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Three hours and an uneventful boarding later, they were escorted to their spacious first class seats on their British Airways flight from Los Angeles to London. There are three columns, four rows of nooks on the far right and left of the cabin. The middle row is home to three rows of two single nooks placed side by side. When Melody found her seat next to Tom, she hung her coat in the little coat closet on the outside of her nook. Each nook has a blanket with a pair of headphones, a flat screen, and a fold down table near your armrest for your laptop or dinner. The seat was cushioned and comfortable and greeted you with a small white pillow. Above the seat was a set of intuitive buttons that always had Melody fighting the childish urge to …show more content…

She’d planned on sleeping through this flight to fight jet lag but finds she is unable to relax. Just as she’s decided to work on Tom’s schedule for the next three days, he turns turns towards her from his nook and flashes her a smile. “This is certainly different for me.” Melody raises an eyebrow, “Really? As much as you travel?” Tom shrugs and casts a cursory glance around the cabin, “I usually don’t have a neighbor. I like it.” Melody finds herself smiling at that. She’s no stranger to divas and men with ego’s so large they couldn’t see their own feet. She tries not to make judgments on her clients, it’s not her place to voice her opinion on their life choices, but after doing her research on Tom she expected someone a lot different. “So, Miss Melody-” Melody winced and interrupted him softly, “We’re going to be spending a lot of time together in the coming months so I’d prefer it if you called me Mels. The only person who calls me Melody is my mother.” Tom laughed, “I can sympathise with that, whenever my mother calls she refuses to call me Tom. It’s Thomas every time I call or visit and no amount of pleading will change her mind on …show more content…

His skin was sun kissed and gorgeous. His smile was contagious and she fought the urge to grin at him like an idiot. She watched the slight pink of his tongue show between his teeth, how the very apples of his cheekbones turned a sweet ruddy red as he struggled to control himself. She could see how that assistant lost her professionalism while working with him. His face was a work of art that drew you in and screamed aristocracy. From his high forehead to the nobel slope of his nose. Melody’s eyes followed the path of his light freckles sprawl across the bridge of his nose and fan out onto his impossibly high cheekbones. Said cheekbones created deep valleys in his cheeks that shadowed beautifully in the not so forgiving light of the first class cabin. He was dressed down and comfortable for the long flight, just like Melody. But even under all the loose, comfortable clothing, she could see the lean taut muscles of his body. He was an all around gorgeous sight to behold, and Melody was impressed. “So, Mels, ever been to the UK before?” Melody nodded, “My mother and father grew up there. It’s where they first met. We visit my grandparents every

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