Wedding Date with the Army Doc by Lynne Marshall

Author:Lynne Marshall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Ltd
Published: 2016-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

JACKSON HOPPED OFF the couch and began searching through cabinets and drawers, leaving Charlotte confused. Had she turned him off? She’d thought she’d been giving him all she had, sending the strongest message possible—I trust you. Take me, I’m yours! She followed him into his small kitchen. He looked over his shoulder, apparently clutching some stuff in his arms.

“My mom sent out a bunch of things that I never thought I’d use in a hundred years, but guess what.” He turned, showing her his armload of candles in various sizes and containers. “Tonight is the night.”

She laughed with him, then reached out and relieved his overloaded arms of a few of the candles to help before he dropped something.

“What do you say we put these babies all around the bedroom and...” now that he had a free hand he pulled her close for a quick kiss “...light them up.”

The fact he wanted to create some atmosphere for their first time being together made a powerful impact on her wavering mood. The gesture of using faint candlelight as a buffer hit her like the thud of a palm to the center of her chest. They were going to have sex tonight. He would see her naked. Rather than make a big deal out of it, and possibly make him self-conscious about his eagerness, she sniffed one of the candles, vanilla, then another, rose. “Things should smell pretty good, too.” She gave her best shot at sounding anything but the way she really felt—nervous! “One more thing. I don’t take birth control pills. I use a diaphragm, and I didn’t bring it tonight.”

He watched her for a second or two, understanding and tenderness like she’d never seen centered in his bright blue gaze. “I’ve got that covered.” His sweet gesture calmed her jitters. “Follow me.”

There was nothing quite like a man on a mission.

Once the candles were strategically placed around his surprisingly spacious bedroom, she took a quick trip to the bathroom while he circled the room, lighting each one. Just before she exited she looked into the mirror. “Are you ready for this?” she whispered, her pulse quickening from her jangling nerves, her fingers slightly trembling. Then she noticed a subtle reminder, the crutches leaning in the corner. Jackson would need them without his prosthetic to get in and out of the shower. His prosthetic. She’d made full disclosure just now in his living room. A man who wore a prosthetic partial leg would understand.

She refused to let Derek’s memory ruin the chance for something new. Something better. Tonight she’d trust her gut—which seemed to have turned into a butterfly farm—trust Jackson, and maybe finally turn the corner to wholeness. She took a deep, shaky breath and opened the door.

Jackson stood in the center of his room, several feet from the foot of his bed, surrounded by soft candle glow, looking more handsome than she’d ever dreamed. While she’d been in the bathroom and he’d been lighting candles,

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