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her. “Do you believe me?”
    “More than anything in the world.” Jordyn smiled. “I’m glad you walked into the coffee shop, Zack.”
    “Wanna know a secret?”
    Jordyn nodded.
    “I never went to the Java Hut before. I usually got my coffee on base, but that morning I was running late and just stopped in for a quick fix.” Zack grinned. “But when I met you, I forgot about Starbucks and stopped in to see you every day.”
    “Then I’m glad you cheated on Starbucks with the Java Hut,” she teased. “You’re a coffee floozy.”
    “To be with you, I’d be anything,” he said. “Now, let’s get showered and have some ice cream.”
    “Zack, promise me this will work out. I’ve had so many tarnished princes that I don’t think I could deal with another.” Jordyn sighed as he unlocked the door and walked her down the hall. “Maybe it’s me. Maybe I just ruin it all by myself.”
    “Don’t you say that, sweetheart. I can promise you I’m spending forever with you in my heart,” Zack said. “I’m a man of my word and as a SEAL I promise on my honor.”
    “That’s good enough for me,” she whispered and impulsively stood on her tiptoes to kiss him. He took her kiss deeper until they were both breathing heavy.
    “Go take a shower, baby. If I keep kissing you like that I may not be able to stop myself from taking you,” he growled. Without waiting for an answer he left her at the master bedroom door and went into a bathroom down the hall.
    “Don’t hold back on my account,” she whispered and smiled as arousal made her sex throb.
    She’d ask some questions at her doctor’s appointment to make sure intercourse was safe for her. She wanted to be his wife in every sense of the word.
    Chapter Four
     
    Thanksgiving dinner was served outside on his patio. It was just him and Jordyn since neither of them had family to invite. She was raised without any and he had a mother he cared not to remember. But it was just as special as if they had a house full of guests. They made a meal of turkey, dressing, and green bean casserole together and she baked two pumpkin pies from scratch. The breeze was cool and soft off the sea while they ate. Later, in the evening, they sat in his gazebo under the stars eating pie with whip cream. They were happy, but he couldn’t help his wandering thoughts. Her skin gleamed in the moonlight and he wondered how her naked skin would feel against his or what making love to her would be like. He wanted his wife in the worst way.
    “You know, we still have to turn the bedroom across the hall into a nursery,” Zack said.
    “I don’t do Black Friday shopping no matter if I’m in the city or on an island,” Jordyn said. “The crowds are insane.”
    Zack chuckled. “I’ve been to war a few times and even I’m scared of Black Friday shoppers. How about after your doctor’s appointment on the first?”
    “Um, we can get a few things. I get my latest check from the Java Hut that same day and I have some savings,” Jordyn said. “I haven’t worked there long enough for maternity leave, but we can get a crib and stuff.”
    Oh, this woman . Zack gave an inward sigh. “Jordyn, honey, we’re married now. This house is yours as well as mine and I can buy things for her as well.”
    “I can’t ask you to do that—”
    “Jordyn, I didn’t marry you for shits and giggles. I want to be a husband to you and a father to the baby. Speaking of which, you said you picked a name a few days ago and didn’t share with the class. Honey, I know you’ve been alone and you have been accustomed to holding it down—Jordyn the warrior princess who takes care of it all on her own—but I’m here now. Lean on me, depend on me, use my back account. Ask me to get up at three a.m. to feed the baby. I want her to call me Daddy but that won’t happen unless you see me as your husband and her father.”
    “Her name is Marianne,” Jordyn said. “Marianne Celesta Hennessey, and you will be