Free The Soldier's Lady by Jordan Silver Page A

    CALEB

 
    I waited for her
reaction to see just how far we’d come. In the last few weeks I’ve been
chipping away at the shell of insecurity that surrounds her, but I knew there
was still a lot to be done. Mom has been too busy with dad and his work so
there was never a good time for a meet, though they’ve spoken on the phone
several times. If my parents lived closer it would’ve been easier but I would
have to have time off to take her up there, which I’m hoping for in the near
future.
    Jen is another huge help
as well as a couple more of her friends. They don’t realize it yet but whenever
we’re out together I pay very close attention to the way they treat and talk to
her. Why? Because I’ve got plans to separate the wheat from the chaff. Anyone I
find that’s not a positive force in her life will be out by the time I’m
through.
    My mind had wandered
there for a sec but it came back when she jumped into my lap and covered my
face with kisses. I took the stupid watch from her and put it on her wrist
while she bounced like a two year old. I grinned at her and nuzzled my spot on
her neck. “You’re a goof my Melissa.”
    In the weeks since I’d
taken her to my bed she’s loosened up considerably. She’s a lot more relaxed
though there are times when she withdraws back into her uncertainty. I’m trying
to map the patterns to see if there’s any particular event or interaction with
a particular person that causes it. I know her mom is one big trigger for her
but I have to be more diplomatic with that one. Don’t get me wrong I plan on dealing
with her ass too but Melissa loves her mom so whatever I do I have to do it in
a way that doesn’t hurt my girl. That’s a tough one for me though, the holding
back.
    “You sure you want to go
out? We can just stay in and you can thank me nicely for your gift.” I pinched
her ass because she was turning her hand left to right and staring at the light
reflected off her watchstrap. “If you’re a really good boy captain I promise to
suck your cock on the way home.” Well now my boy perked right up at that one.   I’ve found out that I was right in the
beginning. Though she is shy and reserved the girl, when she loosens up has a
mouth on her. “You’re an abominable tease.”
    “It’s time to get ready
we don’t want to be late again, remember what happened last time. Everyone knew
why we were late it was embarrassing.” The last time we were late meeting the
others Jen had called at an inopportune moment and the cat was out of the bag.
It’s not my fault that she wears the sexiest fucking dresses when we’re going
out and I can’t control my baser instincts. “I told you not to answer the damn
phone.”
    “It’s a natural reaction
I can’t hear a phone ring and not answer. What if something’s wrong?” Of course
I’d fucked into her harder at the precise moment she’d picked up the phone and
her ‘so deep captain’ was the first thing the person on the other end had
heard. Jen being Jen had shared that little tidbit with the others and my baby
had spent the rest of the night with her face buried in my chest from the
teasing. I’d taken it all in stride, they already knew I was a horn dog the way
I kept pawing at her.
    I was drawing her out
through touch yes, but the reality was that I just can’t be near her and not
touch her in some way. It’s as though I need the connection, the constant
reminder that she’s there and she’s mine. When we’re apart I miss her and when
we’re at home together we’re always close. She thrives on the closeness and
attention and it does my heart good to see her blossoming so beautifully.
    “Okay let’s go, I only
need like ten minutes though while you on the other hand takes for damn near
ever.” “It’s a female thing captain, we have a lot more to work with than you
guys.” She kissed me hard and hopped off my lap and headed for the stairs. “If
you hurry maybe we can have a quickie in the