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The luxury Gulfstream G650, state of the art, long range jet made the trip from Darwin to Washington extremely comfortable. The General had made sure that Wade and Crystal were receiving the best of service.

Wade was sitting opposite her, in the luxurious club lounge, as she read a magazine. He could not believe how much he had fallen for this beautiful brunette with the rich green eyes and the silky olive skin. He had finally got up the courage to tell her how he felt and was just about to speak, when she raised her head and asked, “Would you come with me to meet my Dad?”

“Of course … why would you think I wouldn’t?”

Lowering her head again she replied, “I wasn’t sure how you would feel and I thought you might think it too soon.”

Wade suddenly realised this was the moment he had been waiting for. He stood up, walked over, bent down, kissed her on the lips and said, “Crystal Carters … I love you.” To which he kissed her again.

Standing back up he noticed she hadn’t responded. She sat there looking straight ahead and the tears slowly started to swell in her eyes.

Wade watched as she still hadn’t responded when he finally said, in a stammering and nervous voice, “I’m sorry … I didn’t mean to upset you.”

Crystal leapt to her feet, threw her arms around his neck, and pressed her face against his as she said, “No, don’t apologise. It’s the most beautiful thing I could ever have wanted to hear … I love you too.”

They kissed and hugged for what seemed hours until the hostess asked them to take their seats for landing.

Crystal held his hand and looked into his eyes as if she was never going to let go. She was smiling so much she felt her jaw ache, but right then, she didn’t care.