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I’ve always loved serving my country. It’s why I joined the military as soon as I graduated high school. It’s why I worked hard to become a SEAL. I wanted to be useful, to prove my worth. Being here, though, teaching doesn’t feel like I’m doing that, though.
“Maybe you’ll love teaching,” Keaton suggests, and I give him a dry look.
“Maybe,” I say, but I don’t sound very convincing.
“Well, why don’t you buy us a beer, and we can catch up?” Kye suggests, and I bite back a grin.
“I knew that was why you all offered to help me move in,” I say with a laugh and they smirk.
“Guilty. Come on now, I’m thirsty,” Anson complains, and we all file out of the apartment.
They start to head down the stairs towards the parking lot while I stop to lock the door. I’m determined not to think about starting at Coronado tomorrow and just focus on having fun with my friends.
I lock the door and pocket my keys when the door next to mine opens, and the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen walks out. Her shoulder-length dark brown hair is half pulled up into a bun on top of her head. Loose strands fall around her face, obscuring my view, but even without seeing her face, something about her calls to me. There’s a twisting in my chest when I look at her, and I swallow hard as she turns to face me.
Her blue eyes twinkle as she smiles at me. She’s so pretty, so full of optimism and life.
She’s carrying a trash bag, and my first instinct is to reach out and take it. I don’t realize that I’ve actually done that until she blinks her big blue eyes up at me.
“Oh,” she says in surprise, staring at my hand that’s now tightly gripping the garbage bag.
“I’m headed down. I’ll take this for you,” I grit out.
“Um, thanks,” she says with a wide, friendly smile.
“Not a problem,” I grunt, and my hand tightens even more around the garbage bag.
I have the strangest desire to reach out and touch her, but I know I can’t do that.
Keep it together, Warren.
Is this what it felt like for my friends? Is this how it was when they all met their wives?“Did you just move in?” She asks, and I nod. “Well, welcome to Paradise Cove.”
I didn’t think that this place was much of a paradise. I had even scoffed when I saw the apartment building’s name. Now, though, I’m starting to see the appeal of this place.
“Thanks.”
“I’m Lila, by the way.”
“Warren,” I say gruffly, and she smiles.
“I’ll see you around, neighbor,” my girl says as she waves and turns to head back into her apartment.
“See you, sunshine,” I murmur as I stare after her.
I watch her curvy ass as she walks away, and my cock hardens in my jeans at the sight. I’ve never really noticed women before, but there’s something about Lila that calls to me. I want her. I want to get to know her. I want to make her smile at me again. I want to know everything that there is to know about her. I want to take care of her.
Suddenly, being here and having to teach at Coronado is looking a whole hell of a lot better.
I jog down the stairs and toss the garbage in the dumpster as I head over to my truck. Keaton is already inside, and he raises an eyebrow at me.
“Who was that?”
“Her name’s Lila. She’s my new neighbor.”
“Looked like you wanted her to be a heck of a lot more than that,” he says, giving me a knowing smirk, and I stiffen.
Do I really want to start something with my new neighbor?My cock says yes, but I need to think about this clearly. I don’t want to put down roots here. I want to do my time and then return to being deployed and in the action, not teaching people about it.
