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“And worth every penny we spent on the extension, which you haven’t even seen yet.”
I leaned in to nip at his lower lip and grinned. “Then I guess you should take me upstairs to see our bedroom, Lieutenant Commander Morgan.”
“Mmm, I like the way that sounds coming out of your mouth.” Solo placed a quick kiss on my lips, grabbed my hand, and waved at the movers, who were currently lowering the ramp to start the load-in. “Thanks, guys. Everything’s labeled.”
He didn’t stick around for a response, making a run for the front door so fast that my arm nearly came out of the socket as I was dragged behind him. I lost my grip on his hand as we stepped inside, and he bounded up the stairs to what had originally been a small loft and storage space, but that we’d both agreed when we bought the house would be the perfect master bedroom. Getting the work permit alone had taken over a year, and add in all the time spent building the addition and it had taken much longer than expected, but the timing couldn’t have been better in the end. With my tour schedule with the Blue Angels coming to an end, it meant my weekends were no longer dedicated to air shows around the country. Despite my time with them being a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that had been nothing short of incredible, I was looking forward to sharing more than just four nights a week with Solo.
Here. In our gorgeous dream home in Mesamir. No big deal.
“Close your eyes,” Solo said from the landing, watching me climb up to the top.
“I can’t close my eyes. I’ll trip.”
“Just do it. I’ve got you.”
I stopped moving and did as he said, and a few seconds later Solo’s warm hands wrapped around mine, guiding me slowly up the rest of the way. If he wanted to build anticipation, he had me.
“This is what I get for letting you take over the project,” I said, carefully finding my footing on the steps.
“Letting me? Just when do you think you would’ve found the time to mastermind such a feat?”
“You of all people should know how well I multitask.”
Solo clearly got the sexual innuendo loud and clear, because he let out a tortured moan. “Fuck yes I do, and you’re going to thank me when you open your eyes. You can do that in a whatever form of payment you’d like: on our killer new bed, in the shower, bent over the kitchen island—”
“I get the picture.”
“Not yet you don’t. Okay, you’re on the landing now, but keep your eyes closed. Promise?”
“I promise.”
Solo let go of my hands, and I felt him move in next to me. “Ready? Okay…open them.”
The first thing I noticed was that I was staring straight ahead at the sky, because one entire wall of the bedroom had been turned into glass. The result was stunning, all that blue sky melting into the ocean below us…
“Wow,” I breathed. “This is…” I didn’t have the words, and I hadn’t even seen the rest of it yet.
Solo laughed and reached for my hand. “Speechless, huh? Just wait.”
He led me into the bedroom, and I tried to take it all in, but damn, there was so much to blow my mind that I barely knew where to start. Luckily, Solo was good at picking up on my thoughts and began to point out the new additions.
“We were able to track down the same wooden floors that were used in the rest of the house, which is a good thing, because I know that non-matching shit would’ve eventually driven you crazy.” He pointed to the bed, a massive focal point of crisp white sheets and a million pillows in varying shades of grey. “A California king, perfect for those sexy, long legs of yours.”
I sat down on the edge of the bed, ran my hand over the charcoal bedspread neatly tucked in on the lower half, and practically purred. “Oh, babe. You really do love me.”
“More than you could possibly know.”
“I think you’ve done a pretty damn good job of showing it.”
“Yeah? You like it?”
“Are you kidding? I fucking love it.”
Solo moved to the wall opposite the bed, where flames danced inside a sleek, modern fireplace. “What about this? Can you imagine spending all night in bed with this baby in the background?”
“Hell yes, I can. It’s perfect.” My eyes trailed up to the framed picture that hung above the fireplace, a picture of two jets side by side in the sky—
“Recognize this?”
I jumped off the bed to get a closer look, and when I realized what I was looking at, I gasped. “How did you… How?”
“I asked Levy to get a shot of us during instructor training. Not bad, huh?”
The angle of the photo meant Levy must’ve been in front of us, because it was a head-on shot that showed Solo and me in F/A-18A Hornets gliding over the clouds side by side. Even though I’d taken the offer with the Blue Angels, I still acted as a guest instructor during time off, which meant going through another round of training with Solo. How Levy had managed to get this shot of us was beyond me, but it was incredible.
