Redeeming Her SEAL (ASSIGNMENT: Caribbean Nights Book 9) (27 page)
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Authors: Kat Cantrell
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He extended his palm, and it felt very much like his heart lay in the center of it.
Unshed tears gathered in the corners of her eyes, and when she smiled, one slipped down her cheek, but she let it fall and gave him the ultimate redemption when she placed her hand in his.
Sometimes doing the right thing came with the best rewards.
W
hen Charlie dove into the water along the north shore of Ilhota Rosa, he thought he could make it to a submerged rock near the center of the cove before one of the large gray shadows lurking under the surface noticed. That didn’t happen.
A fin rose out of the clear water. Tracking him. Keeping pace. And then the bottlenose broke the surface with a splash and the dolphin swam in circles around him like a crazed puppy begging for attention. It was the smaller female, small being relative when it took all of his considerable strength and skills to keep the overexuberant beast from drowning him.
They raced through the water. Charlie’s arms cut into the wake of the marine creature who could easily outswim him. But she liked to play, and he liked to let her have her fun.
Audra, who was already perched on one of the rocks fifty or so yards from the shore, slapped the water with her hand but the dolphin ignored her. Charlie was their favorite human, and Audra never ceased to get her panties in a wad about how easily he could get them to do what he wanted.
That was okay. Audra was his favorite human, and he knew exactly how to handle her panties.
“Hey,” he murmured as he drew up alongside the rock. “Wanna share?”
“Not really,” she said with a smirk. “This is my rock. Find your own.”
“Aww. That’s no way to be just because the dolphins can’t read the letters on your fancy degree well enough to know that you’re the expert.” He crowded onto the rock with her anyway because he had something special in mind that required close proximity to the most gorgeous redhead in the whole Caribbean. “I have something for you.”
“Is it the same thing you had for me this morning?” she asked hopefully as she wound her arms around his torso to hang on because the rock was definitely not big enough for two. “Because I like the way you woke me up.”
With a deep kiss that was followed by an even deeper exploration of the wonders of her body. That
had
been amazing. Of course, every morning was amazing when he got to sleep in the same bed with Audra, and since she’d moved into the house he shared with Jace, that happened on a regular basis.
“Yeah? You liked that?” Her breasts pressed into his bare torso, threatening to derail his agenda, and that wasn’t going to work. Oh, it
worked
. In every possible way. But he had important stuff to discuss.
Maybe he could get to that in a minute. He snaked his arm tighter around her waist and ground those perfect nipples against his chest because he wasn’t an idiot. Or rather he wasn’t one any longer.
Which meant he needed to make some things official around here. “I love you.”
She blinked up at him and smiled. “I love you too.”
He could not hear that enough, and it warmed him in ways he could never explain. “And it’s fitting that I ask you the most important question of our relationship here in the water at Ilhota Rosa.”
Her brows rose. “I already said I’d still marry you even though I’m not pregnant.”
Several negative pregnancy tests in a row had generated more than a few sighs of relief. Most of them hers. He’d admitted to a tiny bit of disappointment, but the result of the negative test meant she could get on a more reliable method of birth control. No more condoms had led to a spectacular round of sex in the shower, so he could hardly complain.
He waved that off. “Yeah, but that was just theoretical. And besides, that’s not the question.” Fishing around in his shorts pocket, he pulled out the band he’d tucked away and held it up. “Will you be my pod?”
Her lungs hitched as she stared at the ring he’d had custom made in the shape of a dolphin, with its tail fin twined around a diamond. “Oh, Charlie. It’s so… perfect.”
“Is that a yes?” His heart ached as he saw the answer clearly in her blue eyes.
Tears slipped down her face, mixing with the salt water, as she nodded her formal agreement and let him put the ring on her finger.
With Audra on board to help Aqueous Adventures take the next step, Charlie had plans to make good on her idea to create their own reef. And with her constant grace as a reminder, he could finally accept the loan his father had been trying to give him. Five hundred grand bought a measure of security for his team, and with a lot of hard work, he’d pay it back as fast as humanly possible.
They were going to make it this time. The Saint had finally scaled the walls of heaven and settled into the grace of redemption. It was the greatest thrill of all.
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