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“You’re not serious.”
Carponti turned around, his shoulders covered in flecks of red hair.
“What?”
Nicole grinned as she leaned against the door. “Garrison is going to
kill you.”
“Garrison is going to love my new hair cut. It looks just like his.”
Nicole arched one blond eyebrow. “Except for the bright red fuzzy patch
in the center of your head.”
Carponti shrugged and rubbed his hands over his freshly shorn scalp. “I
can’t wait to see what the sergeant major says.”
“Isn’t he going to be mad?”
Carponti brushed the hair off his neck. “We’re going to war. My hair
isn’t on the list of things he’s going to worry about.”
Nicole looked down at the pile of hair on the floor and sighed. “Then
why do it?”
Carponti smirked. “Because it’ll get a rise out of him and I live to
make his blood pressure go up.”
She laughed. “You need a hobby. Other than blowing things up.”
He sidled across the room and hooked his thumb into the waist of her
jeans and tugged her close until their hips met. “I have a hobby. Keeping you
well satisfied.”
She sniffed but her lips curled at the edges. “You’re going to be
derelict in your duties for a while.”
“But I’ll be home soon enough and then I’ll make up for it.”
“I think I’m going to need a deployment boyfriend.”
He grinned wickedly. “Did you already get one?” He backed her up
against the wall, his body hard against hers. God but she loved this man. “Can
I see it?”
A slow flush crept over her face and she tried to look away. He
threaded his fingers with hers and lifted her arms over her head. Her back
arched with the movement.
“Please?” he whispered against her lips. “That would be an awesome
memory to take with me downrange. Just think of me, alone in the middle of the
desert. One visual of you with your deployment boyfriend and it could make a
lonely night go by so much faster.”
Nicole giggled until the laugh overwhelmed her and she was gasping for
air. He released her hands and she threaded them around his neck. She buried
her face against his throat and laughed.
“There’s something really wrong with you,” she said when she could
breathe again. “I’ll send you a video.”
He brightened instantly. “Really?”
“Yes. And dirty letters.”
“Promise?” He nibbled along the edge of her jaw, guiding her slowly
backward toward their bed, stacked high with his two duffle bags and all the
crap he still hadn’t packed.
But he didn’t care.
“I promise. And you’re going to be late.” Her voice caught in her
throat.
“Screw it,” he whispered. “This is the last chance to make love to my beautiful
wife before I have to go traipsing across the desert like Lawrence of Arabia.”
He nibbled at her earlobe while his hand slipped down her belly to the moist
head between her thighs. “Tell you what. You send me a picture of yours and
I’ll send you a picture of mine. Maybe I can get him a little horse and saddle
and send you a picture. Maybe a Barbie camel. I can put him in a little man
dress.”
She laughed and Carponti’s heart swelled in his chest at the sound of
it.
“I’m going to hold you to that.” She traced her fingers over his scalp,
her body soft and warm against his erection. “I want a picture of him in a man
dress in exchange for a video of the deployment boyfriend.”
Her legs bumped into the back of the bed and he followed her down.
Tangled between the duffle bags and his uniforms, he made love to her one last
time before he got on a plane and headed to war.
Author Bio:
As a career army wife, Nicole Carponti knows just what to expect from
her husband's tour of duty: loneliness, relentless worry, and a
seemingly endless countdown until the moment Vic walks through the door
again. But when the unthinkable happens, Nicole and
Vic's bond is tested like never before and changes everything they
believe to be true about the power of love and the simple beauty of
being home for the holidays.
USA Today bestselling
author Jessica Scott is a career army officer; mother of two daughters,
three cats and three dogs; wife to a career NCO and wrangler of all
things stuffed and fluffy. She is a terrible cook and even worse
housekeeper, but she's a pretty good shot with her
assigned weapon and someone liked some of the stuff she wrote. Somehow,
her children are pretty well-adjusted and her husband still loves her,
despite burned water and a messy house.She's written for the New York Times At War Blog, PBS Point of View: Regarding War Blog, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. She deployed to Iraq in 2009 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn and has served as a company commander at Fort Hood, Texas.
She's pursuing a PhD in Sociology in her spare time and most recently, she's been featured as one of Esquire Magazine's Americans of the Year for 2012.
Author Social Media links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessicaScott09
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