Soldier : A Second Chance Christmas Romance by Jenna Gunn

Author:Jenna Gunn [Gunn, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-15T16:00:00+00:00

Sierra’s still asleep when I carry my duffel bag of gear to the front door. I don’t have much time, but that doesn’t stop me from going to the guest room door.

The room is silent. I crack open the door and step into the darkness. Sierra’s small form is barely visible in the big bed. Lifting the blanket, I slide in behind her.

She sighs sleepily as I press my body against her back and wrap my arm around her. My heart painfully throbs behind my ribcage as I listen to her steady breathing.

When I kiss her cheek, she stretches against me. “Is it morning?”

“Yes. I have to leave for the training with the team soon.”

“But it’s really early.”

“Yes, it is.”

She rolls in my arms until she’s facing me. I tuck her into my shoulder. Gliding my hand up and down her slender back makes me never want to leave.

I nuzzle her ear. “I’m sorry about the fight. I am just doing what I can to keep you safe and happy.”

She traces her fingers over my cheek and down my neck until her hand comes to rest on my chest. “Me too. I don’t want to fight. I know you’re trying. I am too.”

I tip her face up to mine. Her lips are so, so soft when I press mine to those beautiful pale pink lips of hers. God. I’m done for. She feels so right in my arms. The more I hold her, the more I know she’s the only woman that fills up the void inside of me.

I kiss her deeply, slowly. Completely. Thanking God for this moment.

When I pull back, she clings to me with trembling hands. Smoothing back her hair, I tell her something that’s weighed heavy on my mind. “You don’t remember this, but when we first met, you brought me back from the brink. I was in the darkest place of my life. Every day I thought about ending the pain.”

Her breath catches. “Cole…”

“You gave me a reason to see a different way. With you, I felt alive again. You helped me get into PTSD therapy. You saw something in me that I had forgotten even existed. I owe you my life.”

Her arms wrap around me in a vicious hug. We hold each other so tight that we fuse like we’re one.

“I’m sorry I can’t remember, Cole. I wish that everything about us wasn’t gone from my memory.”

I dip to her mouth again. Brush my lips over the corner of hers. “You don’t want to remember it. I mean that. Starting fresh would be the best thing that could happen for us.”

“I think the truth would make us stronger.”

I sigh and press my forehead against hers. “I’m afraid it won’t.”

“You’ll tell me one day.”

Pressing my face into her silky hair, I murmur, “I will. But not today.”

She nuzzles deeper into my chest. “You’re leaving me here on my own.”

I’m not sure if it’s a statement or a question. “Against my better judgement, I am. But you have to agree to check in with me regularly.

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