Defender (Navy SEALS Romance Book 4) by Rachel Hanna

Author:Rachel Hanna [Hanna, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-08T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 8

After a good bit of ribbing from the other guys, Jake finally showered and got dressed to go find out what Veronica wanted. He told himself it was a necessary evil in order to get her off his back, but if that’s what it took…

All during the drive to the coffee shop she’d mentioned in her note, his mind reeled with thoughts of this crazy but mysterious woman. She’d blown into all of their lives like a hateful hurricane, but one that even he had to admit was beautiful. There was something about a take-charge kind of woman that appealed to him far more than a giggling, simple-minded girl with no deeper thoughts than what she was going to wear next week.

He pulled into the shop and saw that her car was already there, the one she’d been driving when she pulled up next to him at dinner and hit him in the leg with the door. Of course she was early, he thought with irritation. Just for the heck of it, he made sure to park in the thin space between the front of her car and the painted white line of her parking spot.

“What’s up?” he said by way of greeting when he dropped down into a chair across from her, falling back against the seat and slouching.

“Well, hello to you too,” she answered, looking at him in astonishment. “You’ll have to forgive me, I’m not used to men falling down when they see me.”

“That might be the company you keep,” he answered blandly, waving a hand and signaling to a barista for a coffee. “So let me ask you again…what’s so important that I couldn’t even get a full day’s sleep before you had to meet?”

“I already told you, I’ve been assigned to contact you and the rest of the S&R group—I already know Madison—and get to know you, see how you operate.” Veronica took a sip of her iced tea and waited, as though that was all the explanation he needed.

“You’re not making any sense. Under who’s orders? Who cares enough about a small-time over-glorified lifeguard shack to send…you…to come see it?”

“Just something my boss picked me for.” Veronica smiled briefly, then said, “So how about we get started? Why don’t you tell me a little bit about yourself?”

She pulled a notepad and a pen out of her purse, then waited expectantly. Jake looked at her like he couldn’t believe he was actually sitting there humoring her. Veronica smiled, gesturing with a wave of her hand for Jake to begin.

“What do you want to know,” he asked with an irritated sigh.

“Everything. How did you get into this business, what’s it like saving a life, why do you do what you do, how do you find the motivation to get back out there after it goes bad…everything.” Veronica beamed expectantly, her pen poised over the paper, and waited.

Jake closed his eyes, unable to fathom how he’d ended up in this position with someone he couldn’t stand.

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