Hitting the Silk: A Career Soldier Military Romance by Tawdra Kandle

Author:Tawdra Kandle [Kandle, Tawdra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Career Soldier Book 3
Publisher: Tawdra Kandle
Published: 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00

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For the next three weeks, my life fell into a steady rhythm. It was a new way of doing things, yeah, but strangely, I found that I liked it. It felt somehow right, even if the more time I spent with Delia Rollins, the more certain I was that I wanted even more.

Every day after work, I changed back into my running clothes and drove to Delia’s house, picked her up to head out to the trail. We ran rain or shine, no matter how she complained. Each day, we went a little further, pushed a little harder and made some headway.

After that first time, I didn’t go into her house; Delia was waiting for me on her front porch every time I pulled up. She’d jump into the passenger seat of the Jeep, offering me a ready smile, and we’d take off, both of us chatting about our respective days. She told me stories about her students and what they’d done that day. I could hear her love both for the kids and for her job in her voice.

For my part, I’d share what my guys had done that day or conversations I’d had with my friends. I’d introduced Delia to Samantha one day when we’d run into her at the national park, so she was familiar with her. I made her laugh when I told her about Kade and how he was dealing with new fatherhood, and I’d even shown her pics on my phone of me holding baby Emma.

“She’s so sweet.” Delia had sighed, her eyes glued to the screen. “Does she smell amazing? I love the scent of babies’ heads. They just . . .” She closed her eyes. “There’s nothing like it. So new and fresh, and yet warm and snuggly at the same time.”

I thought about how the baby had smelled. “Uh, I guess she smelled okay. I didn’t really notice.”

“Men.” Delia rolled her eyes, but I saw the hint of smile around her lips.

“Did you want kids?” I knew it was an abrupt change of subject, but we’d grown comfortable enough with each other now that we didn’t really fuss over that kind of thing. “When you were married, I mean. Were you planning on them?”

She turned to stare out the window, my phone still in her hand. “Oh, yeah. At first, we’d thought we’d wait until after Dane left the army, but then before he was deployed, we’d talked about maybe starting sooner, since we’d get medical coverage for my pregnancy and delivery if we were still in the military. We actually tried for a few months before he . . . left, but nothing happened.” She lifted one shoulder. “I was disappointed—well, crushed is probably the better word—when I knew I wasn’t pregnant, but later, I realized that being a widowed mom would’ve been tough.” She bit her bottom lip, and I wondered if she was trying to convince me or herself.

“I want kids.” I surprised myself by saying the words.

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