I was excited and nervous to see Ajax in the morning, but he welcomed me with a smile as he jogged over from talking to Kaylani.
“So I got in trouble for last night,” Ajax whispers in my ear.
I look past him to Kaylani.
“How did she find out?”
“The window was open ...” he says, watching me. It takes me a moment to realize that she’d heard me calling Ajax’s name while I was ... My eyes go wide and I’m pretty sure my face lights on fire.
I cover my mouth with my hand. “I’m so embarrassed.”
“Don’t be. She understands, but she says it has to stop. She can’t make exceptions to the rules and I understand that. So, let’s plan to go flying tonight. You did ask if we could do it again,” he says, smiling at me.
I feel a different heat igniting in my core at the thought of having a repeat of l
