Taken by the SEAL: A Virgin and Navy SEAL Romance by Callie Harper

Author:Callie Harper [Harper, Callie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Callie Harper Books
Published: 2017-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

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Olivia

Three weeks, that’s all it took for both of us to find jobs. Thank the great economy. And Knox’s SEAL buddy, who turns out to have a ton of connections.

He’s hooked Knox up with a contractor. He seems like a decent, straight-up guy. There’s so much work, the whole area is booming, and of course there’s not a thing Knox can’t build or fix. It’s a good line of work for him. If he likes it enough, he can apprentice and get his own contractor’s license one day.

And guess where I found work? That happy little beachy coffee shop. It’s the exact opposite of the dark, nasty place I used to drag my ass to five nights a week back in Chicago. It’s so friendly and casual. Everyone has a smile. No one’s in a rush. The place is quintessential California with sunshine every day.

By five weeks in, I feel like I’ve always lived on the California coast and would never want to be anywhere else. I work with a couple people around my age who make easy conversation and pass the hours with laughter. Next to us lives a quirky older woman who’s always outside working on her wildly productive garden. We’re the beneficiaries of all her excess, and I’m having fun experimenting with all sorts of ways to use Meyer lemons and zucchini squash.

Knox and I are both off by five. Some nights we head down to the beach with a few beers and sandwiches to watch the sun set over the ocean. Seats at the best dinner table in the world, Knox likes to say.

Tonight, though, he’s taking me out to dinner. Somewhere fancy, he won’t say where. I tell him he doesn’t need to do that. I’m just as happy at home with him. That way he can eat me for dessert.

But he insists. He wants to treat me right, take me out on the town.

So I wear a skimpy little sundress. It’s one of the few new things I’ve bought in California. I haven’t done a ton of shopping, since I do now have all my old clothes. Once I knew the debt was paid, I settled my last month’s rent back in Chicago and got a former roommate to ship out my things.

The crazy thing is, none of my old clothes work in my new life at all. Baggy, frumpy, my Chicago wardrobe is fit for long winters and hiding. I want to buy all new things, but I’m taking it slow, trying to select just a few things I love.

Like the dress I’m wearing. Knox hasn’t seen it yet. It’s the absolute, complete opposite of the kind of sacks I used to cover myself in in Chicago. It’s the anti-sack. The dress has spaghetti straps, a low-cut neckline showing a lot of cleavage, and a short hem that grazes my upper thighs. With heels, it’s scandalous. I never would have worn it in my old life. Now, I twirl in front of the mirror feeling like a sexy bombshell.

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