“Say what?” That made no sense at all.
“See, that’s part of it. You don’t see it in yourself. You certainly don’t brag about it. You already are what every soldier wants to be. That’s why most of them don’t speak to you. It’s not because you’re such a reticent bastard, though that’s a part of it. It’s that they’re too in awe. Now you know why I find it so delightful that I flummoxed you with a kiss.”
“It was a hell of a kiss. And I’m not totally flummoxed. I’m just…” He trailed off, trying to think of just what he was. She was eyeing him with a slight twist of her head that showed off the shape of her neck. He wanted to run his fingers along it to see how it felt. To see if she shivered when he did so.
“Okay,” he finally had to admit. “That does describe the feeling pretty well.”
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