The Command of You

He calls her every year on her birthday... and has no idea she's working for him!

Kayla
It's painfully delicious being this close to the man I've been in love with for ten years, three months, and a handful of days. My former commanding officer has only gotten grumpier over the years, but no less gorgeous. At least, since he doesn't recognize me, I'm spared from seeing pity in his eyes. He's lonely though and I'm going to help him find happiness, even if that means with someone else. Or so I think until he calls me into his office and guilts me into baring my soul…

Jed
I've no business tracking the delightful curves of a certain auburn-haired bombshell as she moves through the office. She's disturbingly familiar and too damn young. Until someone submits an application to the IPDIESAC study group that has all the guys speculating about my love life… and who wants to fix it. When the phone number I call once a year is tracked to none other than Kayla, I know I have to act fast. She's always been mine to protect, now she's mine to love.

Author's Note: Kayla's first twenty years were not easy. She left foster care and a bad adoption for the Army, where she ran into a few of the really bad apples before finding Jed. That drama happens off the page and is not described in detail, but if that's a little too much reality for your reading pleasure, maybe skip this one…