Scheme of Maneuver: A Career Soldier Military Romance by Tawdra Kandle

Author:Tawdra Kandle [Kandle, Tawdra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Career Soldier Book 6
Publisher: Tawdra Kandle
Published: 2017-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

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The following week was a busy one. With Max away on his honeymoon, the rest of us who were company commanders stretched to cover his men and duties, too. Derek was only just now back to full-time duty after his long recovery from the freak accident at Air Assault school, so all of us were still lending him a hand as well.

It had taken me some maneuvering, but I’d managed to free up my Wednesday night to take Jacey out to dinner. All that day, I had a spring in my step, and I caught myself whistling as I went about my many tasks.

“You’re in a good mood today, sir,” Lieutenant Ross, one of my platoon leaders, observed with a smile as we walked the back of the range, where one platoon was working on qualifications. “It’s a bitch of a week with all the extra duty. I figured we’d all be growling and grousing every day. What’s your secret? Got a hot date tonight?”

Because it was just my luck, right as he said that, Kade passed by us. He paused mid-step, shooting me a raised-eyebrow look. I knew what that expression meant. He was not-so-subtly reminding me of my vow not to talk about his sister the way we did about other women.

“Um, I do have a date tonight, with a beautiful woman. Beautiful and intelligent. She’s a wonderful woman, and I’m very lucky that she agreed to go out with me.” I glanced at Kade.

“Captain Hughes, are you saying my sister isn’t hot?” With a smirk, Kade crossed his arms, challenging me to talk my way out of this one. “Is that what I can take from your answer to Lietenant Ross?”

“Sir—you’re taking out Captain Braggs’ sister?” Ross’s eyes were huge in disbelief.

“I am.” My good mood was quickly disappearing. “Did you need anything else, Ross?”

“Uh, no, sir. Thanks.” The lieutenant sprinted away, and inwardly I rolled my eyes, knowing this news was going to travel fast and far among the battalion. Soldiers were bigger gossips than a bunch of old ladies.

“Thanks for that.” I glowered at Kade. “Seriously. I was trying to do the right thing, and you throw me under the bus like that? What the fuck?”

“Hey.” He spread his hands. “All I did was ask a question. You’re the one who made the point of not saying Jacey is hot.” He nodded slowly, his eyes crinkling on the corners. “It’s comforting to me that you’re only interested in her very sexy . . . mind.”

I could see that I wasn’t going to win this, no matter what I said. “That’s exactly right, Kade. That’s what I see in Jacey. We’re going out tonight, and we’re going to talk philosophy and literature. Matter of fact, some of those kinds of discussions take a long, long time, so don’t worry if Jacey is late getting back to your house. You can go to bed with the perfect assurance that we’re only connecting . . . on a mental level.

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