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So inside her plummeted at his words

“Not here” He raked his fingers through his hair “Not where someone could have seen us”

She bit the inside of her lower lip in relief, and frustration He was right, but…

“Don’t look at me like that, Amelia I want you too much At the moment I want to carry you off to the closest bunk and our careers be damned if it means I can have you”

“Oh” Was that pleasure curling in her belly? Why did his admission make her feel so…desirable? Wan ton? Sexy?

“Yes, ‘Oh,’” he ave her a look so intense she had to take a steadying breath A look so full of desire and passion and pure unadulterated lust that she could only stare at him in wonder “You’re safe for now but, coames, no more pretenses, you are mine”

CHAPTER NINE

A TOTAL of three months had passed since Cole’s arriva

l aboard the USS Benjamin Franklin Currently, the aircraft carrier was docked at the Changi naval base in Singapore Cole had spent thewith one of the ship’s chaplains in humanitarian efforts in the city He suspected Amelia had, too, but he hadn’t seen her Probably intentionally

Since their kiss, she’d beco hined As if she’d accepted that eventually the sparks between thenite and burn them both

You are mine Where had that he--theain, no woman had ever affected him the way Amelia did

She really did make him a little crazy Very crazy

But all of that would change Soon Tonight?

Several of the crew had planned to out of apore The bar was just a few streets from the port and one of many that catered to the thousands of soldiers that h to accommodate an aircraft carrier Cole and a couple of the other ether at the end of their charity stint

The streets were crowded, filled with exotic noises and smells Fish markets, delicacies from street vendors, and Chinese, Malaysian and various ethnic restaurants teh above the streets, glistening against the setting sun and providing a spectacular high-tech backdrop that spoke well of Singapore’s prosperous world-class port