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“Back east. Just some more training.”
Her vagueness annoyed me. “Are you trying to compete for another Olympics?”
“Not sure. I’m going to see how this traininggoes.”
“Well after this deployment, I may be around in San Diego for a while. Non-deployable.”
Her brows raised. “Really? Doingwhat?”
“Can’t say. But there are many different positions in the Teams.” I reached over and gave her a kiss. “I get off in anhour.”
“In an hour? That’s like ten a.m. I thought you SEALs worked sohard.”
“Yeah. When we are in country, we mostly train.”
“Okay. Text me when you getoff.”
She leaned into me, and I touched her face, planting a sensual kiss on her lips. I relished her sweet taste and the heat of our breaths mingling together. A long moment later, I reluctantly let her go. “See you later, Aria.”
I started to walk back to base but couldn’t help but glance back at her. She flashed a shy smile that did a funny thing to my insides.
I strode back to her. “Hey, do you want to come to work with me? I can show you around.”
Her hands clapped together. “Are yousure?”
“Yeah. We always welcome Olympians. Though I have to warn you—my commander might force you to give a speech though on why ‘it pays to be a winner.’”
“Ha. I’d love to. Let’srace.”
And with that, she ran off in front of me, making a hard left out of the hotel. I sprinted after her, and when I reached her, I grabbed her from behind and threw her down into the sand. As we rolled on the beach, I pinned her under me and kissed mygirl.
