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After
graduation Nate Callahan left Lauren McDonald behind when he entered The Naval
Academy and his life with the Marines. Now fifteen years later he's returned
with one goal, to win back the woman he never stopped loving and failure is not
an option.
Excerpt
With his hand still wrapped around
her wrist, she took a step away from him. "Soon you'll go back to wherever
the military wants you. We may never see each other again. The past doesn't
matter."
"Like
I told you the other night, Lauren. I am not leaving." He focused on
removing the anger from his voice.
A
cynical smile formed on her face. "You left the marines? Yeah, right. They
mean more to you then I ever did." The anger he'd heard before diminished,
but sadness took its place.
Nate
reached out his free hand and touched her cheek. "That's not true, and I'm
no longer on active duty." The warmth from her skin managed to penetrate
through the calluses on his hands. "I'm in the reserves now. Last month I
graduated from the FBI Academy in Quantico."
Lauren's
eyes flew open. "You're an FBI Agent? Seriously!" Her voice hit the
next octave.
Surprise
and shock trumped anger any day of the week. "Yeah, in the Boston field
office."
"Wow,
that's..." The awe in her voice trailed off. "That doesn't change
anything." She took a step back, and his hand fell away.
With
the increased distance between them, again the sunshine he'd felt bathed in a
moment ago disappeared. "I don't believe that." In two steps he
closed the distance between them. Before she could move again he made his move.
He let his lips brush against hers.
Home.
The word lit up in his head. Regardless of the years gone by, he belonged right
here with this woman. He always had.
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