Finding the Way Back (Stealth Ops Book 5) by Brittney Sahin

Author:Brittney Sahin [Sahin, Brittney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EmKo Media LLC
Published: 2019-08-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“I knew this would happen.” Knox let go of a sigh as he sat shotgun in the SUV while Wyatt drove to the truck station off route 77. “I knew if she got too close to me she’d figure out I’ve been lying to her.”

He’d been rotating between two worlds. Hell, if he counted the world of politics that would make three. He was like one of those guys you read about in the tabloids who had separate families . . . wives, kids, houses, and neither one knew about the other.

But could he live in all of them at once? Was it possible? Could he merge his worlds without the entire house of cards falling? Without losing the person he cared for more than anything?

Adriana would forgive him. He was certain of that because he knew her. Her heart was too big not to, but did he deserve it?

Yes, he’d taken an oath, and when she’d pushed back the other day about not sharing details because of her job—he’d understood more than she probably realized.

But everything he’d ever done, everything he did, was to keep her safe, wasn’t it?

Even if it wasn’t necessary to live such a secretive life, wouldn’t it be better for her not to know the details? Easier for her? She’d worry with every mission. And he’d worry about her worrying . . . then he’d lose focus.

Last year, he’d had to parachute into Argentina, and he’d jumped stiff. Had to use his reserve, and things could’ve very easily ended without his feet hitting the ground first. He’d told his buddies he was out of practice, but that wasn’t why he’d messed up.

How could he tell them he’d been thinking about Adriana, a woman he’d kept hidden from them for years?

“Is that why you kept her away from us? The real reason?” Wyatt’s question pulled him out of Argentina and back into the car.

“One of a few,” he said under his breath.

“I think she bought the story,” Liam said from the third row. “And you weren’t lying. We do side gigs at Scott and Scott.”

“I just left out all the other stuff we do.” Omissions were lies. He couldn’t pretend they weren’t anymore.

And Liam was wrong. Adriana hadn’t bought it for one second.

He saw the way she looked at him after the team recited their rehearsed lines about Scott & Scott and what they did for a living.

She’d only let the team think she believed them.

Adriana had put her neck out for his people by taking him to Chelsea’s earlier, and she was still risking her job for them now. She deserved the truth.

“She’ll be fine. She’s a tough cookie,” A.J. said as Knox reached for the radio to change the song. “Don’t even touch that dial. That’s Kenny Chesney.”

“Kenny who?” Knox glanced at Wyatt, and he shrugged.

“I’m gonna have a heart attack if you don’t know the Kenny Chesney.” A.J. mumbled something under his breath. “But hey, on a more serious note, when are you and Adriana gonna tie the knot?”

What? Knox shifted in his seat to face A.

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