Protecting Cheyenne (SEAL of Protection Book 5) Read Free

always knew it was him. He was fairly tall, had dark hair and he was built. Cheyenne was ashamed to admit that she’d stalked him around the store one day, watching as he filled his cart with healthy food, nothing like the pastries and processed crap she always bought.
    He was always polite to the people around him. He even helped her get a can of something off the top shelf once and smiled at her as he’d done it. Cheyenne had beamed the rest of the day like a schoolgirl. She didn’t know his first name, but she knew his last name was Cooper. It was sewn onto the front of his uniform. She’d only seen him wearing it on one occasion, but she knew she’d never forget it. He filled it out in all the right places. She had no idea what kind of job he did in the Navy, as she didn’t know what all the patches on his uniform meant, but it honestly didn’t really matter to her. Ever since Cheyenne had seen him in the store, she refused to shop anywhere else, just in case she’d run into him again.
    Cheyenne found it interesting to people watch as she went about her day. Since she had to sum up a person after only a brief conversation at work, she’d gotten really good at it. One of her favorite things to do was imagine what people’s lives were like just from looking at them. Cheyenne looked around her in the grocery store…it wasn’t very crowded, which was good because she preferred to do her shopping when there weren’t hordes of people around.              
    There was a lady walking in front of Cheyenne in the produce section. She was wearing three inch heels and a skin tight dress that barely covered her backside. I don’t know how people wear those things. I bet she’s an undercover police officer, she’s just gotten off duty where she tried to arrest men soliciting prostitutes and is getting some food before she heads home. Cheyenne looked at a college aged man standing at the meat counter . I bet he’s having a barbeque today and is trying to decide what to buy to grill for his buddies . Cheyenne continued her daydreaming as she wandered around the store. She wasn’t in a hurry, because the only plans she had that day were to go home and finish the book she’d started the day before.
    Cheyenne started up the frozen food aisle and noticed five men standing around near the pharmacy. As the store was pretty empty, they really stood out. They didn’t have carts with them and they were dressed all in black. About the time her brain processed the fact that something wasn’t right, she heard yelling, and the men all pulled out pistols from somewhere hidden in their clothing. Cheyenne stood frozen. When she’d wished for more excitement in her life she really hadn’t meant something like this! She started inching backwards to get out of the aisle and out of sight of the men, but one noticed her and started down the aisle toward her pointing the gun directly at her.
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    Dude laughed at his friends. They loved eating at Aces Bar and Grill . It was their go-to place for both drinks and food. They’d tried to get everyone together at least once a week. The bar might not be big, and it certainly wasn’t a chain, but the food was delicious and, perhaps most importantly, wasn’t overrun with tourists.
    If Dude was honest with himself, he knew it didn’t matter where they ate every week. He loved his friends and their women. He loved to rib his teammates as much as he could.
    “You guys are pathetic!” Dude teased, rolling his eyes at the other men on his SEAL team. “Seriously, you never want to go out anymore, you stay home all the time. You’re all a bunch of fuddy duddies now that you have women. I’m impressed you even left your houses at all today.”
    “Hey, you’re just jealous,” Mozart shot back, laughing at his friend.
    Dude laughed with his friends, knowing Mozart was right on so many levels. He looked around and was thrilled to see the happiness on his friends’ faces. Their