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“I’ll rock you to sleep,” he huain He leisurely moved in and out of her

“Oh, I never heard of this kind of…Lullaby,” she snickered then gasped when he went deeper

“Hush, little baby…” he whispered the tune to her ear “Don’t you cry…”

Riley wisely and promptly shut up except for low ain

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

‘ hated to leave her in bed He hated to leave her period Who would’ve ever thought he would hesitate to leave a wo to hihed at the otherletters Skyping with their girlfriends Going on and on about how the separation was painful

Now, he knew He wanted to be near her all the tiet enough of that either He loved her voice, her smile Her sass Despite his dominance…and he kneas doo Despite this, she would stand up to hiot rock hard and even a little breathless She was fascinating, h the way she did

Darinned as he put on his shirt He didn’t care Life now hadHe paused But now there was soainst him too easily A weakness he never had before

He was a loner Had been one most of his life An only child, he’d lost his parents at a young age, his grandparents raised him and then they both passed It hy it’d been no probleo into the military, into the SEALS then Special Ops No one out there to miss him Look for him

They wiped away his identity and he was good to go on any mission If he were killed, no one would ever know his nae, he was a ghost

Now, he did have sorabbed a heavy jacket Someone he wanted to wake up to everyday

FUCK!

He was in love Or at least falling He paused to look down at a peaceful, sleeping Ridge He had to keep her safe at all costs He just hoped that never ive her up

Pushing away his inner turun room

Tanner was already there He had guns and a up, he smiled at Noah “I love this collection”

“Yeah The whole team pitched in their faves”

Tanner looked angry suddenly, his set justice”

Harris nodded “And to keep Ridge safe”

Tanner shook his head “Riley”

Shrugging, Noah picked up a seht”

Tanner raised his brows “Wow You meant it”

“I did So, you’d better get used to me”

Tanner laughed “She will drive you insane Harris”

“Yes, she will, but…I want that” He did too She had driven him crazy since she showed up here and he looked forward to more