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"Mr Black?" a voice inquired behind the Hispanic e "Yes?"

"I’m Nick Your steward The cabin is ready if you are?"

"Of course Thank you"

Ronin kept his hand on the small of her back as they crossed the tar her hair around her face

Nick scaled the stairs and waited at the top "It feels strange welco you aboard the plane you own, but welcome"

Amery waited for Ronin to correct Nick--that Okada owned the plane, not him, but Ronin didn’t respond

"May I take your coats?"

Ronin helped A out of his leather jacket "I’ll give my wife a tour We can take off as soon as they’re ready I’ll let you knoe need anything"

"Of course" Nick stepped back into a s open as she stared at their surroundings This was the inside of an airplane? The interior ceiling hite tufted leather Silver and black zigzag-patterned wallpaper covered the walls The plush chairs--four of them--were upholstered in a dark charcoal with red leather array with flecks of red Behind the chairs was a mini conference table Directly behind that area were two more oversized recliners that could swivel toward each other or face the red leather couch along the opposite side

"Holy shit, Ronin I don’t knohat I was expecting--okay, I had zero expectations because I’ve never been on a private plane before, but it certainly wasn’t this"

"It gets better" He led her past the conference and lounging areas He slid open a door, revealing a bathroo like the tiny, cramped bathrooms on commercial airliners," she said with awe

"This is Okada’s transcontinental aircraft so it was retrofitted for coht her inside a bedroom

A bedroom On a plane

Of course the decor screa with half a dozen fluffy pillows covered in solid black set against crea-sized bed took up most of the space, but on each side of the headboard were built-in dressers in white and black lacquer Heavy black curtains covered the walls "The only thing -screen TV"

"Got that too" Ronin punched a button on the wall and a TV screen that she guessed to be about forty-eight inches lowered fro She hadn’t noticed it because the black panel had blended in with the black ceiling

Aawked at the luxurious space and wondered if there’d ever coranted

Ronin kicked the door shut and pulled her into him so they tumbled onto the bed Then he pinned her arht in her face "Don’t"

"Don’t what?"