Falling with Grace - Page 146

“No.” He shook his head. “That’s all the information you’re getting.”

I pressed my pointer and thumb together. “Not even a teensy hint?”

“No.”

Okay, but why?

It’s not as if I deserved the vacation.

What’s the catch?

Why am I the only one who doesn’t know?

Why is it done with me in mind?

My stomach mixed with unease. “Elias?”

“Hmm?”

“Have I done something wrong?”

He frowned and leaned forward, his hands covering my knees as he exhaled. “Why would you think that?”

I shrugged. “Because I’ve never…”Deserved something like this…Earned it?”I don’t know.”

His thumb moved over my inner knee, sending shivers through my body. “Look out your window.”

I squinted out the small oval window and gasped.

Bright blue waters spanned as far as the eye could see until the plane banked to the right, tipping us toward the cloud-covered sky. “The beach? We’re flying to the beach?”

He nodded as I beamed. “Feel better now?”

I nodded, my finger fiddling with my lower lip as he sat back in his seat.

“It must be nice to hop in a plane and hit the beach for a day whenever you feel like it.” I laughed.

“A day? We’ll be here for a few days.”

My brows rose. “D-days? Re—” I covered my loud mouth. “Really?” I whispered, casting a side-eye to Rosa, who didn’t budge.

“It was necessary. Besides, I have some things to handle down here.”

“Down? Does that mean we’re near Cancun?”

“Stop fishing for answers, Grace.”

I twisted my fingers against my lips and tossed the invisible key.

The plane dropped as we descended,then bounced as the wheels touched down, my knee bobbing up and down as the idea of warm water flowing over me intruded on my thoughts.

Dipping my toes in the water, snorkeling—something I always wanted to do with my parents—and sunbathing.

I frowned. “I don’t have a bathing suit.”

Not that I would use it.

“Grace.” He sighed again, something I’d made him do more than usual on this short plane ride. “I have a team of professionals at my fingertips. Do you think I didn’t prepare, or at the very least, thought to buy you one?”