Hot Pursuit - Denise A. Agnew [43]
He finally released her long enough to look down at her, both of them breathless, his cock aching to find her hot softness. “I understand the trust issues. But I’m willing to trust you with everything inside me. I know you’d never hurt me like Shelly did. You know what I think?” Her tired smile, her soft eyes gave him strength to confess. “I think I’m the luckiest damn soldier ever to live. It would be my honor if you would write to me the next time I go on a deployment. It would make me the happiest man alive if I knew you were waiting for me when I got back.”
He waited, anxiety touching him. What if she said no? What if she couldn’t take the life of waiting for a military man to come home?
She tightened her arms around his neck. “It would be my honor to write to you. Wherever you go. Whatever you do.”
He drew back long enough to say, his eyes burning, his throat tight, “I love you, Lucy Creed.”
With a big smile she reached up and pulled his head down, and despite the lateness of the morning, aching muscles, and tired everything, they made love in the semi-dark. He wanted it that way, so he could see her expression as he brought her to that first shattering climax. Her head thrown back, her body shivering, her cry high and quaking with unmistakable pleasure. As he sank within her, he found a special heaven he understood he’d never known until now. In her arms was where he belonged.
Colorado Springs. Lasting Images Studio. A year and a half later.
As six o’clock came around, Lucy snapped off the air conditioning in her studio and made sure her security alarm was set. Time to go home. As she always did though, she looked around her studio and the numerous wedding photographs gracing her walls. She smiled. To date, since she’d moved to Colorado Springs a year and a half ago, she’d built a thriving business even faster than she’d expected. Jake, Marisa, Freddie and Keith had transferred to Fort Carson not that long after Vic. She’d found a contentment in life she’d once never knew existed. What else was there other than a career she loved, great friends and a wonderful home?
Love. Of course. More than any of those things, she couldn’t forget love. She smiled.
Her cell phone rang and excitement jumped inside her as she rushed back to the counter and reached for her phone tucked away in her purse. The screen held the name she wanted to see the most.
A huge smile broke over her face as she answered. “Vic!”
“Hey, babe. It’s good to hear your voice.”
“Where are you?”
“On my way to you.”
She sighed with mock indignation. His flight in to the airport wasn’t due for another two hours. “That doesn’t explain where you are, silly man. I’m just heading out to Fort Carson now.”
“Don’t bother.”
“What?” Worry struck her.
“I’m right outside your door, love. We got an early connection back, and I wanted to surprise you.”
She swung around and there he was outside the studio, waving at her from the window. Wearing his Army Combat Uniform, or ACU’s as people in the military called them. His soldier’s bearing sent a primitive need through her body, but his dear face and wonderful smile took her breath away. She let out a squeal of joy, clicked off the phone, placed it on the counter and ran for the door. She couldn’t get there fast enough. When she did, he grabbed her up, stepped into the store and slammed the door.
His eyes were bright with love, and she hugged him as close as she could.
“God, baby,” he whispered close to her mouth. “I missed you.” He kissed her.
Their kiss went on so long she almost considered dragging him into the back room and having her way with him. Instead they lingered, only releasing the kiss after an eternity.
They stayed in each other’s arms. Vic grinned and pushed her hair back. She’d grown it to that lengthy, black tangle from high school. “Lucy, I can’t believe how