Closer to the Edge by Tara Sivec

Author:Tara Sivec [Sivec, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Adult, Contemporary
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Goodreads: 18367526
Publisher: Tara Sivec
Published: 2014-09-20T16:00:00+00:00

THE NEXT WEEK flies by and Cole’s knee is responding well to rehabilitation. He isn’t cursing at me nearly as much when I put him through the rigorous physical therapy exercises. He still swears, but at least it’s under his breath and not aimed right at me, so it’s an improvement.

“I really can’t believe how well you’re doing. I’ve never seen anyone with this much knee damage able to bounce back so quickly,” I tell him, holding his leg in my hand and helping him slowly bend and stretch it out as he lies on his back, going through the cool down exercises,

“Too bad it will never fully heal. My career as a bad ass Navy SEAL is a thing of the past now,” he says with a laugh.

His smile doesn’t make it to his eyes and I know it must be killing him to realize everything he worked so hard for all his life is finished. He’ll never go on another mission, he’ll never take out another bad guy and he’ll never work side by side with the men he calls brothers. I know he was semi-retired those two years we were together, but at least he still had the option of going back to work.

“It’s hard when your choices are taken from you and you don’t get a say in the matter,” I tell him quietly as I set his leg down on the mat and start massaging his knee.

“It really fucking sucks,” he agrees.

I smile as I work my fingers softly into the scarred skin all around his knee.

“Say it,” he tells me.

My hands stop moving and I pull my head up to look at him.

“We’re both feeling like less than we are because of circumstances out of our control. I can never be a SEAL again because of this damn knee and you…”

I swallow thickly as his voice softens.

“You can never have more children. Everything inside of me hurts just saying those words out loud because I know, more than anything, that any child would be lucky to have you as a mom.”

He sits up, holding my face in his hands and pressing a kiss to my lips.

“It fucking sucks. Say it.”

I sigh against his lips and whisper the words.

“Nope. Not gonna work. You have to say it and mean it.”

I can’t help but smile at him. I pull my head back and stare into his brown eyes.

“It. Fucking. Sucks,” I say loudly, with conviction in my voice.

A smile lights up his face and he nods his head, urging me to do it again. I throw my head back and scream the words as loud as I can and he shouts right along with me. We end up shouting until we laugh so hard our sides hurt.

“Alright, get back down on the ground, mister. I’m not finished with your massage,” I tell him after our laughter finally dies down.

He rolls away from me and lies down on his stomach, tucking his hands under his chin while I get to work rubbing down the back of his leg.

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