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“What?” Seth asked as he walked to his office. He needed a moment away from prying eyes. Tamilya followed him.
After she shut the door—without asking if he had time to chat—she sat in front of his desk.
“What’s going on with you?”
“There’s nothing going on with me.” Lies. He was telling so many lies this week to other people and to himself.
She snorted. “You are wound tighter than when you were on Teams.”
Probably because a woman who smelled like sunshine and temptation wasn’t on his SEAL team. That would have been disastrous. He said nothing as he continued to ignore her. Unfortunately, Tamilya knew him too well.
“Oh…oh!” He looked up. “You have a thing for Autumn.”
“I do not.”
She snorted again. “Yeah, I get it now. Having her on the team while you have the hots for her has got to be hard. In more ways than one.”
Then she giggled at her joke. Of course, it was funny for her. She had her happily ever after, a good man in Marcus. Was she the one getting off to the image of her teammate while in the shower this morning? No. And sadly, it was the hardest orgasm in a vey long time and ultimately unsatisfying. He was worried about the reason for that.
“Fine, I’ll stop messing with you.”
“Thank you.”
“Since I’m not the one you want to mess around with.”
“Like you would want that with Marcus in your life.”
And not for the first time, a goofy smile curved her lips. Yeah, that was getting irritating. Not that she was happy. If someone deserved happiness, it was Tamilya. Simply put, he wanted that for himself. He had never thought about it, but it had been front and center for the last few months.
“And I have a meeting out at Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Marcus is doing some interviews so I’m filling in. Have fun.”
“Sure. Fun.”
She laughed and stepped out of his office, shutting the door behind her. He had work to do before they started their training session, so he pushed aside thoughts of Autumn Bradford and got to work. Of course, life had been handing him grenadeslately, so he wasn’t surprised when she knocked at the door and didn’t wait for him to tell her to come in.
Without a word, she shut the door and sat down. She was vibrating with anger.
“Was there something you wanted?”
She hesitated. “I was wondering if I could beg off training today.”
He sat back in his chair and studied her. “Was there something you needed to do?”
“I need not to be near people. That’s what I need.”
It was such a definitive statement as if she was barely holding on to her temper. “Do you want to explain why?”
“No.”
He chuckled, and her eyes narrowed as she stared at him. He held up his hands. “Sorry. I’m not used to having people respond with such blatant animosity.”
“It isn’t animosity. It’s the truth.”
There was something beneath the surface. There always was with Autumn. She hid so much from everyone. Did she hide it from Ian, too? From the man she called her father? It seemed that Autumn hid a little of something from everyone, and that wasn’t good for anyone—especially in a job that had high suicide rates.
“Of course, but no.”
“What?”
