Stay the Night: A Navy Seal Erotic Romance (Take a Chance Book 4) by Caridad Pineiro

Author:Caridad Pineiro
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: adult contemporary romance books, book series, contemporary romance series, romance series, navy seal, new adult and college romance, erotic romance, women’s fiction, military romance, navy seal romance
Published: 2014-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

There it was. The word she had been dreading all night long. “Don’t go, Rafe. Please stay. If only for tonight.”

He shot up out of the chair so fast it fell back onto the floor with a loud thud. He rubbed his hands across the sides of his head and stepped away from the table before whirling back to face her. “You think one night can make a difference? One night?” he said, holding up his index finger for emphasis.

She wanted to remind him that it had been one night of passion that had led them to where they were, but held that back.

“Do you really want to toss away five years of marriage?”

“Months, Elena. Just months together,” he challenged.

She pressed her hand against the center of her chest. “Five years, Rafe. Five years you’ve been in my heart and in my mind every day, even if you weren’t here with me physically.”

Her words seem to take him aback, so powerfully his body recoiled. “I need to go,” he said and before she could say another word, he bolted to the front door and rushed out.

She sat there for long moments, staring at the remains of their meal and possibly of their marriage.

Pushing away from the table, she started cleaning up, her movements sharp angry bursts of energy as thought after thought pummeled her brain.

Rafe is proud, but so am I. I won’t beg him again.

I have done a lot, but so has he. He’s a successful man. A hero.

Shit, shit, shit. Why is this happening now, when everything in my life was finally coming together?

When we were so close to reaching the end of his tour so we could really start our life?

She lost her grip on a wine glass. It dropped into the sink and shattered into dozens of angry shards.

She leaned her hands on the edge of the counter and stared at it, knowing it was irreparable. Knowing to be careful lest the razor edges caused pain.

Worrying that maybe her marriage with Rafe was just as irreparable as well and that the pain of that would cut deeper than anything in her life.

* * *

He had snatched his keys from the candy dish by the front door, one thing that was the same as it had been. Only he didn’t feel like driving. He was too hurt and angry, a dangerous combination to put behind the wheel of a car.

Instead, he pocketed the keys and walked in the direction of the breeze, the scent of the ocean pulling him toward the shore.

They were only a couple of blocks away from the beach and the inlet that separated Brigantine from the mainland and Atlantic City. As he reached the sand, the bright and colorful lights of the casinos and hotels were visible in the distance.

Mark Smith, the man he’d met on the plane, had mentioned A.C. as one of those places where he had job openings. Hopefully something more than the basic security guard kind of gig.

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