Free Soldier Stepbrother by Stephanie Brother Page B

future?”
    “Oh, yeah.”
    She sighed, leaning against him. “Six more months.”
    “What?”
    Anya lifted her head. “You have six more months in the Army, and I have six more months in college. After that, we can start our lives together.”
    He froze. “You want me to leave the Army?”
    She warred with her answer for a long time before slowly nodding. “I get so scared when you’re gone, and I don’t want to spend months at a time without you. If we’re going to do this, it’s together, and there can’t really be a together if we’re separated all the time.” She dipped her head, afraid to hear his rejection. “Can you think about that?”
    A second later, he nudged up her chin to kiss her again. “If the choice is between you and the Army, there is no contest. I want you, Anya, and not just for tonight.”
    A huge grin broke through, and her mood lightened. She grasped his cock more firmly. “But you can have me tonight too.”
    “Oh, good.” His fingers were sure and confident when he untied the sash of her robe. Slowly, he peeled back the soft terry cloth to reveal her nude body. “The best present ever, Anya.”
    She shot a cautious look toward the doorway of the kitchen. “Should we go somewhere more private?”
    He muttered something as he buried his face into her hair. A second later, he scooped her up, and she instinctively locked her thighs around his hips to support herself. It was a bit of a shock when he carried her out to the sun porch, which was chilly. She shivered until he flipped on the gas fireplace and laid her near it on the plush rug.
    It wasn’t exactly private, but she was beyond caring at the moment. All she could think about was finally having Cade inside her. He parted her thighs to lie between them, his fingers seeking out the sensitive bundle of nerves in her core as he began kissing her again.
    She dug her fingers into his flesh, holding him as tightly against her as she could. His head moved lower to suck her nipple as he stroked her clit. She thrust against him, moaning with need that had been denied for far too long.
    He seemed to coax an orgasm from her effortlessly, and she shook under the intensity, only vaguely aware of him pulling away just long enough to pull his cock from his pants. Her core was still contracting with pleasure when the head of his cock pressed against her folds.
    “Anya?”
    “Hmm?”
    “Anya.”
    His firm tone forced her to focus on him, and she pushed past the post-orgasmic euphoria still rippling through her. “Yes, Cade?”
    “Are you on the pill?”
    She shook her head. “I use the shot.”
    He gave a sound that indicated his deep relief before his large erection surged inside her. He was bigger than anyone who had gone before him, but it didn’t hurt as he stretched and filled her to the point where she was whimpering with pleasure.
    “You’re mine.” He spoke the words intensely, and she believed him.
    Unable to find the ability to speak in the heat of the moment, she settled for wrapping her legs around him, grasping his buttocks in her hands, and pulling him deeply into her slick heat. As Cade made love to her, she surrendered to the ancient rhythm, cocooned by passion and the strength of his promise.
     
    Six months later…
    “Is it true?” She almost screamed the words at him through the haze of tears blinding her.
    “Anya…”
    “No, dammit, no!” His pleading tone gave him away. “You promised me.” She hadn’t believed Vivian when the other woman had told her gleefully that Cade had re-upped for another four-year stint. He had promised to leave the Army behind, and he hadn’t uttered a word about having changed his mind in the four days he’d been home for her college graduation.
    “Please try to understand. The Army means a lot to me.”
    “More than I do obviously.” She scrubbed at the hot tears streaming down her face. “You promised.”
    He licked his lips. “I really tried, but I can’t just walk