Burning Heart (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) (Air Force Fire Protection Specialists Book 5) by Jen Talty & Operation Alpha

Author:Jen Talty & Operation Alpha [Talty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aces Press, LLC
Published: 2018-08-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Declan blinked his eyes open. The morning sun peeked into the room, warming his face, but it was the body sprawled out over his chest that heated his body and charred his heart.

Or maybe she mended his heart.

He’d gotten Becca pregnant, and he feared she might not be ready. She was only twenty-six, and they hadn’t had any kind of romantic relationship. Sure, he knew without a doubt he loved her, but he had serious doubts about her feelings. Add in a baby, with her religious background, and he worried that everything she did going forward would be driven by what she thought she was supposed to do.

He needed to know—to believe—that she wanted to be with him, even if there wasn’t a baby.

He wasn’t sure that was an answer he could find.

Her long, blond hair covered his chest. Her arm rested over his stomach, her knee between his legs, reminding his body how they made a little person in the first place. Spending the night with her was simply torture, so why had he held her so tight all night?

The answer was twofold. He needed to hold her like he should have that night. That was for him. But he also needed to show her he did indeed care very deeply and for whatever reason, he thought this might do exactly that.

Becca moaned as she arched her back, brushing her hair from her face. “You let me fall asleep,” she mumbled, rolling to her back, but he pulled her to his chest again. He wasn’t ready to let go.

He might never be ready.

“What time is it?” she asked.

“Almost six.”

“Oh, my, God.” She covered her face. “My parents have been up for at least an hour, and I’m sure my mom went into my room. She was notorious for peeking in while we slept.”

“I think all parents are guilty of that. I just really hope no one opened my door.”

Becca nuzzled her face into his neck. “I don’t think even my mother would do that to a stranger; of course, if she couldn’t find me, who knows. I mean, my sister is missing. My mom is a little on edge.”

“That reminds me.” He reached over her body, snagging his phone from the nightstand and unlocking it. “Tex has sent a few emails. Why don’t you read them while I use the little boys’ room?”

“All right.”

The cool floor did nothing to reduce the heat burning in his loins. He wanted her more than he wanted anything in his life. After hiking up his jeans, he poked his head out into the hallway before making a mad dash to the bathroom.

Quietly, he closed the door, turned the lock, and slapped cold water on his face. He braced his hands on the sides of the sink and stared at his reflection in the mirror.

He was going to be a father. He should be happy. Thrilled. Excited. Yet all he could do was recoil inside his soul. Besides the things that could go wrong in the first trimester, he couldn’t shake the sadness that Vivian carved into his heart.

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