Page 3 of Rules of Engagement

All the years of hunger and longing for her bursts forth, and I devour her like a starving man. Every sensation shoots through me like lightning, and I can’t get enough of her.

When I finally release her mouth, silence surrounds us as I stare into her eyes, burning this moment into my brain, knowing this may be the only time I hold her in my arms.

My throat tightens with the raw emotion of saying goodbye, making my words impossible to express. But I want her to know. Holding her face captive, I stare into her eyes, trying to bare my soul to her.

Jorja Jones, you have always been the only one I have wanted, and when I come home … if I make it home, I want to come home to you.

The bell rings.

I set her free, hoping her heart will wait for my return.

Then I turn and walk away to become the man I am meant to be.

A SEAL in the US Navy.

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