Chapter Forty-One
They made love once they got back to the hotel room. Later on, they put on sleep clothes and shared a relaxing bottle of wine, both jarred to alertness when a knock sounded on their door. It was a little after ten o'clock at night.
Tyson sauntered over to the door dressed solely in a pair of flannel pajama pants. He opened it and found himself face to face with his father-in-law and his eyes narrowed.
"Can I help you?" Tyson asked.
"I'd like to talk to Jayde." Jonas Porter stared at the man who filled the doorway. Tyson knew he was taller than Mr. Porter by a few inches and full of muscles. He hoped the older man didn't mind his attire too much. Then again, he didn't much care.
Tyson moved back. "Come on in."
Jonas moved into the room and saw his daughter curled up on the lounge in the room. In her hand was a glass of wine and the light glinted off her wedding ring. "Jayde," he said.
"Father," she said warily. "What are you doing here?"
"I needed to talk to you. Can you spare me some time?"
"You're here, go ahead and say your piece," Jayde said, scooting closer to Tyson the moment he sat be-side her. "Can I get you a drink?"
"Wine please," her father said.
Jayde poured a glass and handed it to him, being careful not to touch him, Tyson noticed. Then she sat back down next to her him, relaxing as his arm settled around her. "Well?" she prompted.
"I realize that I am not a candidate for Father of the Year in your book, but I owe you an explanation," Jonas began.
Jayde just looked at him with a blank stare.
"Okay," Jonas tried. "I know you will probably never forgive me for the way I treated you your whole life, but I had my reasons for doing so. Porscha is not your mother. My sister-in-law is."
"You slept with your sister-in-law?" Jayde was clearly astounded. Tyson began stroking her arm in si-lent support.
"Yes. It was a one-time thing, and you were the result. When she and my brother died and we got cus-tody of you, I realized you were mine. So did Porscha. When you were small and I would show you any affection, Porscha would just be meaner to you. But if I ignored you and gave all my attention to 'our' kids, she would just leave you alone." Jonas took another long drink of the wine.
"I know that is not an excuse; I should have fought for you. I should have been a man and been a father to you. I've never told you how proud I am of your accomplishments, your double major, even your paint-ings. I have one; I keep it in my office at work, that way Porscha won't ever see it." He smiled sadly.
"Anyway, I just thought I should tell you before you leave and I never get to see you again that…that I love you. I wish I had been a better father—hell, I wish I had been a father. Regardless, I see you are in very capable hands with this young man here. A SEAL, are we? Can I ask what your name is?"
"Tyson, sir. My name is Tyson Randolph Kincade. I love your daughter very much," Tyson said re-spectfully, understanding how hard it must have been for Jonas to admit his faults not only to his daughter, but to a strange man as well.
"I can see that." Jonas set down the empty glass and stood. "Well, I guess I came to say what I needed to…so…I will just be going."
"You know, maybe you could stay for a while longer. We could tell you how we met," Jayde offered.
Her father's smile softened his face more than she'd ever seen. "I'd like that. A lot."
It was after midnight when Jonas finally left his daughter and son-in-law's hotel room. A tentative peace had been made between them. Tyson shut the door and looked back at the woman who wore one of his Navy T-shirts and a pair of his boxers. "How are you doing?" he asked as he walked over to her, pulling her up from her sitting position into his arms.
"Okay I guess. It has been an amazing day. Just goes to show you that the good guys do still wear white." Her head burrowed into his bare chest.
"So I'm a good guy?" His hands ran idly up and down her back.
"Most definitely. And you look so good in white." She began to press little kisses against his skin.
"And you, Mrs. Kincade, look so good in my clothes." He captured her face and kissed her once.
"Tyson?"
"Yes?" He stared at her lost, in the richness of her eyes.
"What are we going to do now?"
"Well, tomorrow we need to get you military identification and figure out where you want to live," Ty-son said.
Jayde smiled. "I don't care. I just want to be where you come home to."
"My little rose, you are home. My home." Tyson gently touched her face, running his thumb over her lower lip.
"Thank you, Tyson."
He arched a brow. "For?"
"Finding me. Freeing me. Most of all, for loving me," Jayde whispered with tears in her eyes.
Brushing the tears away he responded, "You make it so easy to do so. And thank you for all the same reasons."
That night a Navy SEAL and an extraordinary woman realized they'd found true love. They'd faced danger, disapproval, and survived. All they had left was a future that would hopefully be long and loving. No matter how long they had, they would be side by side.
Tyson knew he'd found one of the rare women who had what it took to be a military wife. Jayde un-derstood that of the few men who became SEALs, she had one who would love her forever; and she knew he would try his damnedest to return from every mission for which he was deployed.
When Jayde awoke from a nightmare, her very own knight calmed her fears immediately. Tyson took her out on the balcony and together they watched as two stars fell, crossing each other's paths.
"That's us," Tyson whispered.
"Why do you say that?" Jayde asked in a hushed voice.
"Because each of us was on a different path, but then we crossed and are forever changed." Tyson gathered her closer to his strong body.
"For the better I hope," Jayde said.
"Most definitely." He kissed her gently.
As they sat together, Tyson watched his wife fall back to sleep. She was his warrior woman, his love, and his reason for living.
She was Kincade's rose.
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Navy SEAL Scott Leighton hadn't been able to get the toffee skinned Venus out of his mind. Every time he closed his eyes he saw her curvaceous body and her siren-like tiger-eye eyes. He knew she was the one…the only one for him the moment they touched. Just like he knows, some rules were made to be broken.
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