A memory flashed in her mind of the last time Rob had touched her and how magical his touch was, along with his tongue and other things.
Was it getting hot in here?
“No, I have my military pension from being medically discharged, and our boss Nick makes sure that we are paid well.I’m by no means a millionaire, but I live comfortably and as you have seen, I don’t need much.”
No, he didn’t.His home was as basic as a military barrack.
“It must be nice you don’t have to work much and get paid.”It would be nice if she didn’t have to put in the hours she did to pay her bills.June loved her job, but she didn’t like the long hours—especially the ones she had been putting in lately.If she could go back to eight-hour days, she would be happy.
“I may not work as much, but I think what I do now is more strenuous and dangerous than before.”
She could see that.Rob had mentioned that he did covert work that wasn’t recognized by the US government.It had to be even more dangerous than what he did before.
“I’m sorry, I wasn’t trying to make light of what you do.”It was incredibly brave for him to do what he did.On top of that, he did it with partial hearing and assistive devices.
“I know you weren’t,” he assured her with a genuine smile.
“Do you find it more difficult to do your job with your hearing loss?”
“It was an adjustment, but I’ve learned to adapt.In the beginning, it was hard, but Dr.Shane is amazing, and technology has come so far.I can probably hear better now out of my left ear than before my accident.Maybe with time, I can be like Superman and hear from great distances.”He chuckled at his own joke.
That would be helpful, but it could be bad too.Hearing wasn’t just a pinpoint.If you were going to hear something far away, you were going to pick up everything in between.Sounded like a headache to her.“I’m sorry for what you had to lose, but it seemed to work out where you can still serve in a different capacity.”
“I am grateful, and I will tell you one thing.”
“What’s that?”Her breath stuttered when his fingers coasted up to her elbow and back down to her wrist.She was having trouble remembering what she had asked him.The man was deadly in the art of distraction.
“I’ve never been gladder in my life for my accident.”
She hadn’t expected him to say that.“How can you say that?You loved being in the army.I’ve seen how upset you get when you talk about losing your career.”
“If it hadn’t been for my accident, I never would have met you.”
June’s heart skipped a beat.Could this man have said anything more perfect to her?“Rob,” she whispered his name, not knowing what else to say.
Rob interlaced their fingers as he looked her deep in the eyes.“I was angry and bitter about it for a long time, and when I was given another chance to serve, I was grateful, but something always felt as if it were missing.I lacked the same passion that I had before.It was you, I was missing.Someone to share my life with.I felt a connection the moment I first laid eyes on you, but I ignored it.I’m not ignoring it anymore.I love you, June.”
June had a Jerry Maguire moment of he had her at hello.
June pushed forward and fell into Rob’s lap.He easily caught her and gathered her in his arms and devoured her mouth like a starved man with her the banquet.
June tore at his clothes, needing to feel his bare skin.It had been three weeks.She wanted to know if sex the second time would be just as amazing as the first.
Rob separated their lips and looked deep into her eyes again.“Are you sure?”
“I’ve never been more sure about anything.I love you; now make love to me.”Rob scooped his hands under her butt and stood up with her.June wrapped her hands around his neck, not that she was afraid to fall; she knew he would never drop her.She held on as an anchor as she licked and nipped his neck.
Rob groaned and almost lost his footing, having to brace a hand on the wall, but he managed to get them to the bedroom and set her down on her feet at the side of the bed.Rob looked out of breath as his chest heaved in and out, his eyes filled with lust.
June smiled up at him, feeling feminine satisfaction she had managed to fluster him.She wanted to take it up a notch and have him out of his mind like he drove her.She reached for the hem of her shirt and pulled it over her head, tossing it on the floor, uncaring of where it landed.Her bra followed.
It took a will of strength, but June stood there with her hands at her side, letting Rob look his fill.He had seen her naked before but never standing in front of him.
His eyes skated down her chest; she could feel it like a caress.Her nipples pebbled under his gaze as if they remembered what it was like to be felt by his hands and tongue.
“You are so damn beautiful.”
“Are you going to just keep standing there gawking at me, or come over here and do something?”She threw down the gauntlet, not knowing where this naughty side of her was coming from.
