Carnal (Se7en Deadly SEALs Book 4) by Alana Albertson

Author:Alana Albertson [Albertson, Alana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781941665794
Publisher: Bolero Books, LLC
Published: 2016-11-04T22:00:00+00:00

6

Grant

I checked my phone again to see if the DNA results of my hair against Julián’s straw had come in—nothing. I still couldn’t believe I had even submitted the damn DNA test, but there were too many coincidences for me to ignore. Julián was probably conceived around the time I was in the hospital, Mia gave birth to a son she thought was dead, and the kid looked just like us. But it made more sense that he was Joaquín and Tiffany’s son. That would have meant Joaquín met her around the time we came back from deployment, which was within the realm of possibilities. The rational part of my brain knew that there were hundreds of kids born a day, and the odds that Tiffany’s son was really my and Mia’s son were astronomically slim. I felt like a fool for even considering it. But astronomically slim didn’t mean nonexistent, and as long as there was a small chance, then I would keep asking questions. It absolutely slayed me that I could have a living child out there and not know about it.

I left the base and headed back to my apartment, finding Mia still there sitting on my sofa. She was wearing nothing but one of my old T-shirts and was watching some trashy television show. For a second, it almost seemed normal—like a flashback to another time when Grant and Mia were solid, unbreakable. But one glance at her implants, her platinum hair, and her trout pout, shattered that image.

“Hey.” She brightened when she saw me.

“So, I talked to Mitch. Seems you omitted parts from your story about why you told him who you were. You pointed a gun at his head? You thought he raped you?”

She cast a downward glance. “Yeah, it wasn’t a big deal. I don’t think he raped me anymore. I kind of . . . lost it.”

Understatement of the year. “No shit. Do you know how betrayed I feel? You not only didn’t tell me you were raped, but my friends knew and didn’t tell me either? Joaquín knew?”

Her jaw dropped. “What are you talking about? Joaquín doesn’t know. I never told him. I swear!”

“Yeah, but Mitch told him. I’m just trying to figure out why Joaquín never told me.”

She shook her head rapidly. “No, you must be wrong. Joaquín doesn’t know. He couldn’t have. If he knew, he would’ve asked me about it. He would have fucking killed the guy.”

“Why are you so shocked? Do you really think there were never secrets between you two? You didn’t tell him you were raped—that was a secret. You didn’t tell him you were pregnant—that was another. It makes me wonder how many more secrets and lies you’re hiding.”

Her voice grew shaky and her bottom lip trembled as she spoke, “How could I possibly tell you that I’d been raped when you were recovering in the hospital? You almost died, Grant.”

I took a deep breath and sat next to her, caressed her hair, and inhaled her scent.

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