Taking A Chance by Lindsay McKenna

Author:Lindsay McKenna [McKenna, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781929977482
Publisher: Blue Turtle Publishing
Published: 2017-07-31T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

November 20

Tucson, AZ

Ali’s heart was heavy. Ram was leaving late this afternoon for Artemis, and she felt as though she was being torn in half. Could he have become her second half, even at this stage? She vividly remembered the kiss they’d shared during the mission in Mexico. It was never far away from her. She wanted to kiss him again—and again.

As she puttered around in the kitchen after breakfast, cleaning up the area, she heard Tyler Hutton laughing with Cara out on the back porch. There was a nice, large swing on it and although the late-November temperature was in the sixties, she’d seen Cara bundled up in a colorful red, blue, and yellow sweater she’d knitted for herself. She had been walking out the back door with Tyler earlier.

At least that was going okay, and for that she was grateful. Her parents were at work, the house peaceful and quiet as she continued to wipe down the counter.

“Want some help?”

Turning, she saw Ram coming out of the hall from his bedroom. He’d been packing earlier after breakfast. How masculine and sexy he looked in a simple pair of jeans, a dark brown t-shirt stretched across that chest of his, and his sneakers. He worked out every day at a nearby gym for at least an hour.

“Thanks, but no, I’m almost done,” she replied lightly, trying to hide her sadness at his departure.

He grunted, sauntering over to the coffee maker. “Want a cup? When you’re finished, why don’t you join me in the garage?”

She smiled. “Garage” was a code word for them now, their secret hideaway from everyone else, where they could truly talk openly with one another in private. “Sure,” she said.

“Good. See you there.”

“Okay.” Her heart began a slow pound. Since their talk almost a week ago on their horseback ride and picnic in Cottonwood Canyon, their intimacy and openness with one another had grown in leaps and bounds. She was almost breathless with her desire to advance their relationship from friends to lovers.

She heard Ram leave with two cups of coffee in his hands and smiled a little to herself. He’d been incredibly thoughtful since his arrival at her parents’ home five weeks ago. Every day, it seemed, Ram looked for little ways to show her he cared for her. And she knew it was more than just friendship blossoming between them now. The looks he sometimes gave her made her lower body burn with hunger. She’d not had sex in two years and whether he knew it or not, he was waging a campaign to get her into his bed, get inside her right where he knew she wanted him. Ram never flirted with her and she could see that he was trying to maintain certain decorum with her, giving her plenty of room to respond to him if she wanted to. And if she didn’t, he never pushed on that boundary with her.

So far, Ali had not given him those kinds of signals, but sexual frustration was building rapidly within her.

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