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Rhett shrugged “He gets that uys need this when they come home”

Her brows shot up “To fight each other?”

“To readjust to civilian life,” he countered “You train for years in the hter, to respond on instinct, to always be on the alert It’s difficult to turn that off when you come home This helps”

“Oh,” she said Then soft understanding crossed her face “Okay, I guess that actually et hiood you all have this,” she added softly “To coether”

Rhett gave a firs into the trash can He turned back to her and took a step closer He saw the hitch of her breath, and fuck, he got that Whenever he got close to her, his body responded Being around her spoke to a very primal part of him “Other than this, I’m either at work or with your brother and Asher or at a bar” He took that last step, closing the distance between thelanced down into her pink-cheeked face as she looked up at him with those blue beauties He tucked her hair behind her ear, and the way she leaned into his touch slowly unraveled hi I also do for fun” He lowered his voice “One other thing I’ood at”

Her lips parted, inviting him in for a kiss But then she blinked, and the heat faded a little froaze A sudden softness crossed her face that had hiht?” he asked

“I never said that, but later” She gave him a little push “Go shower”

He held his ground, notan inch “Why?”

“Because you’re gross, sweaty, and stinky, and your ain “I want to take you soet I want to take you there”

He didn’t budge “Is it going to involve that show you and Re?”

“The Real Housewives of Orange County?” She stopped pushing and laughed softly “No Why would you even think that?”

“Because you and Reht” It had been a punishment to everyone who had to endure it

She rolled her eyes “Okay, fine, we do love that show, but no, I’ to make you watch it”

He grabbed her shirt and yanked her closer, loving the hitch of surprise in her breath “Does it involve bubble baths?”

“No,” she rasped, wide-eyed