Secrets in Battle: Secrets of Savannah Series Book 3 Read Online Free

bit. I’m kinda tired. I worked a long shift last night.”
    I shake my head . “No. It’s no big deal. So you’re doing you’re rotations now with the nursing stuff?”
    “Yeah, last night was rough . I worked twelve hours in the ER. We had a meth head go crazy and try to break into a locked cabinet thinking it had drugs in it, and then a really bad accident came in. It was intense.”
    “ How is everyone at your house dealing with the Princess working?”
    “My dad is actually okay with it , I guess. I don’t really talk to him about it. He says that he worries about me being out so late, coming in and out of the hospitals. My brothers are like whatever. The only person who takes real issue with it vocally is my mother.”
    “What’s her problem?”
    “She thinks I should find some nice young man with a fat bank account and get married. Let him keep me and care for me. Well, they all think that, she’s just more forth coming.”
    I laugh . “So basically she wants you to be her?”
    “Yes . I told her I’m not interested in being a dependent to someone, I want to be an equal partner. Then she got all pissy and stormed out of the kitchen.”
    I shake my head . “Well, you know most princesses aren’t supposed to work.”
    “I know , I’m a big failure to my kingdom.”  She rolls her eyes.
    It feels good to laugh with her . “Look, I’m sorry I never asked you to come up to the-.”
    She stops me . “No, Judd, it’s okay. You needed time. Everything was kind of thrust at you all at once.”  She puts her hand on mine. “It’s okay.”
    “Thanks.”

 
    Chapter 4

    Sitting on the couch just chatting with Judd is great. I feel more relaxed than I have in a long time. It’s like he sees right through me, he gets me.
    “So at the risk of sounding like every other nosy asshole around the world , have you thought about what you want to do now?”
    He laughs . “It does get old with people asking, but I don’t mind you asking. I am planning to take some classes, but I really don’t know. I didn’t think I’d be planning for a new career until I retired, and certainly not at twenty-two years old. Does that make any sense?”
    I smile . “Yeah. You’ve always been very dedicated to your job, now you have to figure out life. It’s not fun, trust me.”
    He brushes his hand down the side of my face . “I’d like to figure a little more out about you.”
    “Maybe that’s possible.”   Our faces are only inches from each other now.
    He grabs the back of my head and kisses me . Our kiss becomes needy and fevered for each other.
    It’s powerful . Here is a man that for a few days I wasn’t sure I’d ever get to see again, much less kiss again. I need him, I want him. Oh God, I want him to touch me! The emotions become too much and I start crying.
    He stops and pulls me into his chest . “Princess, what’s wrong? Did I hurt you?”
    I shake my head and start wiping my face . “No, it’s just.”  I clear my throat. “It’s just I was scared I’d never see you again. The day your parents came to tell us, I fell apart. If it hadn’t been for Nana I would’ve really lost my mind.”
    He smiles a little . “Nana. She’s always saving people.”  He tilts my chin up to his face. “I promised you I’d come back, didn’t I?”
    I nod . “Yeah, but there was a couple of days that it wasn’t looking too promising.”
    He pulls me back down to his chest and brushes my hair with his hands . “I know, baby. I know. You were one of the things flashing through my mind.”
    “ Judd, we left things so up in the air when you left. I know that we both saw other people-.”
    He puts his finger to my lips . “Princess. That girl I was seeing over there, she was just someone to fill the void.”
    “I know . I tried to go out with a couple of guys, I just didn’t find them appealing. I had sex with one of them and it was nothing to write about. In fact, I faked it.”
    He laughs . “Oh, so