After we lost our child, I got rid of every habit Beau Walker hated.
I stopped asking where he’d been. I stopped waiting up for him. Even when he didn’t come home at all, I still went to sleep.
I was injured during a training accident.
The base doctor told me to notify my family. All I said was, “I don’t have an emergency contact.”
The nurse beside him recognized me.
“You’re Major Wells, aren’t you? General Walker is in the command center next door. Should I get him?”
I shook my head.
But half an hour later, Beau came anyway.
He stood beside my hospital bed, his uniform immaculate, his voice hard.
“Why didn’t you call me?”
I looked down at the bandages on my hand.
“It’s nothing serious. No need to trouble the General.”
The moment the words left my mouth, his expression tightened.
He was about to speak when the voices of two soldiers drifted in from the hallway.
“General Walker really cares about that USO performer.”
“That girl, Kinsley, twisted her ankle during the show, and he called for his command vehicle immediately.”
“Carried her himself, too. Wouldn’t even let her walk.”
Beau’s shoulders went rigid.
He glanced at me, as if waiting for me to say something.
Before, hearing something like that would have made me demand answers.
This time, I said nothing. I just leaned back against the pillow and closed my eyes.
The General’s Ex-Wife Is A Colonel He Can’t Have Chapter 06 For the next few days, I stayed in the base hospital. Beau had flowers and supplies sent over. The room’s internal line rang every day. I always had the nurse answer, telling her to give the same message each time: “Condition stable. No visitors
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The General’s Ex-Wife Is A Colonel He Can’t Have Chapter 05 When I woke up, I was in a room at the base hospital. Beau was sitting beside the bed, holding the document pouch I’d risked my life for. Inside were my transfer orders and my parents’ service records. His voice was tight. “You almost
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The General’s Ex-Wife Is A Colonel He Can’t Have Chapter 04 Once a man gives his heart to someone else, dragging him back only leaves you with an empty shell. I hurried downstairs. I had barely stepped outside when Beau came after me, catching my wrist. He still hadn’t caught his breath, and his collar
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The General’s Ex-Wife Is A Colonel He Can’t Have Chapter 03 Then, a year ago, he suddenly stopped. He cut all the other women out of his life—except for one girl. I had someone look into her. The moment I saw Kinsley’s photo, my entire body went rigid. She looked so much like I had
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The General’s Ex-Wife Is A Colonel He Can’t Have Chapter 02 I wasn’t surprised. I should have seen it coming. And I wasn’t about to lose control like I did the first time I found out about another woman, when I’d stood in front of him and screamed, “Beau Walker, what the hell are you
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The General’s Ex-Wife Is A Colonel He Can’t Have Chapter 01 After we lost our child, I got rid of every habit Beau Walker hated. I stopped asking where he’d been. I stopped waiting up for him. Even when he didn’t come home at all, I still went to sleep. I was injured during a
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