Page 34 of Harbored by the SEAL

“I know. I was crying because I didn’t think I’d get to be with you again and I didn’t want you to see.”

“I knew it when I was loading the lifeboats. You looked at me in the middle of that chaos, and everything just stopped.”

She remembered that moment well. Not knowing if they were going to live or die. Not knowing if he cared for her.

“I have some time off coming up at the end of the month,” he said. “I thought I would take you on a cruise.”

She cringed. “Over my dead body!”

He laughed. “I’m kidding. How about the monster truck rally at the Colosseum?”

“Now you’re speaking my language.” She sighed, a happy, contented sound. “Say it again, Leo.”

“Monster truck rally.”

She hit his arm.

He laughed. “I love you.” He kissed the top of her head. “I love you and I’m never going to let you go.”