Total pages in book: 134
Estimated words: 126485 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 632(@200wpm)___ 506(@250wpm)___ 422(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 126485 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 632(@200wpm)___ 506(@250wpm)___ 422(@300wpm)
“Of course, you are. What just happened should have proven that. But you’re protected.”
I shook my head, not sure what to make of this. “So you came all the way from New York to Dublin to protect me?”
“I was here to celebrate Christmas with my family. Recent discoveries made me cancel these plans and watch you.”
So my instinct hadn’t been off. Lorcan had really stalked me. But my attacker too. Goose bumps erupted along my skin. “Why did you come? You sent me away. You have every reason to want me dead. But tonight, you protected me.”
“You’re still my wife.”
“You sent me away.”
“That made a few people obviously think you weren’t under my protection anymore. I hope my actions tonight showed them their mistake.”
“Who are they? Who wants to hurt me?”
“I won’t know until I’ll question your attacker.”
“What about Finn, is he in danger, and Mum?”
“I’ll question him and then I’ll know more. But neither Finn nor your mother nor you are in danger. Even when I return to New York, someone will watch you until we’ve determined the danger is over.”
“Is this because of Imogen? I thought she’s safe?”
“Aislinn, I won’t know until I loosen the asshole’s tongue by cutting him open. But some people just don’t like nosy people and you were nosy with your calls to the Miami jetty offices. Many people who have their yachts there, don’t like attention.”
I walked over to the sleeping couch and sank down on it. I lowered my face into my palms, overwhelmed by everything that happened, by what it revealed.
Gulliver had been right. I couldn’t just return to my old life. For many reasons. Because others wouldn’t let me. Because I had changed. Because part of me longed to return to New York and that part was even louder with Lorcan in a room with me. He saved me tonight. It would have been easy to get rid of me this way, without having blood on his hands.
I felt like crying. The sleeping couch groaned and shifted, then Lorcan touched my back. “You don’t have to be scared. You’re still a Devaney and I’ll make sure everyone knows it.”
“And what happens once I’m not a Devaney anymore? Will people then lose interest in hurting me?”
Lorcan wedged his finger under my chin, forcing my face up. “That’s no immediate concern. You are my wife.”
I searched his eyes, trying to understand the man before me. He’d easily subdued the tall and bulky attacker, could have killed him from the looks of it. He had no qualms about it either, but he never hurt me despite what I’d done. Without thinking, I moved my face toward Lorcan, seeking his comforting touch.
Aislinn’s eyes fluttered shut as she leaned toward me. This was a bad idea.
For countless reasons.
I cupped her face and pressed my lips against hers. It felt like eternity since I last kissed her. Whatever progress I’d made toward forgetting my wife, I was undoing it now.
My tongue parted her lips, and I pulled her against me, one of my arms snaking around her waist and lifting her on my lap. Aislinn complied, her body soft and willing.
We kissed like this for a long time. Everything in me compelled me to take this farther, and I could sense that Aislinn wanted it too. I stroked her back then lower until I cupped her ass.
Aislinn needed this. And I?
I had dreamed about this since I’d sent her away. She took the decision from me when her fingers found my zipper and pulled it down so she could massage my cock through my underwear. I pushed a hand under her skirt and ripped a hole into her tights then my fingers slid under her panties. I stifled a groan at the feel of her, her heat and arousal. We kissed and touched each other, Aislinn still on my lap, our bodies close.
“I need you closer,” I rumbled.
Aislinn gave a jerky nod and freed my cock from its confines. With my help she lifted and positioned my tip at her entrance. We both exhaled when she lowered herself onto my cock slowly. She was tight and took it slowly, making the sensations even more intense. She stopped with my length about two-thirds inside of her and began to move her hips. I tilted her head to deepen the kiss, letting her determine the pace.
Feeling my orgasm building, I reached between us to touch Aislinn’s clit. She gently pushed my hand away, and gave a shake of her head. She twisted her hips, moved faster, and then I allowed myself to let lose in her. Her face against my shoulder, she wrapped her arms around my neck.
She stilled and so did I.
This felt more intimate than all of our previous encounters and that scared the shit out of me.