Liam's Anchor by Donna Michaels

Author:Donna Michaels [Michaels, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Oh?” Cammie lifted a brow. “Do tell.”

“The brotherhood code,” she said, reaching for her glass again.

More wine slid down her throat as she tried to create a buzz that she hoped would muddle her brain and stop it from thinking things, wishful things.

“The code?” Trisha cocked her head. “Do you have a brother who’s a SEAL?”

“Nope.” She stressed the P. “I don’t have a brother at all.”

“Then what does the code have to do with anything?” Trisha shook her head and sipped her wine.

Stacy lifted her chin. “Two weeks before your brother and I met, I’d gone to a Dodgers game with Shane, one of the guys on his SEAL team.”

“Damn.” Cammie blew out a breath. “That was it.”

“See? That’s what I don’t get,” Stacy muttered, setting her glass down hard enough for a little of the remaining wine to spill over the side. “There was no kissing or sex. Nothing. Just a fun night out. I never was or ever will be Shane’s girl.”

But she’d been Liam’s for an amazing four weeks, until that mission.

Trisha sucked in a breath. “Was Shane one of the fallen?”

“No.” She shook her head. “He and Liam and the rest of the team came back uninjured.”

Cammie sat back, twisting her glass, staring at the rim. “Doesn’t matter. They don’t mess with another brother’s girl.”

“Like I said, I wasn’t Shane’s girl.” She grunted, “Heck I wasn’t even supposed to go. My co-worker friend Sierra was his sister and she’d purchased the tickets as a birthday present for him but that day, she’d spiked a fever and begged me to go in her place. Why she wouldn’t let him just take one of his SEAL buddies was a mystery to me, but she’d insisted that I—”

Damn.

After all these years, Stacy finally got a clue.

“Yeah,” Cammie said as Trisha nodded. “Pretty sure it was a setup the whole time. She wanted to get you and her brother together.”

Stacy blew out a breath and shook her head. “Well, it didn’t work. There was no spark. But we did have one thing in common. We were both Dodgers fans. So, we enjoyed the game.”

Trisha reached for her glass and met Stacy’s gaze. “Did you tell my brother all this?”

“Yes,” Stacy replied, firmly. “Many times. Although I seriously doubt any of it ever sank in. Liam has it in his head that he brought bad karma to the team by messing with me.”

“Well, we know it’s not true, but I’ve been around a lot of SEALs and they take that code and karma seriously.” Cammie touched Stacy’s arm again. “It just means you need to hang in there a little longer. The guy’s stubborn, but he’s also stuck on you.”

Stuck on her…

Had a nice ring to it, but her brain was trying to tell her it didn’t matter.

So, she shrugged. “I doubt it. If that were true, he never would’ve left like he had.” She lifted her chin. “But we both agreed that was in the past.”

At least, she thought they had.

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