Her Captain's Command by Isabella Kole

Author:Isabella Kole [Kole, Isabella]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Blushing Books Publications
Published: 2017-05-17T04:00:00+00:00

Charlie went off duty at 1700, going straight to her cabin for a bath and change of clothes. Knocking on Blaine's door precisely two hours later, she took deep breaths while she waited for him to let her in. She knew this time would come. There had not been a chance to talk about the fire in the busy days since, and she naturally assumed that was what this evening was about. She had presented him with her formal report, of course, but she realized there was a personal talk that had not yet occurred. The ship's crew, upon learning she was the first on the scene and had tried to pull the downed cook to safety, had treated her as a hero. Blaine, on the other hand, would have other ideas, of that she was sure.

"Come on in. I took the liberty of ordering for us. I hope you don't mind."

"Of course not," she replied. She had expected no less. He was in the driver's seat now, both professionally and personally. She had resigned herself to the fact. She was not upset about it, either, to her surprise. She thought that might have been what was missing in her life since he had left. A great deal of soul-searching had taken place in the days since the fire. She could very easily have lost her life that night. That realization had a way of putting things in perspective very quickly.

She sat down to a meal of chicken, rice and vegetables. He served wine, of course. Blaine fancied himself a connoisseur of fine wines these days.

As they ate, he asked how she was feeling, and she assured him she had fully recovered from the smoke damage. She asked about his burned arm, and he brushed it off. She noticed he was no longer wearing the bandage. He would bear a scar, but it only made him look that much sexier and stronger to her.

"Enough with the pleasantries," he went on. "I asked you here tonight because we have some unfinished business about the night of the fire."

"I assumed as much," she muttered in between bites of the delectable dinner.

"Charlie, if you'll recall, I made the suggestion that Cook be taken off duty immediately when you suspected a medical disorder. Do you remember that conversation?"

"Yes, I do."

"You fought me on that, and I gave in to you, against my better judgment. Rest assured, I won't let that happen again. I'm not saying you aren't capable of making good decisions, but I should have trusted my gut instinct on this one."

"I can see your point."

"Had you not happened to make your nightly sweep of the kitchen at that precise moment, we could have lost the entire ship and crew. As it stands, we sustained three injuries and a lost kitchen."

"Yes, sir," she replied as she took a sip of her wine.

"You're a hero, Charlie, and a damn good officer, but I nearly lost you that night. Do you know what that did

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