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he loved he could make her feel that way. “Thank
you. But I’ll bet you say that to all the girls.”
    He winked and used a hick Southern accent. “Why no, ma’am. I
do not.”
    “Where are you going after you leave Constitution?” she
asked suddenly.
    “Fort Carson. Why?”
    “On Sunday, right?”
    “Yep.”
    She sighed. “Then we’d better pack in as much wild sex as we
can between now and then. After Sunday it’s adios.”
    His cock hardened even more at the idea, his hormones
blazing and ready for action. When had he ever been this damn horny for a
woman? “Yes, ma’am, Miss McSwain. Whatever you say.”
    She planted her palms by his shoulders and those full
breasts slipped from the confines of the robe. He almost reached up to touch
them but he didn’t. Didn’t mean he couldn’t stare at them.
    “See something you like, soldier?”
    He cleared this throat. “Jesus yes.” Her hair spilled onto
his chest as she leaned over and pressed a quick kiss to one nipple. He hissed
in a breath at the sweet pleasure. He managed to drag his attention up to her
eyes. “Don’t stop now.”
    She tossed her hair back over her shoulder. “Let’s make this
one last. I don’t want to forget it.”
    “One,” he said huskily. “Who says we’re only going to do it
one more time tonight?” Then he remembered. “Shit, I only had one condom.”
    Her grin went wide. “I have a box. Lena gave them to me
earlier in the year and told me to stop being grouchy and get laid. Don’t
worry, they aren’t expired yet.”
    The laugh that burst out of him surprised Jake. “Honey, you
still have a wonderful sense of humor. That hasn’t changed.”
    “A lot of other things have.”
    “Like what?”
    “I don’t let men steamroll me anymore. After you left and I
went to college, I found my independence and realized a lot of things about
myself. That I didn’t have to allow my parents to control everything I did.
After I got my degree, I took a chance and moved out to Los Angeles with a
friend of mine. I was lucky I found work right away in the film industry. I’ve
never left it.”
    “I don’t think I could stay in one place that long. I’d be
too restless. The military is good for me.”
    She gave him a teasing look. “I remember that about you.
Always restless. Always wanting to go on to the next step. Sure you don’t have
ADD?”
    “Nope. But every four years or so the military likes me to
go somewhere else.”
    Once more seriousness returned to pretty eyes. “Are you
going back to war?”
    “Worried about me?”
    She gently punched his shoulder. “Of course I’m worried, you
dope.”
    Back to war. Yeah, he didn’t want to return to war if it
meant not knowing where he stood with her. The idea floored him. Christ, he’d
jumped into this deeply. So deeply he didn’t know when it had happened. Maybe
he’d felt this way for her all his life and it took her practically sitting on
his face for him to notice. He’d never expected the idea of leaving her would
bother him until he’d seen her for the first time since joining the army. After
making love with her, he knew part of him would stay in Constitution no matter
where he went. He didn’t know what to say or how to say what he felt.
    Sadness returned to her face, a clear indicator something
weighed heavily on her mind. He touched her thighs, sliding his hands upward
until the silky material of her robe parted and soft female flesh warmed his
fingers. She quivered under his touch and he loved it.
    He drew a circle on her left thigh with his index finger. “What’s
wrong? I can see you’re feeling bad about something.”
    She shook her head. “Before I even came to Arizona, I was
assessing what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.”
    “Heavy stuff.”
    “Very.” She slid off his lap and returned to sit on the side
of the bed.
    Disappointment almost prompted him to drag her on top of
him. Instead he decided to sideline his baser instincts until