Flyboy by Karen Foley

Author:Karen Foley [Foley, Karen M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-02-01T14:25:20+00:00

11

“I CAN’T FIND anything wrong with any of them. They all seem pretty perfect to me.” Sedona stood at the edge of the sun-baked flight line and watched as a dozen or more maintenance officers, each clad in a bright-red T-shirt and camouflage pants, prepared to roll two more Coyote jets into the hangar for inspection.

“Oh, yeah,” purred Petty Officer Heilmuller beside her. “No argument there, ma’am. They’re all prime cuts.”Turning to the other woman, Sedona made a sound of exasperation. “I was talking about the jet engines.”

To her amazement, Petty Officer Heilmuller gave her a broad wink. “Sure you were. Ma’am.”

Sedona watched the other woman saunter back toward the hangar, idly swinging a long wrench from one hand. It was just her luck the attractive petty officer had been assigned to her inspection team. Although, to her credit, she was an accomplished mechanic, despite her sometimes ribald sense of humor. On top of that, the other woman was right; Sedona couldn’t remember the last time she’d been surrounded by so many young, virile, good-looking guys. Not that it mattered to her, of course. Next to Angel Torres, they were merely boys.

Shading her eyes, she peered farther down the fight line to where two pilots were conducting a visual inspection of a pair of Coyotes in preparation for a test flight. She didn’t have to see his face to know one of the pilots was Angel. His tall, broad-shouldered physique was difficult to mistake.

She thought again of the previous night, and couldn’t stop smiling at the memories of what they’d done together. The guy was beyond amazing. He hadn’t walked her back to her own room in the wee hours of the morning as he’d done their first night together. Instead, she’d stayed wrapped around him until the alarm clock on his wristwatch went off at 4:30 a.m. He’d kissed her and left her in his bed while he took a shower. She’d curled up on the edge of the mattress and watched him as he dressed.

“Sleep in this morning,” he’d said as he knelt next to the bed and smoothed her hair back from her face. “I’ll send a message over to the inspection team that you had a conference call with Joe or something.”

“That’s okay,” she murmured, smiling up at him. His hair gleamed, sleek as a seal’s, from his shower and he smelled delicious. His flight suit was open at the throat, revealing the drab olive-colored T-shirt beneath. “If you can get up this early, so can I.”

“Okay.” He leaned forward and kissed her so sweetly she’d been tempted to pull him back into bed. “I’ll try and get back early tonight, okay? Wait for me?”

Wait for him? Was he kidding? She’d been waiting for him her whole life.

“I’ll be right here,” she’d responded with a smile. “Well, maybe not right here, exactly. But next door.”

She longed for the day to be over. She still had the sense that she was part of a surreal dream, and

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