NovelEnglishBenjamin's eyes flashed. “Over who's a better pilot.”
Avrissa laughed. “I don't even know how to fly a plane!”
“You are suspiciously humble about it. Are you afraid | might find
out how good you actually are?”
Benjamin stepped closer as he spoke. His warm breath brushed
over her ears and made them numb.
Avrissa's cheeks flushed against her will. She edged away as little
as she dared and smiled awkwardly upon meeting Tim's curious
gaze.
“Enjoy yourselves, boys. I'm heading back.” She turned to return
to the cabin.
Tim blinked. Could Mommy by shy?
Benjamin's deep eyes followed Arissa. They only lowered to the
boy in his arms after she disappeared from sight.
“Shall we return as well, Tim?” Benjamin asked in a slightly raised
voice upon noticing that his son was also staring at Arissa.
Tim nodded. “Yeah, let's head back!"
Benjamin lifted him as they went in Arissa's wake. Spread
luxuriously across his father's broad shoulders, Tim gazed
longingly at the cockpit.
Upon returning to her seat, Arissa shut her eyes for some much-
needed rest.
Sensing Benjamin's return, she opened them again and found the
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“Give him to me!” She reached out with both arms.
Benjamin glanced at her. “Weren't you just
about to take a nap?”
Tim glanced at Benjamin. “I can sit by myself, Mr. Graham,” he
whispered.
Benjamin looked down at his son. “As you wish, then,” he said
before getting up and placing the boy in the seat he had
previously occupied before buckling him in.
‘When he turned around, he saw Arissa craning her neck to gaze
at their son.
Benjamin reached out and playfully rapped her forehead with his
knuckles. “What are you looking at? Go to sleep!”
Avrissa rubbed her forehead and glowered angrily at him.
“Cover Tim up with a quilt.”
Benjamin went away to procure a quilt to drape over the boy. “Get
some sleep, Tim,” he murmured. “It'll be over another hour to get
home.”
Tim nodded obediently and burrowed himself further in his seat
before looking around.
Benjamin caressed his head lovingly and covered Arissa with
another quilt before resuming his seat.
She was touched by his gesture.
Avrissa stole several glances at the man throughout the plane ride.
‘When Benjamin began to work, she became even more
emboldened to stare at him.
Look at those cheekbones. Even axes aren't as sharp as they are.
However, his regal presence is even more exciting than his
appearance.
The longer she studied his cheeks, the hotter hers became.
Benjamin felt her gaze and turned his head in her direction. His
gaze deepened at the sight of her flushed cheeks.
Returning to her senses abruptly, Arissa was
horrified to find the man's fiery gaze catching her in her act.
Her heart throbbing with panic, she hurriedly looked away while
ignoring her burning ears.
Benjamin's thin lips curled into a smile at her embarrassment.
Arissa's pulse quickened further still at the man's unrelenting
gaze.
Instinctively reaching for her phone for something else to do, she
was dismayed to find it turned off for the flight.
Detecting a movement in her peripheral vision, Arissa looked up
and saw Benjamin waving a tablet at her.
“You can watch a movie!” he mouthed.
Avrissa reached outward and took it from him. After a quick glance
at the children, she found them all, Gavin and Zachary included,
sound asleep.
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Even Tim's eyes were beginning to droop.
Allowing the child to succumb to his drowsiness, Arissa put on
earplugs and watched a movie alone, with Benjamin lost in work
next to her.
At some point through the movie, Arissa fell asleep.
Benjamin noticed that she was cramped in her seat in such a way
that would guarantee a neck cramp when she woke up.
Without hesitation, he leaned her body against his and rearranged
the quilt over her before resuming work.
Avrissa's steady breath tickled him from time to time as it brushed
against his chest through the gap in his shirt buttons.
Benjamin's dark eyes narrowed as he felt his own breathing
instantly disrupted.
Glancing at the soundly sleeping woman and her peaceful
expression, he could not help noticing how attractive her cheeks
looked with their natural pink tinge when she became excited. He
was so mesmerized by her beauty that he could not take his eyes
off her.
Benjamin did not look away until a sudden sound of Gavin getting
up to use the washroom roused him from his reverie.
He watched as his son unbuckle his seat belt and walked toward
the bathroom.
“Do you need me to come with you, Gavin?” Benjamin asked in a
low voice.
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