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Okay, his cover was intact.

Shit. I had no idea how he did this, and if I was answering the questions correctly, but I did my best.

That night, I looked at the photos he had shown me that were taken years ago.

I took in each member of his team and sent up a prayer that they would have his back, that he would have theirs, and they would all come back home.

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It was two days before Thanksgiving when I got the text.

Soldier Boy – Fuck. But I’m tired.

Soldier Boy –*address*

Soldier Boy – Pick me up on Thanksgiving morning?

Me – Yes. I can.

Me – I missed you.

Soldier Boy – Fuck. But I missed you, too.

Alec

Seeing her standing there as I stepped off the plane, her pretty dress, her hair down, the wind picking it up, I was tired, but I wasn’t too tired to haul my ass across the tarmac.

She had the same idea as she raced toward me.

I had her in my arms, my face buried in her neck, and whispered, “Home.”

She giggled, “Home.”

Then I pulled my head back, slanted my head, and claimed her mouth.

Against her lips, I whispered, “Tell me what you want.”

She winked, then she said, “I want the one thing you haven’t given anyone else.”

I lifted a brow at her, “And that is?”

Her lips smiled against mine as she whispered, “Your heart.”

“Didn’t you know? You claimed it the very first time you smiled at me.”

That was when she locked those cheshire-colored eyes with mine and whispered, “I love you, Alec.”

I winked, “I love you too, Cupcake.”

And yeah, I broke the speed limit getting us home.

And my woman, my fucking woman, got in the shower with me and helped me get cleaned up.

But not before I dropped to my knees and made her come.

Also, not before she had wrapped those perfect lips around my cock and wrung me dry.

But she hadn’t missed the stitches on my abdomen.

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