Diamond Soldiers by Pinki Parks
Soldiers in action, a steamy night that left her completely satisfied but felt like a fantasy.
Gillian
Was I dreaming? Dalton was the one that got away.
Duty trumped passion. We couldn’t be together.
My days in the military resulted in sleepless nights.
I would give anything to be with him. One time would satisfy the itch.
Now he is dead.
I was blackmailed into marrying another. My family had no idea. I couldn’t tell anyone. I was stuck.
I knew they would be coming for their diamonds, and we had them.
Dalton
God, I wanted her! The facts were hard to ignore. The love I had was hidden for a reason.
I couldn’t see her. It would ruin her life. I had to protect her from afar.
The past has a funny way of coming back. I thought it was over.
My sacrifice was in vain. I didn’t have to walk the path alone.
The love I had for her was forbidden. It would be delicious. One taste would quench my curiosity. The gun was my mistress. I didn’t want it to be.
That crazy night in Guam. We had to take the diamonds. But now we were paying for it.
The past was in the way of our love. Could I keep her away from the line of fire? But how? She thinks I am dead.
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Pinki Parks writes action military romance novels.
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Dalton
I had to do something before he made the call to say he had spotted her. I snuck up behind him, but seeing Gillian in the window of the wedding dress shop was a distraction. I scuffed my feet on the gravel of the roof and the man turned with his hand going for his gun.
Fighting him was easy, but I wasn’t able to stop him from getting a shot off into the air. I got him into a choke hold and held it until his body went slack.
I had tried to stay hidden in plain sight, but seeing her made me forget my training. Watching her try on wedding dresses had me imagining the day we would walk down the aisle together. I had harbored an infatuation for Gillian from the moment I met her in basic training. She was proficient in hand to hand combat. I don’t know how many times I had fallen with my ego bruised by how easily she dispatched me.
The military was no longer a part of my life after the fateful day in Guam. The six of us were thick as thieves. It was an apt metaphor considering what we had agreed to do.
I wasn’t going to interfere in what was supposed to be the best day of her life.
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