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“Well, damn,” Gwen said once Carter was gone, and it was just the four of us. “That was tense and unexpected. Sometimes I forget he was married.”
“What happened to his wife?” Charley asked, her tone gentle.
“She was murdered,” Gray answered flatly. “Her killer has been brought to justice since then, but Carter doesn’t like to talk about his past.”
“Wow, that’s . . .” Charley let her words trail off, more than likely putting together some of the mystery of why Carter was the way he was.
“You two head back to the hotel and get some rest,” Gray said with a nod our way. “I’ll hang back with Gwen. We’ll let you know when we have something we can use to move forward.”
“You sure?” I mean, I’d just asked to do that, but after the tense exchange, I felt bad leaving.
“Nothing for you all to do here,” Gwen said without looking away from the screens.
“Go, that’s an order,” Gray said as he pulled Charley in for a hug. “You did good, by the way. Not sure if Jack can handle you, uh, doing that ever again . . . but thank you.” And it felt good that my best friend got along so well with the love of my life, and Charley also adored Gray’s wife, Tessa. We were all, well, family now.
“I think I’ll leave the operations to you all from now on.” Charley smirked. “Take Jesse’s sister up on her offer to work with her instead.”
I didn’t even try to hide my smile. Charley would be great working with service dogs, as well as veterans. I was sure of it, and proud of her. Also, damn relieved she didn’t want to join any more missions.
“Besides, I’d rather make Jack’s heart race in a different way.” Her cheeks became pink. “I’m going now,” she added with a light laugh.
I exchanged a quick look with my best friend, and he gave me a little nod, letting me know he was happy for me.
“See you two later.” Holding Charley’s hand, we started for the tunnel exit. I was anxious to get her alone at our hotel.
“Everything will be okay between Jesse and Carter, right?” she asked as we navigated the elaborate tunnel system.
“They’ll be fine. I’ll call Jesse later and see what the deal is with this Enzo Costa person he knows.” I stopped walking and faced her. “But nothing for you to stress about. The mission will end how it should.”
“A happy ending?” She fisted my shirt, and I backed her up against the wall, setting my hand over her shoulder.
“Always.” I smiled, leaning in closer.
“Wellll then, maybe we should go work on our own mission?” She teased her lip between her teeth, the little temptress.
“Mm. Thought you were done with missions?”
“There’s one or two I need to be involved in.”
“Oh yeah.” I wiggled my brows. “Like baby-making practice?”
She tightened her hold on my shirt. “Absolutely. And it’s an honorable mission. One that has a risk, though.”
“Risky, hmm?” I lifted my brows, my eyes falling to her luscious lips. They were taunting me, reminding me of the way she’d damn near swallowed my whole cock that morning as a wake-up surprise. What a fucking way to wake up, too.
“Yeah, well, you see, I had the IUD removed three days ago. So . . . there is a risk of a very much wanted pregnancy.”
Now my heart really was racing. Maybe my mom wasn’t there to meet the woman of my dreams—who was very much now real—but I knew she was looking down on me, seeing me whole and complete. And heck, maybe she really had met Charley on the other side. Thank God she’d nudged Charley to run back over to me, though.
I brought my lips to hers. “I guess we need to move forward with Operation Get Married sooner than I thought. Because from where I’m standing, practice makes perfect. And we’ve done quite a lot of baby-making practice.”
“You’re such a dork,” she said with a soft chuckle, her eyes bright and full of love. “But you’re my dork.”
“Damn right.” I winked, and she arched into me, feeling the heavy weight of my cock there. “And you wouldn’t have it any other way.”
She kissed me before whispering, “You’re exactly the man I’ve always wanted, Jack.” With emotion in both her voice and her eyes, she added in a tender tone, “And I plan to give you the life you’ve always wanted, too.”
