Barefoot Bay: A Soldier's Surprise (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Beyond Valor Book 2) by Lynne St. James

Author:Lynne St. James [St. James, Lynne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-08-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Logan stepped off the edge into the deep end, totally submerging himself in the pool that was warm enough to be a bathtub. Coming up for air next to Chloe, he shook the water off his face. For a moment he thought she was asleep. Eyes closed, arms resting on the pool edge, as she floated effortlessly. The sun picked up the reddish highlights in her hair and kissed her skin with a golden glow against her turquoise swimsuit.

“Hey, beautiful.”

“Mmm. Hi, lover boy. I can’t believe how peaceful it is here.”

“No kids and no machine guns, just you. It can’t get any better.”

Her eyes popped open, and she gave him an odd look, almost like worry. What had he said? Was it the machine gun reference? Maybe she was thinking about when he would head back.

“I wonder what the girls are doing right now?”

“Probably terrorizing Lily.”

“Maybe, or she could be terrorizing them.” Thinking about Lily running around chasing after the girls in her fuzzy bunny slippers made them laugh, and he was happy to see her frown disappear.

“I hope she gets pregnant the next time Alex comes home. She wants a baby so much.”

“Maybe we can give her one of ours. It would make life easier for you with only one.” She looked at him oddly, and a shadow crossed her features. What the fuck was going on with her? It was time to step away before he really stuck his foot in his mouth. “I’m going to do a couple of laps so I can keep my trim physique.” Giving her a quick kiss, he turned and slid through the water.

The steady strokes slicing through the water helped him think. Water always had. He wasn’t sure why or when he realized it, but it worked. Even showers helped when he had to reason out a problem. But after six laps, he still couldn’t figure out what he’d said to upset his wife. She was usually so easy going, but she’d seemed on edge. At home he could understand, the girls probably got to her after a while, but here, he thought she’d be relaxed and happy. Was he being a typical male and missing all the clues?

Not finding any answers, he came up for air planning on just asking her if he’d said or done something wrong. But she wasn’t there. Chloe wasn’t in the pool or on the patio. He grabbed a towel and went inside.

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Watching Logan’s arms slice through the water was like watching poetry in motion. There wasn’t anything he didn’t excel at, from sports, to Trivial Pursuit, to making love. But after his remarks, innocent as he might have intended them to be, she couldn’t shake off the dread that he wasn’t going to be pleased when he found out she was pregnant again. Waiting until after they got back home sounded like a better idea as each minute passed. You’re a chicken shit, Chloe. You already decided to tell him, now you’re backing out.

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