SEAL with a Past (SEALs of Coronado Book 5) Page 13
She regarded him curiously. “What kind of work do you do?”
“I’m in the Navy.”
He purposely didn’t mention being in the SEALs. In his experience, he got one of two reactions when he told a woman he was a SEAL. They were either stoked at the idea of being with a guy who had a mysterious, dangerous job, or they immediately shut him down, not interested in getting involved with a guy who had a mysterious, dangerous job. He’d prefer to put off finding out which way Kendall would go once she found out what he really did for a living.
“Do you like it?” she asked. “The Navy, I mean.”
He swigged his beer. “Most of the time. Some days, I love it and can’t imagine doing anything else. Other days, I wonder why the hell I even joined.”
“Which day is today?”
“The one when I love it and can’t imagine doing anything else.” He flashed her a grin. “Luckily, there are way more of these kind of days.”
That was true enough. He was about to ask Kendall about the political science program she was working on—because he didn’t have a clue what a person did with a degree like that—when her gaze darted to something over his shoulder. He spun, thinking it must be Issac, only to relax when he saw it was Wes.
“Chasen sent me out check on you,” Wes said, regarding him and Kendall curiously. “We’re starting to order dinner and he figured you wouldn’t want to miss out since he’s paying for everything.”
Holden chuckled. Chasen knew him well. Normally, he would have been doing everything he could to spend his chief’s money. But that was before he met Kendall.
“I didn’t realize I was keeping you from your friends,” she said, setting down her half finished glass of wine. “You should have said something.”
He gave her a sheepish look. “To be honest, after we started talking, I completely forgot about my boss’s rehearsal dinner.”
She looked at him like he was crazy. “How could you forget something as important as that?”
Holden smiled. “You’re kind of distracting, if you haven’t noticed.”
The compliment seemed to catch Kendall off guard and she stared at him for a moment before blushing and shyly returning his smile. Holden was doing his best not to lean over and kiss her when he heard Wes clear his throat. He glanced at his Teammate to see an amused expression on Wes’s face.
“Earth to Holden,” Wes said. “Standing right here and waiting for an introduction.”
Holden shook his head with a laugh. “Kendall Patton, Wes Marshall. He and I work together.”
“Nice meeting you.” Wes reached out to shake her hand, then glanced at Holden. “You’re going to ask her to have dinner with us, right?”
“Yeah, if you’d let me get a word in.” Holden glowered at Wes. He’d been going to ask his Teammate to tell Chasen and Hayley that he was going bail to have dinner with Kendall, knowing they’d understand. But inviting her to the party sounded like an even better idea. He looked at her. “What do you think?”
She shook her head. “I can’t just show up at your boss’s rehearsal dinner. I don’t even know him or his fiancée.”
“Yet,” Holden agreed. “But when you do, you’ll see that they’re really cool. The guys I work with and I are all like family. If you come with me, you’re family, too. You said you came in here to unwind. What better way to do it than at a party?” He grinned. “What do you say?”
Kendall considered that for several long seconds before nodding and giving him another smile. “I say okay. Let’s do this.”
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