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As soon as she woke up, he’d tell her. He couldn’t wait another minute. They would return to their posts today, their vacation at an end. They’d made the most of it—swimming by day, skinny-dipping by night. Making love in between. And he’d discovered just how much she loved ass-play. He wouldn’t even get a chance to claim her there before he shipped out.
“Fuck,” he murmured.
Her voice startled him. “Again? We just finished before dawn.”
A smile spread on his face, though it felt sad. When she opened her eyes, he was stunned again by their beauty. He’d carry this with him to Afghanistan and pray the rest fell into place.
“I have to tell you something, baby.”
Her eyes cleared, the sleep fleeing, and she was on high alert. Probably from the tone of his voice. He pushed out a sigh, and she settled her hand on his chest, right over his thumping heart.
“What is it, Lincoln?”
“Before we came to the house, I had some news.”
She waited.
“Remember when we were talking about me going back to Afghanistan?”
Her face paled, and she jerked away from his hold and into a sitting position. She dragged the sheet up over her breasts, and it hurt him to see how she shielded herself. He rubbed a hand over his face, wishing this was just a bad dream.
“When?” Her voice broke.
“Week’s end.”
Her mouth fell open. “Three days?”
He swallowed hard at the pain swirling inside his chest and nodded.
She rocketed out of bed, wrapping herself in the sheet. “When were you going to tell me? You brought me here knowing this information, yet you kept it from me?” Her voice pitched louder.
He got off the bed and tried to take her in his arms, but she refused to let him comfort her. Or maybe it was her way of saying he didn’t have her at all now that he was leaving. A burning took up residence in his gut.
“I’m sorry. I should have told you first, but I didn’t want this to feel like an end.”
“What did you want it to feel like?” Angry tears made her eyes sparkle.
He spread out his hands. “I wanted it to feel like a beginning.”
A sob left her, and he took her against his chest and rubbed her back, her hair, and kissed the spot between her streaming eyes. “I’m in love with you, Allison. That isn’t going to change once I go.”
“Damn you, Lincoln. You broke down all my walls and now you’re going to leave me vulnerable and bleeding!”
He felt like such an ass. How to fix this? He couldn’t let her walk away from him. He had to go to war knowing she was his.
“Do you love me, Allison?” He kissed her earlobe, sending a shudder through her. When she didn’t answer, he kissed the corner of her mouth. “Do you love me, baby? Not just how I make you feel in bed.”
She shook in his hold.
He brushed his lips gently over hers. Once, twice.
“Yes, I love you, Lincoln! Now take me, show me how much you love me and that you’ll come home to me!” She dropped the sheet, exposing her full beautiful body, her peaked nipples and wet pussy.
He picked her up and showed her just that, and for a very long time.
Chapter Nine
Allison stared into her steaming coffee mug at the little mocha-colored heart shaped there by the barista and tried not to cry. Right now, Lincoln’s unit was getting ready to deploy, and he’d be gone for months. A year maybe.
