The Navy Seal's Promise by Soraya Lane Page A

let him curl it
around her. She tucked into the warmth of him and shut her eyes. She had nothing
to be embarrassed about, she knew that, but what had just happened was so far
out of her comfort zone it was hard to act nonchalant.
    “Where are we?” she asked, mumbling into his sweater.
    Luke squeezed her around the shoulders and left his arm there, slung around
her as she sat between the seats. “By my calculations we should have less than
an hour before we hit Buffalo.”
    Oh my God. Saskia glanced at her wristwatch, hardly able to
believe how late it was. “So we’re actually going to make it?”
    Luke grinned down at her, dropping a quick kiss to her lips before
focusing on the road again. “Yeah,” he said softly. “I think I might actually
have a chance of getting you there for dinner.”
    Saskia choked up, she couldn’t help it. Tears sprang into her eyes, made
her blink furiously to try to shed them. “I’m so sorry I fell asleep. I can’t
believe we’ve come so far, and I’ve probably snored through the whole trip.”
    Luke didn’t seem to care. “You were tired, it’s fine,” he said. “And I figured
you were better to sleep so you can stay up all night with Jack if you want
to.”
    Before she had to leave again . That’s what he wasn’t saying, but
it was true. Because she wouldn’t even have 24 hours with Jack before she had
to turn around and leave.
    “About before…” Luke cleared his throat. He kept his eyes on the road.
    “I need you to know that I never do that sort of thing. I mean,” Saskia
paused. She didn’t owe him an explanation but she wanted him to know, “jumping
into bed with a man, especially a stranger, isn’t exactly my normal modus
operandi.”
    Luke grinned, she could see it from where she was peeking under his arm,
watching his face. “Technically we didn’t jump into bed .”
    She groaned and he laughed.
    “Let’s just say the cold weather got to us, okay? Made us do something
crazy.”
    She laughed this time. “Crazy in a good way, right?” she asked.
    “Oh yeah. Definitely good crazy.” He chuckled, taking his hand from her
shoulders and placing it back on the steering wheel as they approached a road
block.
    Saskia sat up straight, straining to see what the hold up was. “Please
don’t tell me we’ve come this far…”
    “Not a chance,” he said, not letting her finish. “I’ll put you on my back
and run you the rest of the way if I have to.”
    Saskia reached for his hand, clutching his fingers when he intertwined
his with hers. He was joking, trying to make her feel better, but deep down she
had a feeling that he’d do exactly that if it meant making sure she arrived
home in time for Christmas dinner.
    “Looks like there’s only one lane open,” Luke told her, leaning forward
over the steering wheel as they slowed to a crawl, but without letting go of
her hand.
    Saskia realized she was holding her breath and let it out slowly.
    Luke put his window down as they approached, arm out the window despite
the freezing cold temperatures. The officer looked less than impressed with his
job, but he smiled back at them both peering at him.
    “We going to get past okay?” Luke asked him.
    The officer nodded. “We’ve had to close one lane, should be opened up
soon. The snow’s been a pain in the backside since yesterday.”
    Saskia watched as Luke nodded then casually leaned a little closer,
tilted his head like he was about to let the officer in on a secret.
    “You see this woman here?” Luke asked, nodding back at her.
    The officer looked in and smiled.
    “She’s flown across the world to get back here for Christmas. In just
over 24 hours she’s going to be winging her way back to her unit, and if I
don’t get her through here soon, she’s going to miss Christmas dinner with her
son.”
    The officer raised his eyebrows, peering in further. “You’re a soldier?”
    “Yes, sir. United States Army Corporal.”
    He gave her a nod and then a