Love in a Copper Light by M. L. Buchman

Author:M. L. Buchman [Buchman, M. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Buchman Bookworks, Inc.

7

“I know you’re a good man. Otherwise—” Then Penny’s brain went sideways on her and she stumbled to a halt.

Barry stopped and watched her. At first his eyes were cautious, but soon she could see the humor rising into them. The smile climbing up in close formation.

“What…” but she didn’t know what she wanted to ask. “Why…” didn’t help either. “But…” she waved her hand helplessly. It might have been toward their CSAR helicopter that they had nearly reached, though now disappearing into the heat shimmer rising off the vast expanse of pavement. Or she might have been waving toward the past.

“Why haven’t I said anything before?”

She could only nod.

“Gearing up the nerve to talk to you took a while.”

“A damn long while.”

“Well, I was almost there, and then you starting seeing David. Seemed like keeping my mouth shut was the right thing to do after that.”

“Almost there? What stopped you?”

“You’re scary as hell, Copper Penny.”

“I am? No I’m not. Even if I am, you’re a combat medic who just saved Max’s life. How can you be afraid to talk to a girl?”

He shrugged uncomfortably, “When it’s you. I am.”

Penny scrubbed a hand through her thick hair, then began walking slowly toward the parked helo. “Why?”

“Because in addition to being drop dead gorgeous, you’re also the most impressive woman I’ve ever met.”

“Me? Maybe the military me. There’s a whole me you don’t know that’s a total mess.”

Barry grabbed the shoulder of her flight suit as she reached to open the cargo door. She wanted to see if they’d cleaned it up yet. He turned her away to look at him.

“It’s exactly the you that I know. I’ve been watching you a long time—on and off the flightline. It’s just that I didn’t realize until last night that you weren’t with David anymore. I wasn’t going to miss my opportunity again, even if the answer was no.”

“The answer to what?” Penny was feeling all muddle-headed. Maybe it was the heat. Or Max’s injury. Or—

“The answer to the question of—will you go out on a date with me?”

“Well, at least you aren’t asking me to marry you and have kids.”

“Not yet,” Barry’s smile said he knew exactly what he’d just done to her brain.

“So what’s this date going to be?” It was the best defense she could come up with to buy her a moment to think. The screens of her life were changing far too fast for her to focus on. All systems…in flux!

“Well, we’re both going to be at Xavier and Noreen’s wedding in a couple days, care to be my date?”

“You want our first date to be a wedding?”

“Sure.” Whatever hesitancy and silence Barry Goldsmith had always shown to her had evaporated with the morning light. “Breaching unknown territory together.”

“Let me guess. You’re expecting me to be the one who catches the bouquet?”

“I can always hope.”

Penny really didn’t know what to do with him. He was handsome as all hell, a great guy, and a top medic with the same elite outfit she’d spent years clawing to get into.

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