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Chapter One

Derrick

It was going to happen Today was finally the day I was going to deck an officer and thus end any hope I had of everchief of the boat, and probably earn , and he knew it, the way he rade lieutenant who had to answer to the other officers, but he wasn’t stupid It didn’twith an officer of any rank over a personalto be harshly punished

But it ht be worth it

Fernsby had been goading ot, which considering the close quarters on a sub with another officer about winning the first-kiss raffle for our hoht there And that he’d be kissing my ex

Personal matter indeed

And totally worth punching that s smile away

“I hope we go viral Social led his eyebrows at the big-eyed ensign who’d been hero-worshipping hi First kiss was a storied tradition forfor the honor of being first to disereet their loved ones Usually I was happy for whoever won, and over the years I’d seen more than one proposal as a result of that first kiss

God, I hoped Fernsby wasn’t planning that Bad enough that he couldn’t stop ribbing me that Steve chose him overWatching the to suck

“I’aze n’s head

An angry noise escaped my throat “And I hope—”

“Fox A word Now” My friend Calder appeared seely out of nowhere in the narrow corridor and hauled ood deal of my circulation