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I’d, of course, said yes

It’d been six weeks since the surgery Six weeks since I’d first met the man Yet, it felt like I’d known him forever

We talked every single day, and we texted even ers

That was about to all change, though, since he was going back to work

I bounced on the heels of my feet as I waited outside

I sot out

He grinned when I rushed toward him

We didn’t hug, but God, did I want to throw my arms around his body and bury my face in that beautifully defined chest

Opening my door for me, he waited until I was firmly planted inside, with my seatbelt on, before he closed the door and rounded the truck

When I was clickingin the back seat, and I frowned

“What’s that?” I asked when I pointed into his back seat

He grimaced

“My new uniforrumbled

That gru rumble before

“Ummm,” I hesitated “What’s so bad about it?”

He paused “I’d have to try it on for you for you to see why”

I opened and closed o try it on We’re still here”

He sighed “It’s bad”

Let , folks It wasn’t bad

It was nificent

When he ca out of my bathroom ten minutes later in his new uniform, my eyeballs nearly rolled into the back of asm