LILLY’S POVJustin had come to find me about that whole meeting that they just put me through. I was so glad that they didn’t think I had anything to do with it. But I was also wondering who they thought was the real culprit. I mean, the Captain told me himself that he didn’t believe it was me. I gu
As Ben was leaning over me, kissing me, I started feeling even more nervous, but I also felt amazing. A feeling that I had never felt before. Ben was about to pull away from me, but I tightened my arms around his neck. So he could only pull back far enough to look into my face. I was staring at hi
Ben and I got dressed but neither of us were ready to go back to the base, so Ben pulled me close to him and I rested my head on his chest. “Have you ever thought about what life is like outside of army bases?” Ben asked. “No. Not really.” I said. “Well, you do know that there’s a whole massive w
The following morning I was at least allowed to have breakfast before Justin took me to the shooting range and I had to walk normally and just work through the pain. I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction of thinking that he was actually getting to me. I couldn’t do that. I was too stubborn for
Ben and I sat in the mess hall together but we got there late so a lot of people were finishing up and they were leaving. “Lilly. You shouldn’t have to put up with this. It’s the equivalent of living with an abusive parent.” Ben said. “Ben. Even if I did try to leave, I won’t be able to. They’ll a
“I know. But like I said, he’ll get over it. I don’t know what I did to piss him off.” I said. But Ben scoffed. “You know exactly what you did to piss him off.” Ben said. “Ben has this warped idea that Justin is interested in me and he doesn’t like that I’m spending all my time with you guys. Most
It’s been two weeks now and Justin still hadn’t eased up on me at all. I didn’t understand what the hell his problem was and he wasn’t talking to me. He was just barking out orders. I was getting more and more pissed off as each day passed. I have passed the days where I was confused. I didn’t care
The guys thought it was funny, but they also know that I haven’t been eating much. “You guys really didn’t have to do that.” I said. “Why not? It was fun shooting that asshole.” Eric said. And the others laughed while I just smirked at him. “Ben. You threatened to go over the Captain’s head. Did