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He couldn’t keep the wry tone out of his voice ‘Indeed’

Checking the corridor, she closed the door behind theestured to him to join her beside a clear countertop

‘Take your shirt off, and whatever layers you’re wearing underneath, and let me see that wound properly’

So clipped, so professional, but Ash thought he heard the faintest quiver beneath For ain this claustrophobic room, half-naked and alone with a woman he couldn’t seem to keep his hands off, at least in the privacy of his own head

And what about the scars?

He’d never worried about his scars before He was an infantry soldier; other men who’d seen them knew better than to ask, and women who’d seen them had shatever superficial story he’d thrown at them

But the Major?

Ash had a feeling she would be able to see right through him

He locked his jaw irritably Since when did it ers under the layers, he pulled the his arly casually, over his chest

With so satisfaction, he heard the air whoosh out of her lungs, saw her pupils dilating as she backed up further She was fighting it, this attraction And yet, even as she did so, her eyes didn’t stop raking over him, with the results as real as if she’d actually raked her fingernails across his skin instead His body burned up with desire

They just had to get through this before he gave in to his baser instincts and, for the first time in his career on an active tour of duty, mixed his Army life with his personal one

Every tiht he was back in control, she slipped beneath the surface and unravelled all his iron-clad control like a kitten would toy with a ball of yarn Suddenly, he didn’t want to fight it any ive in—just this once—and steal one perfect kiss fro lips

One kiss

No, he’d survived aht with the enemy in hand-to-hand coet close enough to sneak behind his armour

Just one kiss