* MELINDA *

I was in the cockpit alone, I loved being alone in the cabin and admiring the beautiful scenery, but it would have been nicer if he were here.

10 minutes passed and someone entered the cabin, I was about to turn around to figure out who he was but as soon as I smelled his perfume I immediately recognized him. It was Phil, he put a hand on my shoulder

Phil: hey, how are you?

May: as usual, to you?

Phil: nothing new

Phil sat in the seat next to mine and we were silent, but not one of those embarrassing silences, a pleasant silence. I had my hand on one of the controls, when I looked up to see ahead of me I felt a hand intertwined with mine, out of the corner of my eye I saw our hands intertwined, then I looked up and saw Phil looking ahead with a beautiful smile. I decided not to move my hand, in fact I interlaced my fingers better and clasped his hand more, I noticed his beautiful smile widening even more and a small smile was also born on my face.

We spent several minutes in that wonderful silence, with our hands intertwined, but after a while we heard Daisy call us through the headset

Daisy: guys come here we have a mission

Phil: here we come

Phil got up from the seat without letting go of my hand, put the autopilot on and always got up with my hand intertwined with his. We were walking hand in hand, I was more behind than he was, we were about to enter the room where the others were when Phil turned around without telling me and I hit his chest. I looked up and stared into each other's eyes for a few seconds, I was about to move when Phil put his hands on my hips, I looked up again and we looked into each other's eyes for another few seconds, Phil bowed his head and left me a sweet kiss at the corner of my mouth before slowly detaching from me and entering the room with the others. I entered almost immediately after him with a slight smile on my face, Phil noticed because he smiled as he saw me enter. But someone else noticed it too

Daisy: ok, what happened between you two?

May: nothing, what makes you think something happened?

Daisy: the fact that you're smiling and the looks you've been throwing up to a second ago

she replied in an almost obvious tone, Phil laughed lightly and I lowered my gaze a little and smiled

Daisy: returning to the mission, Ian Quinn was spotted not far from here, he will attend an auction in a luxury hotel tonight

Phil: undercover mission, all right, I'll go with May

Phil said looking at me and smiling as he lefts the room

Daisy: all right

Daisy said looking at me with a strange smile on her face, I laughed and left the room, I went to my "room", I changed and put my usual clothes to train. I was punching the bag when I heard footsteps and two hands resting on my waist, a shiver ran down my spine, I immediately knew who it was, it was him.

Phil: Do we train together?

He whispered in my ear, I shook my head up and down and he turned away from me and stood in the middle of the gym with his fists up ready to fight, I went over and let out my breath that I didn't realize I was holding back .

Phil: Please be kind to me

Phil said with a pleading but at the same time amused tone

May: I'll try

I said laughing, we fought for 10 minutes and Phil was not bad at all, he had managed to stand up for the first 5 minutes, I held his hand for the umpteenth time to help him get up but he pulled me to the ground towards him. I ended up above him, my arms on either side of his head to support me and not to put all my weight on him, he was lying on the ground with his head a little raised, to look into my eyes, and he had his hands on mine life. We were looking into each other's eyes for an indefinite time, a lock of hair fell on my forehead, I was about to put it behind my ear, but Phil preceded me and put my lock to its place, leaving his hand on my cheek, we were slowly approaching , the tips of our noses touched, my lips came closer to his, our upper lips touched. We were about to kiss when we heard footsteps approaching us, we walked away and turned our heads to see who was the approaching figure, it was Daisy, quickly got out of Phil and I got up and he did the same thing

Daisy: Did I interrupt something?

May: no

Phil: yes

Phil and I answered at the same time, we looked at each other but our eyes went back to Daisy

Phil: What is Daisy?

Daisy: we will be at the place where the auction takes place in 20 minutes, I think you should start preparing

Phil: okay thanks

Daisy left the gym, I approached Phil and left him a kiss to the side of his mouth, where he left it before

May: see you later, I'm going to get ready

I whispered in his ear, I was leaving the gym and before turning the corner I gave one last look at Phil, he had stayed there as I had left him.

* PHIL *

He gave me a kiss, the woman I was in love with just gave me a kiss. I saw her as she left, I stood there in the middle of the gym standing, I looked like a high school student at his first crush. After a few seconds in a trance state, I went into the "room", washed and changed, wearing a black tuxedo with a bow tie. I went to May's room even though it was a couple of minutes before the meeting. I arrived in front of the door of his room and knocked, I was waiting for an answer but after resting my ear on the door I heard the sound of the water in the shower. I went in anyway and sat on the bed waiting for her to come out of the bathroom. The sound of the shower water ceased, and from this I knew it had just come out. I heard a click of the lock and May came out of the bathroom in a red dress that highlighted her already evident curves. She was beautiful.

May: Phil what are you doing in my room?

Phil: nothing, I've been waiting for you.

May took her black bag and put a gun in it, I looked at her

May: you never know

I laughed and got up

Phil: shall we go?

I asked her smiling and holding out my hand, she didn't answer but took my hand and smiled in turn.

We went down the stairs and arrived at the "parking lot" of the aircraft, took Lola's keys from the right pocket of my trousers, opened it and went upstairs.

The journey from the plane to the auction was more or less 15 minutes, the first 5 minutes we spent in a pleasant silence but while I had my hand on the change, May put her hand on mine and slowly began to braid them. I saw her smile, in the light of the sunset and with her hair moved by the wind it was even more beautiful than usual; seeing her smile so shining, I too smiled and continued to drive in that fabulous silence.

* MELINDA *

We had been in the car for 5 minutes, the journey was silent but I liked it because between we two I certainly wasn't the most talkative.

Phil had his hand on the gearshift and I moved mine to his and slowly I made it intertwine, I smiled because he didn't move his hand but he smiled and in that light of sunset it was even more beautiful.

We spent the rest of the journey like this, in silence with hands clasped and smiles on our faces.

After 10 minutes we arrived, Phil parked Lola and opened my door; when I got out of the car Phil held out my arm and I intertwined mine with his and we both smiled. We entered and saw Ian Quinn almost immediately, my job was to flirt with him and get the electronic key from his suite. I pulled away from Phil and walked over to him.

* PHIL *

Melinda detached herself from me and approached Quinn, her job was to flirt with him. It bothered me that she should be so close to another man, especially one like Ian Quinn. I was watching them from afar as I sipped a glass of champagne, Melinda laughed at what Quinn was saying and she threw me looks; Quinn went to her ear and whispered something to her, Mel nodded and he took her hand, I followed them from afar, they arrived at the door and he opened it but before entering he leaned over and kissed May on the lips and his hand began to fall on his ass. This was too much, I hunted the gun from the inside pocket of my jacket and shot Quinn with the ICER, Quinn fell to the ground and I approached May and laughed, she punched me on the arm and glared at me smiling. We took some documents and left Quinn's suite.

* MELINDA *

I started flirting with him and laughing at every joke, at a certain point Quinn approached my ear and whispered to me

Ian: Do you want to go to my room?

Since I could not refuse to avoid blowing the cover, I had to accept and so I nodded, he took my hand and took me upstairs where there were bedrooms. Quinn opened the door but before entering he approached me and bowed his head to kiss me, I could not break away because of the covering and then I returned the kiss, when his hand was going down towards my ass he fell to the ground. I looked up and saw Phil with an ICER in his hand, he approached me laughing, I punched him on the arm and I glared at him; we went in and took some documents and Phil called Daisy to update the mission.

Phil: Daisy, do you receive me?

Daisy: yes, how did it go?

Phil: everything ok, we also found the documents we needed

Daisy: great, since it's late enough to return to the Zephir I will take you to a hotel room

Phil: OK, a double is fine

Daisy: Sure, room 220

Phil: thanks Daisy

We went into the room and May's face took on a confused and shocked look when she saw that there was a double bed.

May: should we sleep together?

she said in a slightly embarrassed tone

Phil: it was the only room available

I lied.

May: anyway you could also warn me that we would spend the night in the hotel and bring a change to sleep

I approached her laughing and asked her

Phil: can I know how you managed to kiss Ian Quinn?

May: I simply closed my eyes and imagined that there was another person in his place

she said and I went even closer to her and put my hands around her waist and her arms around my neck

Phil: and who would this other person be?

I said and brought my face closer to her

May: you

Whispered to an inch from my lips, once I got the answer, I finally kissed her. After a while we left because of the lack of air

Phil: I think you won't need clothes this evening

I whispered mischievously in her ear, she laughed and refused her. After a long time we were together. Me and her, alone, in a hotel room.