Siana 24 The Seatmate 1

- May 23, 6:10am, Veturia International Airport -

"I have to go now! It was really nice meeting you all. Hope will see you later," Sia said smiling at the three men in front of her.

Alex came forward and gave her a tight hug.

"Take care little princess. Don't forget to text me when your plane lands."

Sia returned his hug and readily agreed with him. She was feeling both happy, for getting to know her cousin, and sad, that they had to part so soon.

Will was actually having a hard time seeing her depart. He so wanted to be like Alex and just give her a tight hug and not even let her go, but he knew full well that he shouldn't scare her. So, controlling himself, he nodded at her and said with a bit of a sad smile,

"Will see you soon. Make sure to text us as well."

Seeing how Will was behaving, Ren quickly jumped in to salvage the situation,

"Okay, Sia, don't make us any sadder than we are. Go to your gate now or else you are gonna miss the flight!"

Sia nodded at him in appreciation and did just as he said.

The three men stood there watching her departing figure each one of them with mixed feelings of his own.

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- In a hidden part of the airport -

"You know how itchy this s.h.i.+t is? And you want us to wear it for 14 hours! Do you even realize how bad my skin is gonna get?" a 'middle aged' man in suit said to the man in front of him.

The man just gave him a single look and with a very hoa.r.s.e voice said,

"It's fine. You will survive."

The 'middle aged' man humphed with anger and continued complaining,

"Of course it will be fine. After all, you are wearing only a f.u.c.king face mask with gla.s.ses and not a skin mask with a stupid wig!"

The man with the hoa.r.s.e voice didn't say anything this time. He just looked at his phone and then suddenly said with slightly clearer hoa.r.s.e voice.

"She is already boarding. Time to go. Make sure everything is according to the plan."

The 'middle-aged' man rolled his eyes and said with dissatisfaction,

"Yeah, yeah everything is fine. Everyone in the plane is our people." He stopped and then sarcastically continued, "you better be careful with your intonation. Seems like you aren't still used to your oh-so-hoa.r.s.e and sick voice."

The man with the mask gave him a sidelong glance and leaving him behind set out to move towards the gates as if the two of them were but strangers at the airport.

—

Sia was sitting on her seat when a man came towards her and started positioning his carry-on luggage in the overhead compartment.

The man looked peculiar with his face mask, thick black rimmed gla.s.ses and the beanie that covered all his head leaving out only a few strands of pitch black hair. Despite his thick gla.s.ses one could see his dark blue eyes and even though the face-mask covered most of his face, one could tell that he had a chiseled jawline and a straight nose.

She also had to admit that he was really stylish with his grey sports jacket, black tracksuits and his white trainers. The colours were the ones she loved the most in sports clothes. Actually, if they stood next to each other now one would think that they were a couple with matching clothes.

However, more importantly, even though his clothes were quite baggy they couldn't hide his lean and fit body. His black t-s.h.i.+rt that could be seen under his open jacket did nothing at hiding his well toned muscles. Moreover, when he lifted the suitcase a part of his toned skin could be seen. It was like he was emitting male hormones by just standing straight. Sia actually felt the urge to touch his abdominal muscles that looked so enticing one couldn't help but gawk at them. Even being a doctor she was sure she had seen this kind of well toned and proportionally trained body only one or two times.

"Like what you are seeing?" The man asked mischievously with his extremely hoa.r.s.e voice while he seated himself next to her.

Realizing what she had been doing Sia turned red on the face. However, refusing to admit defeat she answered shamelessly,

"Yeah, I actually do. Being a doctor I couldn't help but think how nice it would feel to dissect your body."

At her words the man's blue eyes widened and he fell into an uncontrollable coughing fit.

Sia smiled at his reaction and thought to herself, '1:0, my dear seatmate.'

After a few seconds the man cleared his throat and said still with a hoa.r.s.e voice,

"Well, should admit I have never received such an answer before. Name's Edward, you can call me Ed. How shall I address you?" He then extended his arm towards Sia.

"Sorry but I was taught not to give my name to strangers." Sia said shaking her head while having difficulties to control her smile.

The man chuckled at her response and said amusedly,

"Well, you know my name so I am practically not a stranger anymore, am I?"

"Well, I also know the names of many famous criminals in the world. Doesn't mean I am going to go and give them my name, does it?" Sia said with mischief evident in her eyes.

The man chuckled again, sighed deeply and then retracted his hand in defeat,

"Okay, you win missy. Hope you do remember we are going to travel for 14 hours together. So quit that savage att.i.tude of yours, ok? I promise I don't bite."

Sia looked at him for a second and thinking of something nodded with a sly smile on her face,

"Sure thing, seatmate Ed! Let's have a good chat during these 14 hours, shall we?"