joked, glancing over at Hailey.
“No, one wedding at a time!” Kim laughed. “I’m already helping Hailey plan yours. And we’re not engaged or anything.”
“Yet,” Blake quipped.
Clarissa shushed him. “Don’t tease them. At least our wedding will be extremely low-key. No big planning involved for anyone.” Blake leaned over, kissing her temple, and she relaxed against him.
Jackson and Taryn walked over to join them, Jackson towering over her petite frame. They looked cute as hell together though, and Kim could see Jackson was protective toward Taryn much in the same way Ethan acted around her. His entire team was full of macho, alpha men, but Kim swore each of them were practically mush around their women.
“And to answer your question, Florida was good,” Kim said. “Ethan introduced me to his parents, and we went snorkeling and then spent a few days at the beach.”
“Florida was awesome, and my parents are already asking us to come back,” Ethan admitted with a chuckle. He glanced down at Kim, his dark gaze sending sparks of heat shooting straight through her. They’d spent a few days with his family and then a few days alone in a hotel. She flushed, recalling how they’d barely left the hotel room the first day, preferring instead to spend the day in bed making love. Ethan had wanted her to ride him, then he’d taken her from behind while she muffled her cries with a pillow. She’d been embarrassed to even leave their room after the way she’d cried out his name, but Ethan had assured her they’d been quiet.
Kim playfully nudged him. “No way we can go back to Florida until my mom gets to cook dinner for you. She’s still badgering me about that.”
He winked. “You’ll have to invite them out here to stay with us.”
“Wait, so you’re really moving here?” Hailey squealed in excitement.
Kim looked around at everyone and grinned. “I will be. I accepted the job offer, and I’ll be working in a building right near Hailey’s.”
“Wow, that’s fantastic!” Taryn said, smiling at her. “Congratulations. I’m sure you’re thrilled to have a great job out here so you can be with Ethan.”
“Congratulations,” Jackson said. “They’ll be lucky to have you here. Although I’m sure you’ll be missed at the Pentagon.” He glanced over at Ethan. “And congrats to you for convincing your girl to move out here.”
Ethan jokingly swiped his brow. “It took a lot of persuading.”
“Where’s Logan?” Kim asked, realizing he was the only one not there. Ethan nodded to the right, and she followed his gaze to where several women stood laughing with him.
“I can’t let him out of my sight,” Troy joked. As they watched, another woman was hobbling down the boardwalk on crutches with a cast on her leg. She looked over toward her friends but seemed resigned to stay where she was. Ethan frowned as he saw the access ramp to the beach had been damaged. She’d have to navigate the steps with her crutches to join the others.
“Hell, I can’t let him have all the fun,” Troy said. “Check out that pretty redhead over there,” he said, nodding at the woman on crutches. He jogged across the beach toward the woman, leaving the rest of them chuckling.
“So, is this a party or what?” Jackson quipped. “We brought a cooler of beers, wine coolers for the ladies, and fruit-flavored sparkling water for Hailey.”
“It’s really good,” Taryn promised.
“Let’s have a beer!” Ghost said.
They all grabbed drinks from the cooler, popping the caps off as they stood around talking and laughing. “So what are we toasting to?” Kim asked.
“To us, sweetheart,” Ethan joked, clinking his beer bottle against her wine cooler. The others grew louder, talking around them, but Kim looked up into Ethan’s eyes.
“Hell, when you look at me like that, I want to give you everything,” he admitted.
“You already have,” she said, smiling as he gently took her hand in his.
“I love you,” he said huskily.
“Not as much as I love you.”
Then Ethan ducked down and kissed her as the ocean crashed on the shore, their friends talked and laughed all around them, and she realized she was exactly the one place she’d always belonged—in Ethan’s arms.
Author’s Note
Thank you so much for reading Ethan and Kimberly’s story! If you enjoyed this book, you’ll love SEAL’s Promise. Find out what happens with Troy “T-Rex” Harrison.
A dangerous hostage standoff at sea. An event planner caught in the middle. And a Navy SEAL who’ll risk everything to save her.
Navy SEAL Troy “T-Rex” Harrison doesn’t expect to see the pretty redhead he flirted with at the beach ever again. Her flirtatious smile and sexy curves might’ve made his heart pound, but when he had to rush off to base for an emergency, he didn’t get her name or number.
Event planner Caitlyn Thomas is ready to pull off the highlight of her career. She’s arranged an anniversary party for a high-ranking military officer and his wife. When the admiral is targeted by terrorists intent on stealing state secrets, Caitlyn is caught in the middle of the standoff. Taken hostage and out to sea with the admiral and his wife, she is shocked when the good-looking guy from the beach sneaks onto the boat to save them.
A SEAL team coming to her rescue is the last thing she expects—especially the ruggedly handsome man who made her pulse pound. Danger follows her home from the rescue operation though. Troy won’t let anything happen to her, but he won’t let her get away this time either.
SEAL’s Promise, a standalone novel, is book five in the addictive Alpha SEALs Coronado series.
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ALPHA SEALS
SEAL the Deal
SEALED with a Kiss
A SEAL’s Surrender
A SEAL’s Seduction
The SEAL Next Door
Protected by a SEAL
Loved by a SEAL
Tempted by a SEAL
Married to a SEAL
Seduced by a SEAL
Rescued by a SEAL
Stranded with a SEAL
Summer with a SEAL
Kidnapped by a SEAL
SEAL Ever After
ALPHA SEALS CORONADO
SEAL’s Desire
SEAL’s Embrace
SEAL’s Honor
SEAL’s Revenge
SEAL’s Promise
SINFUL MARINES
One Night with a Marine
Her Sinful Marine
Her Forbidden Marine
LINE OF DUTY
Make Me Yours
Be Mine Tonight
SOLDIER SERIES
Christmas with a Soldier
Valentine from a Soldier
In the Arms of a Soldier
Return of a Soldier
Summer with a Soldier
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