Читать книгу The Soldier's Holiday Vow - Jillian Hart - Страница 25
“Being a soldier was the only thing I ever wanted to be.”
Оглавление“Why?” She had to know why Hawk had chosen to be a Ranger. “Why do you guys feel so committed to the army?”
“Because I fight for what I believe in. I love this country. I want to do my part.” Not defensive, just powerful. Poignant. “Although it comes at a cost. I’m still single.”
“Why haven’t you gotten married?”
“Why get involved with someone when I knew I had to leave?”
“And yet being alone is the reason you stayed in the army?”
“It’s a circular argument. Don’t think I don’t know that.” He shrugged a shoulder, as if dismissing it, but something that looked like sadness clung to his features. “You’re alone too, September. I don’t have to ask to know the answer. You aren’t dating.”
“No. I don’t have the heart left.” She couldn’t give voice to the loneliness of the past two years and the fears that she had been broken beyond repair. Beyond hope. Beyond God.
“We are two of a kind.”
