“Does Daniels know that you and I are in a relationship or that Teddy is my brother?” Desiree blurted out, biting her lower lip.
“Honestly, I don’t know. Teddy and I keep our personal lives kind of private. The only ones that really know is my normal team. We don’t really talk much in front of Daniels. I’m now learning that the team doesn’t really care for him.”
Max thought back to conversations that were had about Desiree of any kind. When the team would actually talk about things openly, Daniels was never around.
He now realized that the team didn’t like talking about their personal lives or making their normal jokes when he was around. They tended to act professional and keep things on a down low when the man was around.
As he really got to thinking about things, he realized the team had shown that they didn’t trust Daniels from the very beginning. He made a mental note to check in with his commanding officer when he went back to the office to find out when Daniels would officially be leaving the team.
Hopefully it would be very soon. At least for his sake.
“What brought on that question?” Max looked down at Desiree to see what was going on in her head.
Desiree told him about the conversation with Iris and then wound up breaking down and told him about what she knew of Daniels and why she avoided him like the plague. She’d also told him about his assault of Nightshade and how at times he would stalk them until recently.
Now that he knew all this information, he would be going to his commanding officer when he took him the paperworkshowing that he and Desiree were married so that she could be added to his paperwork and files and talk to him about Daniels. He wanted him to be gone for team moral.
Fuck waiting for the new spot on the other team to be opening. He now wondered more about Daniels and why he wasn’t liked on his last team.
He made a mental note to talk with the team leader the next chance he got. Max’s team was the third team that Daniels had been placed on, even if it was temporary.
“Hey, I didn’t mean to drop all of this on you like this. If you want to wait…”
Max didn’t let her finish her statement. He fused his lips with hers and rolled her onto her back.
When he finally rolled back over, she was just as breathless as he was. Every time he sunk into her heat, it was like the first time.
This woman was going to be the death of him. Fuck, but what a way to go!
“I’m not waiting, hellcat. You said you were ready right now, so in the morning, we will contact everyone and let them know to meet us at the courthouse at nine in the morning. We’ll file for our marriage papers and then I’m making you Mrs. Blackwell. You’re not getting out of it now.”
The next morning, they did exactly that. Max sent a text to his brother, Jose, and Teddy to meet them at the courthouse at nine sharp and not to be late, while Desiree did the same to the women she called family in the Blue Lotus club.
Three hours later, he was walking out of the courthouse with a ring on his finger and a copy of his marriage certificate to show his commanding officer. He was the happiest man on the planet right now.
This woman was his world and nothing, or no one, would make that change otherwise. If anyone tried, he would burn the fucking planet down to save her.
Fuck being the nice guy who saved everyone else at her expense. He didn’t care who was in the way, Desiree was the woman he would protect until his dying breathe.
“What are you thinking about, Mr. Blackwell?” Desiree purred up at him as she batted her eye lashes.
“How I could miss the rest of the day and take my lovely wife home and fuck her until we are both senseless.” Max answered, winking down at her.
“Oh, how I do love that. But sadly, Uncle Sam calls so you must go do your patriotic duty. Although, when you get home this evening, you can do exactly that. I may even be nice and be in our bed waiting buck ass naked for you.”
Max growled down at her as he pulled her in for a kiss. This woman knew exactly how to get to him.
Now he was probably going to have an erection the rest of the day thinking about her in their bed, buck ass naked, waiting for him to get home. Fuck Uncle Sam and his patriotic duty.
Chapter
Thirty-Four
Desiree woke up to find a note on the nightstand by her bed. Max had been called into work.
He said if they were called out on an op he would call and let her know, but other than that he should be home this evening. She had a feeling another mission was coming already.
Which sucked since they had just gotten married, but she knew what she’d signed up for. Hell, while she may not have been Delta Force, she had been a Green Beret, so she knew what to expect.
