‘I know.’ He whispered breathlessly. His lips pressed against her forehead as he wrapped his arms around her. She closed her eyes and relished the...feeling of being so close to him. She inhaled his heady, masculine aroma and let out a deep sigh of contentment. … Ryan and Gemma were sat out on the patio, curled up next to each other on the daybed. ‘Remember when you wanted this to be a playboy-style grotto?’ Gemma teased. ‘Remember when you wanted to put flowers everywhere?’ ‘It’s a garden! Of. Smiling, “Yup!”Giving him a hug, “Way to stay with it. Jeff, you’re up second this inning. Now we need a run to get the lead back.”“Sure thing, Sean,” Jeff replies as he put on a batting helmet. With one out the Cardinals play their regular positions for Jeff. Bewildered, Jeff looks at Sean.“They’ll give you first base, no more,” Sean hollers, but then mouths out, “Look for high pitches.” Jeff nods that he understood that. They had talked long ago about the strategy of pitching high to a. Stand by to be boarded.”Admiral Jang frowned and shook his head in disgust. “My first war time command of a fleet and I lose it without ever firing a shot.”“We had no way of knowing this port had fallen into enemy hands,” Captain Eng said.“That will look good on my court martial papers,” Admiral Jang said.He walked over to the satcom handset, picked it up, and said into it, “Rear Admiral Wu, it is my duty to inform you that I’ve surrendered the Second Fleet to Jade Force.”“Why? How did this. They just wanted to feel each others' naked bodies. Then the inevitable; both of them locked into a strong embrace, just kissing and feeling. Time usually stopped for both of them and all that was left was the touching, the exploring, the pleasing and the engaging in being close. That was the journey they both liked to travel when close to each other. He kissed her body like he knew she liked it. Slowly touching, caressing and kissing until her body started to respond with little.