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by Dale Mayer


  The nurse smiled. “Your husband said that was going to be the first question you asked and I’m to tell you the children are fine.”

  Ceci sank back into the pillows, relief taking over. It didn’t matter how badly hurt she was as long as the children were safe. She’d heal. But to lose those babies… That would be too much pain to bear.

  “Now that you know, just sleep. Everything is going to be fine.”

  She smiled, and then remembered the word the woman had used. “Husband?”

  “Well husband-to-be. If that little bit of difference matters.” Brett spoke from the other side of the nurse. His footsteps were strong as he approached. “But in order to discuss that concept you have to go back to sleep so you can heal.”

  “Already getting bossy, pushing me around,” she grumbled. But there was a smile on her face. Husband. Now that had a nice ring to it. She closed her eyes and slept.

  When she woke up the second time it was to find Mikka sitting in the chair beside her. She lay quietly for a moment studying Brett’s mother. The woman had a remarkable capacity for patience and love, but could be irritating as hell. And she loved Brett.

  “I know you’re awake. I’m glad to see it. I would not want to be dealing with my son if something bad happened to you.”

  Ceci smiled. “Brett’s a very special man.” Her body ached and she didn’t want to move. But this conversation was a little unnerving. The relationship with Brett was too new to analyze, to even understand.

  “Not only is he a special man, but he is completely devoted to you. And I’m here to tell you that if you hurt my boy again…” She let her voice trail off.

  Ceci stretched out a hand, happy when Mikka reached forward and grasped it in her own.

  She couldn’t open her eyes but she could reassure the woman. “I’ve always loved Brett. I went a little haywire after my miscarriage. I don’t really understand what happened to me, but all I can say is life is finally back on the right track. I love him. I always have.”

  Her fingers were squeezed, her hand dropped. She sank back down into the pain filled haze until a warm set of lips landed on her cheek.

  Brett’s voice whispered in her ear, “I always believed that you still loved me.”

  She opened her eyes.

  He smiled down at her. “Even when you were with Jimmy I always knew you cared. It tormented me for years until I realized you had to sort yourself out. Now you’re home, back where you belong.”

  She reached up a hand and stroked the side of his beloved face. “Only I don’t come alone anymore.” She needed him to understand. “Jimmy and Jennifer need a father who will love them too. Who will keep them close and treat them as his own.”

  He sat down on the bed beside her and smiled. “Personally, I think all of our hearts have been through the ringer and maybe now we can settle down and become a family.”

  She studied him. “Do you mean that?”

  “Of course. We can’t keep this up,” he whispered. “We love each other and always have. Waiting for you to find your way home was hard, but now you’re here. Of course I want Jimmy and Jennifer. I already love them. And if possible, I’d like to have more.”

  She smiled and a gentle glowing warmth from inside spread throughout her body and soul. “I’d like that,” she whispered. “I always wanted a big family.”

  “Good. Then we’re going to have to make it official. I don’t want to lose you again.”

  She chuckled. “I promise. I’ll be at your side forever. As long as you want to keep me there.”

  A snicker from the hall surprised her. She swiveled her head to see the doorway full with a half dozen dangerous looking men lounging in the small space.

  “What’s so funny?”

  Mason smiled. “We have a tradition. Once one of us finds a woman he wants, he needs to decide if he is keeping her or not.”

  She frowned, not sure where this was going, or if she’d like it.

  Brett groaned and said, “Don’t listen to them.”

  She reached out a hand to him. “Shush.”

  He turned to glare at the grinning men. Swede took a half step forward. “The thing is, we all have the right woman in our lives. We were hoping Brett would find someone too.”

  Ceci studied his face. “Go back to Mason’s comment earlier. What happens if the man doesn’t want to keep the woman?”

  They grinned.

  “No idea,” Swede admitted. “Because SEALs aren’t known to be stupid and so far, each and every man has kept the woman of his heart and not given the others a chance to woo her away.”

  “And it’s no different this time,” Brett snapped, glaring at them. “Go away, will you?”

  “Nope, not until we hear it.”

  She chuckled at the discomfort on Brett’s face. “You know something… I think I want to hear it too.”

  He snorted. “Like that’s going to happen. Not with an audience.”

  At the doorway there was a commotion as Shadow stepped into the room, both Jimmy and Jennifer in his arms.

  “Mommy!” Jimmy cried, trying to dive for her.

  Jennifer bubbled up with joy.

  Her eyes misty, she reached out to hug them with one arm. When she could speak, Jimmy beat her to it. “Mommy, can we keep Brett?”

  Speechless, aware of the sudden silence in the room, she asked her son, “What do you mean?”

  “He’s been with us a lot. I like him. Can we keep him? Can we?” he added craftily, puffing out his chest. “Jennifer needs a father.”

  Brett ginned and gave him a tiny shove on the shoulder. “And you champ? Do you need a father?”

  Jimmy looked him in the eye and said, “I want a father…”

  Brett opened his arms. “In that case, maybe I will do.”

  Jimmy fell into his arms. Then turned to look at Ceci on the bed. “Mommy?”

  And she knew what he was asking. “Yes, we can keep him.”

  “Forever?” Jimmy asked cautiously with the wisdom of someone who already knew some things didn’t always last.

  “Yes,” she said, tears running down her cheeks and to the cheers of everyone else in the room, she added, “We’ll keep him forever.”

  This concludes Book 11 of SEALs of Honor: Brett.

  Book 12 is available here.

  Devlin: SEALs of Honor, Book 12

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  SEALs of Honor Series

  Mason: SEALs of Honor, Book 1

  Hawk: SEALs of Honor, Book 2

  Dane: SEALs of Honor, Book 3

  Swede: SEALs of Honor, Book 4

  Shadow: SEALs of Honor, Book 5

  Cooper: SEALs of Honor, Book 6

  Markus: SEALs of Honor, Book 7

  Evan: SEALs of Honor, Book 8

  Mason’s Wish: SEALs of Honor, Book 9

  Chase: SEALs of Honor, Book 10

  Brett: SEALs of Honor, Book 11

  Devlin: SEALs of Honor, Book 12

  SEALs of Honor, Books 1–3

  SEALs of Honor, Books 4–6

  Author’s Note

  Thank you for reading Brett: SEALs of Honor, Book 11! If you enjoyed the book, please take a moment and leave a short review here.

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  Dale Mayer is a USA Today bestselling author best known for her Psychic Visions and Family Blood Ties series. Her contemporary romances are raw and full of passion and emotion (Second Chances, SKIN), her thrillers will keep you guessing (By Death series), and her romantic comedies will keep you giggling (It’s a Dog’s Life and Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy series).

  She honors the stories that come to her – and some of them are crazy and break all the rules and cross multiple genres!

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  Shadow: SEALs of Honor, Book 5

  Cooper: SEALs of Honor, Book 6

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