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atmosphere. Though it was dark, it overlooked a lake that currently looked like a piece of beautiful, untouched glass. A full moon hung in the sky, giving them enough natural light combined with the dim outside ones.
    “Okay.” She went back inside, presumably to grab plates and utensils. He was surprised when she also carried out a bottle of wine and two glasses. For once he resisted the urge to help her. He knew she needed to keep her hands busy and gain back some of the control he’d taken from her. It was small but if there was one thing he knew about Caitlyn, it was that she needed control to feel normal.
    “I’ll be back in a few minutes.” He didn’t miss the gleam in her eye—one he hadn’t seen in quite a while—so he didn’t question her. He patted his pants pocket. Both sets of keys were still in there. Unless she’d learned to hotwire a car in the past year, she wasn’t going anywhere.
    She returned ten minutes later just as he was serving their food.
    His breath caught. Despite the cooler weather, she’d changed from jeans and a T-shirt to a formfitting, knee length, halter-style emerald green dress and a light sweater. He swallowed hard and tried to hide his physical reaction. Not that it did any good. His cock strained painfully against his jeans.
    Her nipples were visible through her dress and through the sheer material he couldn’t see any sort of lines. Was she even wearing anything underneath? He wiped sweaty palms on his jeans.
    “You look great,” he managed to choke out.
    A light tinge of pink painted her cheeks. “Thanks,” she murmured before taking a seat.
    They ate in comfortable silence, though she basically pushed her food around, choosing to sip on her white wine.
    As the meal progressed, Sean watched Caitlyn out of the corner of his eye. She stared out at the still lake water but he could tell she wasn’t seeing anything. Even from his limited perspective, he could tell she was more or less staring into space and she kept chewing on her bottom lip. He’d give anything to know what was going on in that pretty head of hers.
    There was a lot they needed to talk about and he knew he should be the one to start the conversation. “How’s work been?”
    She glanced back at him with narrowed eyes and he guessed she was gauging his expression to see if he was being serious or not. That probably had something to do with the fact that he normally had a smart-ass comment ready where her work was involved.
    She shrugged. “It’s been good but tough. The tribal warfare seems never ending.”
    “Has your group taken any direct hits?” His throat clenched as he waited for the answer.
    Her expression softened. “No, but thanks for asking. Relatively speaking, we’ve been lucky. I left Kabul and for the past six months, I’ve been working with a medical group that has long-standing ties in the northern region. I just hate that people die from something like dysentery…” She stopped as if she thought she was rambling. “Anyway, I didn’t tell you because…”
    When she didn’t continue, he finished for her. “Because you didn’t want me to worry.”
    “Yeah. I knew you had a lot on your plate and didn’t want to add any more.”
    He sat in silence, drinking in her profile as she stared out at the water. Her neck was long and graceful, her features nearly flawless, except for a tiny faded, white scar on the side of her jaw. He smiled and started to ask her another question when her last comment sank in. “Wait a minute, how did you know I had a lot on my plate?”
    She turned back around and met his gaze. Her cheeks flushed and her slim shoulders lifted. “I’ve been in touch with Captain Jones. It’s not like he gave me any big details, just that you were always working. And that you were still alive.”
    Right then, he knew they still had a chance. If she cared enough to check on him, they could work things out. It wouldn’t be simple but he was willing to fight for