A SEAL's Vow (SEALs of Chance Creek Book 2) by Cora Seton

Author:Cora Seton [Seton, Cora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Military, Romance
Publisher: One Acre Press
Published: 2016-06-04T22:00:00+00:00

When Sue left, Nora hurried down to Base Camp and found everyone already gathered for the meal Kai had cooked. In the early days at Base Camp, Boone had cooked over an open fire, but now that the population was swelling and they were building their community, they’d gotten serious about sustainability in the way it related to cooking.

“The guys are ramping up real solar service for the bunkhouse kitchen,” Kai said, when Nora asked how things were going, “but for now these babies will do the trick on a sunny day like today.” He pointed out the kitchen door toward a line of solar ovens that made Base Camp look like a hippie haven to Nora. She was amazed at the meal he’d managed to cook in them. Stew, corn bread—and a salad to round things out.

“I saved you a seat,” Clay said when she’d been served her meal and approached the logs around the empty fire pit. She liked the tradition of eating outside and happily took a seat next to him before she remembered the awkwardness of seeing themselves on television earlier. Nora found that couldn’t compete with her enthusiasm for the project Sue had brought to her, though. After her afternoon’s conversation with the principal, she felt energized. For the first time in days, she wasn’t worried about Clay, the show, her stalker, her novel or anything else.

“I’m looking forward to our date tonight,” he said.

“I didn’t realize we had one.” Nora had planned to start an outline of the first textbook. She couldn’t wait to dive into the project.

“You’d better believe it.” Clay kept eating calmly, but the fine lines around his eyes and mouth crinkled with humor as she struggled to formulate a reply. She had work to do, but… when he looked at her that way she wished there were more hours in the evening. Spending a little time with Clay wouldn’t be so bad.

She was glad that with the big crowd gathering around the empty fire pit, the cameras had too much to focus on to be filming them. “I’ve got to work for at least an hour before I can do anything else,” she warned him.

“Yes, ma’am.”

She bit back a smile at his overdone drawl. “Why do I get the feeling you were a handful back in school?”

“What makes you think I’m not a handful now?”

Her gaze dropped below his belt buckle. “Several handfuls, is my guess.” Nora swallowed. Maybe Clay hadn’t heard that.

“Did you seriously say that out loud?” Clay cocked his head.

“I think I did.” Nora giggled, tried to cover it up and snorted instead. A laugh escaped her tightly compressed lips. She never said things like that. And she never snorted. Another unladylike sound slipped out. The whole textbook thing had made her giddy.

“Handfuls?” he repeated. He set his plate down. Leaned in. “Handfuls?”

“Several,” Nora repeated and giggled again.

“Did Kai slip you something in your salad?”

He must have, because suddenly, perched on a log next to Clay, eating solar-cooked stew, with a project to look forward to, she felt—good.

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