Reminding The SEAL (Navy SEAL Military Romance) by Milena Fenmore

to wait for Jacob’s arrival.
     
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    Demetri held the ring close to the fire and watched the light bounce off the brilliantly cut diamond. It must have cost a fortune. Caroline seemed like a woman with substance. He had to wonder who he was and what he’d left behind. He had nothing to show from his past. He was about to drop the ring into the fire but something held him back and he stuffed it in his jeans pocket instead.
    There was a moon out and the stars flickered in the night sky. His hand came up and touched his lips where she’d kissed him. For the entire day, he felt the tingle of her soft lips on his. Her scent as she came close to him still lingered in his nostrils.
    Selai walked from the hut towards the fire and squatted down beside him. He smiled at her and she rested her head on his shoulder. Her warm body close to him. He turned his head and kissed her softly on the lips. She opened her mouth to receive his tongue but he stopped as Caroline’s face flashed before him.
    “What’s the matter?” she asked in perfect English.
    “Nothing,” he lied, placing his arm around her shoulders. “Nothing’s wrong.”
    “Who was that woman from the other day?”
    She’d never questioned him before, so he felt a little uncomfortable. He dropped his hand and pushed his hand into his pocket, fingering the ring.
    “I think she’s someone I knew from before, but I don’t remember her,” he told the woman.
    “You think she’s your wife?”
    “Fiancé,” he revealed. “She says she’s my fiancé.”
    “So, are you going back home with her?”
    He looked deeply into the fire. Caroline’s face danced before him. The memory of her kiss scorched his mind and he felt a stirring in his belly.
    “I have no plans to,” he stood and stretched. “I’m tired.”
    “See you tomorrow,” Selai stood. “Itau (friend), you should talk to her.”
    She walked towards a path that led to her home further into the trees. Demetri picked up a few handfuls of sand and threw it into the fire before bunking on his grass bed for the night. He found that sleep was hard to come by. Caroline’s face danced before his eyes a few times. He wondered if she was asleep or if she was with her friend?
     
     
     
     

 
    Chapter Seven
     
    “Are you certain this is Demetri? How can he not remember you?” Jacob paced the terrace in Caroline’s suite.
    He’d arrived late the previous afternoon, suffering from jet lag. They never got a chance to talk until the morning. Caroline watched her brother walk back and forth, stopping every now and then to finger his chin. They’d just had breakfast at a small table on the terrace and she was waiting for Mike to come and get her to go to his factory.
    “Stop doing that, you’re making me dizzy,” she complained.
    “I’m calling Dr. Mathias, see if he can fly in,” he declared. Dr. Mathias was a family friend and psychiatrist.
    “No!” Caroline replied strongly. “Let’s give him time to absorb this. He hasn’t quite accepted me yet, so let’s not burden him too much. Moreover, he might refuse to see a doctor.”
    “I want to see him,” Jacob said.
    “I don’t think I should come with you, but he isn’t hard to find.”
    “Why won’t you come with me?” her brother asked, puzzled.
    “I think he’s in shock or whatever. He seemed to be getting along well with a native girl,” she said sourly.
    Jacob stop his pacing and joined her at the table. “Are you telling me that he’s in a relationship?”
    “They seemed pretty close and whenever he sees me, he seems annoyed,” she said. “He probably loves her and thinks I’m making trouble.”
    Jacob pushed back his chair angrily. “That’s ridiculous!” he bellowed.
    Caroline grabbed his arm, “Keep it down.”
    “I’ll see you later,” he replied and patted her on the head.
    Caroline watched Jacob step down from the verandah and walk towards the beach. She closed her eyes and expelled a frustrated breath.