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Mason shrugged, watching her with a smile tugging on his lips.“So we’ll stay the night at your place, and I’ll wake you up nice and early.Make it worth your while.How does that sound?”

“Shhh,” she said, her face turning pink.

“Sweetie, don’t worry,” Bailey said.“We all know you two are sleeping together.You’re a couple.”

“Bailey!”she hissed, balling up her napkin and tossing it across the table.Noah instinctively reached out and snagged it from the air, Bailey watching him in surprise.

“Habit,” he said easily.“But how about you, sunshine?Can you handle me for another couple of hours if we head down to the dock after brunch?”

“Oh, I can handle you,” she assured him, pursing those glossy pink lips.She innocently lifted her mimosa and took another sip, knowing he was watching her.“It’s about time someone put you in your place.”

He took another swig of his beer and shot her a grin.“Honey, you can put me wherever you want me.”

Chapter 5

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BAILEY WALKED DOWNthe dock with Taylor, the men following behind.She could hear their low voices—talking about a recent mission, it sounded like.Mason had gotten a text from Hunter, their SEAL team leader, and the men had briefly huddled together to discuss something.

Interesting how they could be carefree and laughing one minute and then serious and no-nonsense the next.As big of a flirt as Noah was, she got the idea that he was one hundred percent committed to his career.

He had to be she supposed—lives were literally at stake.

She didn’t know exactly what becoming a SEAL entailed, but she did know most men never passed the training.

A brief hint of worry washed over her.

Noah and Mason had dangerous jobs—of course he could never tell her about his missions or what exactly he did, but they were sent to bad places.Deployed to God knows where, length of time unknown.They fought against the bad guys and did things she could never even dream of.

Taylor had told her small bits of the types of things Mason had said he did—the things that he could share, that is.She got the idea that Taylor and the other girlfriends didn’t know the half of it.

And her best friend seemed okay with it.

It was silly for her to worry about Noah anyway.He was a big boy who could take care of himself.He was a freaking Navy SEAL for crying out loud.The thought of him in harm’s way didn’t sit well with her though, and that was somewhat of a shock to her system.

She was casual about her relationships, content to move from one man to another without much thought.

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