Total pages in book: 66
Estimated words: 61190 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 306(@200wpm)___ 245(@250wpm)___ 204(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 61190 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 306(@200wpm)___ 245(@250wpm)___ 204(@300wpm)
He sure was a charmer. He probably flirted with any girl he laid his eyes on, so I didn’t need to feel special or anything. With a huff, I started unpacking my bag, getting everything squared away until David finally came into the room for the night. After a long day of traveling, we were both just ready to get in bed.
“I can’t believe I’m really here with you,” I told David once we changed clothes and lay in bed together.
David turned on his side to face me, his hand moving up and down my arm as he sighed.
“I’m worried about you. About your safety,” he admitted as his brow furrowed. “All I want to do is protect you, but we have a mission too.”
I reached out and placed my hand on his cheek, drawing his eyes to mine.
“I can look after myself,” I assured him. It was sweet that he cared so much, but I wasn’t here to distract him when he was working. We both had things to do, but in moments like these, we could just be the married couple that I loved and missed so dearly. “You didn’t marry a damsel in distress.”
David cracked a grin and nodded as his hand settled on my hip, his thumb rubbing small circles under my white tank top.
“Oh, I know. You’re tough as nails,” he said before his eyes strayed to the door. “Seemed like you were getting along just fine with Amir too. There’s no need for me to worry about you so much when there are eight other guys around to keep an eye on you.”
My cheeks automatically flushed. His tone was… interesting. Teasing? He was probably glad to see me and his buddies getting along fine.
“I’m sure there are better things for them to do than keep an eye on me,” I assured him.
David shook his head.
“There’s nothing more captivating than you. They’ll see that,” he replied.
I tilted my head at him with a curious glint in my eyes. He seemed so sure that they were going to take a strong liking to me, but I wasn’t sure about that yet. We’d only just met! But it was nice to see him happy like this, and I was just glad to be here with him.
“Well, I’m all yours right now,” I told him as I playfully tapped his chest with my forefinger.
David hummed under his breath in a teasing manner as his eyes slipped down to my lips.
“Good,” he replied.
As crazy as it sounded after being married so long, I swore it felt like I was leaning in for my first kiss. When my lips pressed against his, my heart thumped so heavily that I thought it would break its way out of my chest.
David settled his fingers on the small of my back, encouraging me to scoot closer as our lips brushed and moved.
It felt so good to be kissed by him again. Touched by him again. There would be nights when I literally dreamed about moments like these, and I couldn’t begin to describe how good it felt to finally be experiencing them in real life again. Because when we were together and not apart for so long, we were perfect. We were meant for forever.
It didn’t take long for my eyes to burn with happy tears, making me break the kiss to rest my forehead against his.
“Sorry, I just really missed you,” I said as I sniffled.
David stroked my cheek, pecking my nose to make me smile and wrinkle it. He always knew what to do to make me brighten up.
“I missed you, baby,” he murmured before rolling on his back and pulling me closer to rest my cheek on his chest. He rubbed my back, holding me close.
I hoped he wouldn’t let me go any time soon.
Chapter 5
Elijah
“We’ve got a message!”
The moment my voice rang throughout the cottage, I heard boots on the floor as everyone rushed over to the bedroom that I had to share with Bowie.
Our bedroom had a desk where we could set up the military laptop and other equipment that we used for tech and communication purposes, and after two days of being here, we’d finally established communication with the rebel group.
David reached me first, the others piling in after him. He looked over my shoulder, perching his hand on the back of my wooden chair.
“What did they say?” he asked.
I gestured to the message, which was a jumble of numbers. It was code, which was in my department.
“I’ll need to work on it. It shouldn’t be too hard, but the message might be written in their language if I manage to decipher what the numbers translate to,” I replied.
David turned to Erick.
“Get my wife,” he said.
Erick gave him a curt nod before walking out of the bedroom.
I never expected to work with David’s wife of all people. It was still crazy to me that she was even here out in this battleground. But we needed all the help we could get to overthrow Dimitrik with the rebels.