
Within the first three seconds of being off the road, the steering wheel jerked and slanted, ripping from my fingers and going in one direction. Having both hands on the wheel made no difference, though. The phone I’d been talking on fell from my fingers into the crack between the seat and the console when I let go to clutch the steering wheel with both hands.

oh, shit,” I gasped, as I yanked the wheel of my Jeep to the side sharply. “I’ll be there in an hour, I just need to stop by the house. I asked my friend why she wore floral panties, and she explained it was in memory of all the men who’d been buried there. My dreams went to where they normally went when I dreamed. I yawned and stretched my legs out in front of me. I, on the other hand, have no problem with being controlled by my woman.” “Pussy whipped implies not wanting to be controlled by your woman. “You’re so pussy whipped,” Lane chuckled. I foresee a long night in my near future.” Oh, and I’ll need to catch up on my rest. I haven’t slept in over twenty-four hours, and I’m about to see my woman. I closed my eyes and let my head fall back. The eyes I hadn’t been aware that I’d closed opened and glared at him, causing him to chuckle. No matter how uncomfortable I was, there was one thing that made it okay. The bastards were never comfortable, and I had no clue why it always came as a surprise to me. Sitting down in the seat next to him, I strapped my ass into the most uncomfortable seat on the planet and settled in for a long, long plane ride. “Ready for a long ass plane ride?” My commander, Lane, asked.ĭid I have a choice? It was the only way to get home! This had been one hell of a year, and if I never saw a piece of sand again, it’d be too goddamned soon. I dropped my bag at my feet once I arrived, tired beyond belief. I found one, and started walking toward it. I walked stiffly into the plane, my eyes scanning the cargo hold for an open seat. Lumbersexual- a sexy beast of a man who has a very fine beard. Blaine and Elliott have a love like no other, and time and distance will never change that. Regrettably, that meant being away from Blaine Christmas after Christmas, year after year.īlaine made the best of her situation, and did what any good military wife should do, even if it tore her to pieces to do it. He loved Blaine with his whole heart, but he had a responsibility to his team and to his country. When the orders are handed down, he has to go, leaving his new wife at home while he risks his life half a world away. She knew that deployment was a very real possibility… one that scared her to death. From that moment on, they loved fiercely, and never wasted a day. Then she met Elliott while he was on leave from the Army. She was never one to believe in love at first sight.

Blaine didn't understand the true meaning of lonely until she spent her first Christmas away from her husband.
