The Seal's Valentine (Operation: Family)
“Nothing served as more of a reminder that Tristan had lost his SEAL’s edge than being yanked by his ear out from under defensive cover by a woman old enough to be his great-grandmother.
“Don’t you ‘ouch’ me, young man. I’m still miffed at you from when you stole bubble gum from our drugstore.”
“Mrs. Booth, I was eight, and not only did I return it, but I wrote you a formal apology.”
She snorted. “Kids today, think you can get away with anything. Now, why are you snooping on Brynn’s ...party? Weren’t you invited?”
“Sure, I was invited, I just—”
“Don’t want to get too close to Cayden because he reminds you of Jack?”
Having been raised on the ideal that if he didn’t have anything nice to say then he shouldn’t say anything at all, Tristan clamped his mouth tight. Damn this busybody town. Why hadn’t he taken leave in Miami or Vegas?MoreLess
“Don’t you ‘ouch’ me, young man. I’m still miffed at you from when you stole bubble gum from our drugstore.”
“Mrs. Booth, I was eight, and not only did I return it, but I wrote you a formal apology.”
She snorted. “Kids today, think you can get away with anything. Now, why are you snooping on Brynn’s ...party? Weren’t you invited?”
“Sure, I was invited, I just—”
“Don’t want to get too close to Cayden because he reminds you of Jack?”
Having been raised on the ideal that if he didn’t have anything nice to say then he shouldn’t say anything at all, Tristan clamped his mouth tight. Damn this busybody town. Why hadn’t he taken leave in Miami or Vegas?MoreLess
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