parachute out of this thing.”
    “Just be thankful you’re not really engaged to me.” Kacey winked and laid her head back against the seat.
    “Oh believe me, I am.” Jake‘s tone was slightly nasty, but it was the only way to keep ideas out of her head. He needed to stay as far away from Kacey as possible, and the only way he could do it was to be a complete ass. At least then his heart wouldn’t be in danger of getting lost for the second time, and he could hopefully keep hers intact.

Chapter Six
    “Liar,” Kacey mumbled a half hour later.
    “Excuse me?” Jake looked up from his laptop and squinted. The idiot had spent the entire flight using the Wi-Fi on the plane, sending business emails like they were going out of style.
    Meanwhile, Kacey was checking out every single shady character on the plane and studying the diagram in front of her just in case she had to make an escape route.
    Well, the joke would be on Jake when the plane crashed. She would know at least seven different ways to exit the plane as well as the quickest way to get to any door, while he would probably save his laptop and every other worldly possession he owned.
    Perhaps she had built him up in her mind too much? As a friend he had been great. And yes, every other kiss had paled in comparison to his. But if things were different, if they had stayed friends or maybe even gotten married, would her life be so wonderful?
    Or would she be flying around with him, watching, while he paid more attention to his laptop than he did to the fact that she was having a major panic attack?
    “Fifteen minutes,” she mumbled to herself, forgetting that she had actually just accused Jake of lying.
    “First you accuse me of lying, and now you’re giving me a count down? You okay, Kace?”
    “Fine.” She clenched and grinded her teeth as she watched him shrug and look back at his computer.
    The temptation to smash his computer with her bare hands was strong, but it would accomplish nothing other than ruining her nails, which she had worked hard to perfect hours before. Not that Jake would notice.
    “It’s only fifteen more minutes,” she chanted more to herself than to the idiot next to her. “Plus? It’s not as if things are going to get any worse, right? I mean, it’s not as if Travis is going to be there.” Kacey suddenly felt so much better.
    Jake’s brother Travis had been the bane of her existence. While Jake chased and played with her, Travis wouldn’t give her any attention at all. Well, that wasn’t entirely true. When she was really little he was relentless. And then he suddenly stopped. It was simply like she