Drew (Alpha Mavericks Brigade Book 3) by Kayla Kelly

Author:Kayla Kelly [Kelly, Kayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-17T18:00:00+00:00

Drew

I know something’s wrong. Lena isn’t looking happy.

She pulls away from me and gets off the couch.

“What is the problem?” I ask again and she runs a hand through her hair. Her cheeks are flushed to a bright red, but not because she’s blushing anymore.

“Are you still a part of the Marines?” she finally asks in a weaker voice.

“Yes, I am being deployed again.”

“When?”

“Soon.”

“How soon?” she asks, this time with more force.

“Three weeks. I’m leaving in three weeks. But it’s only for six months. I want to spend this time with you, get to know you, make sure we’re in a good place before I leave.”

Lena turns away from me. She steps some distance away. What the fuck is going on?

I slowly take my jacket off. This suit is getting on my nerves. I don’t belong in this thing.

“I…I can’t,” she says.

“You can’t what?” I ask. “Lena. Talk to me.”

She has her back to me, like she can’t bear to face me.

“I can’t...I can’t do this. My brother…my only brother. Jack. He was older than me. I loved him. We were so close. I always relied on him, and then I lost him. Active duty.”

That is all I have to hear to know what is going on.

“I am so sorry, Lena,” is all I can say.

I give her time. I’m waiting for her to turn back around and face me again. There isn’t much I can tell her to reassure her.

The fact is I can’t make any promises. I won’t make any promises I can’t keep.

“I can’t start something with someone I might lose. The same way I lost Jack,” she says softly and finally turns to me again.

What can I tell her? How can I make this better? I don’t know if I can.

“I don’t think I have met anyone else like you. I saw you at the wedding today and I just knew. You are the one,” I tell her in a deep firm voice. I want her to know I mean every word of what I’m saying.

She slowly shakes her head.

“That is what I thought too. That is how I feel, but I can’t…I can’t go through that again. I have been through so much already. It has taken me years to heal and I don’t think I will heal fully. Ever.”

I clench my jaw tightly. I have never had doubts about my job. I have never once regretted joining the Marines. I still don’t, but there is a part of me that wishes I was a different person right now. For her, I want to be someone else.

“I have to go,” Lena says quickly before I can say anything else.

I want to stop her, but I don’t. I know I have to let her go. She deserves to get what she wants.

And what she wants, I can’t give her.

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