Page 54 of Ronan

I carried her upstairs to our bedroom and fucked her twice more. Now I’m sitting here, watching her sleep. She tosses and turns as usual––I don’t think I’ve seen her go a full night without tossing and turning.

I wish I knew what has her mind so active, but I know if I ask her, she won’t tell me––she’ll just say it’s nothing and she’s fine.

Her phone vibrates and I grab it off the nightstand. I open the phone, wanting to see the rest of the message after seeing part of it displayed the screen.

Diane,

Happy Christmas, sugar.

I’m sorry we aren’t together, and I’m sorry you aren’t with Maddie today.

Shit. She’s spent today without her best friend and her kid, no wonder she’s hiding her pain.

Taking a quick glance at her, I pull out my phone. I may not be able to give her Maddie, but I can give her Diane.

* * *

“Yes, mo ghrá, that’s it, take it. Fuck.” She’s on her knees in the office of the club, my hand wrapped around her hair, my dick so far down her throat I’m pretty sure she’ll choke if she doesn’t pull off. She doesn’t though. I look down at her, her eyes focussed on mine. She knows I love it when she chokes on my dick, and I know she loves sucking my cock.

I’m about to cum, and I’d tell her to stop, but she likes it down her throat, so I give her a pre-warning. “I’m about to, come, sweetheart.” But it only spurs her on to suck harder, her tongue swirling around my shaft, her hands gripping my thighs, pulling me closer to her.

“Oh fuck, yes, baby,” I bellow as I cum. She drinks every drop, using her thumb to wipe the side of her mouth where some of it has escaped. I reach down, grabbing her arms and pulling her up to me, my lips landing on hers, kissing her, tasting myself. She groans into my mouth then pulls away.

“I have to work, Ronan.” She turns away from me towards the door, but I pull her back for another kiss before letting her go.

I’m in the office, watching her work on the monitors. I’m just a distraction if I’m out there, and I know I wouldn’t be able to keep my hands off her if I was that close to her.

The day after Christmas, I took her to Chicago to spend some time with Diane. We stayed out there for ten days, ringing in the new year there.

My family all flew out to spend it with us.

Well, the women did, my brothers and I, we had business to take care of. A shipment we chose to transport ourselves after letting slip to some employees that we were using some unskilled guys to do it.

We’d heard that some of our men in Chicago were betraying us to Liam, we’d vetted everyone after we changed the structure here and thought we could trust those that were left, but turns out, we were wrong.

We were late dealing with everything and almost didn’t make it back for the turn of midnight, and it was then it hit me. It was at the stroke of midnight that I realised I was dragging Liv down a dangerous path, a path she doesn’t belong on.

My phone rings and I let it ring out, just so I can watch her for a little longer, but it rings again and again. Knowing whoever it is isn’t going to stop until I answer, I pull it from my pocket to check the caller display.

My heart stops. This is the call I’ve been waiting for, the very call I’ve been dreading.

“Drake.”

“Ronan, I’m sorry to call so late. I need you in the office, two days’ time, bring Liv, eight a.m.”

“I’ll see you in two days.” I end the call before he has a chance to say anything else. Looking up at the monitors, I see her smile as she serves a group of women.

I sigh, knowing what has to happen. My demon is suddenly restless. Deciding to make the next two days count, I head out to the main floor.

“Hey, Dan.” I lean across the bar as he walks towards me. I can see her watching us––after the way I treated Dan the last time we were all together, I’m not surprised.

“She’s done, I’m taking her home, find cover for the rest of the week.”

“Okay, boss, no problem.” Even after I tried to choke the fucker, he still shows no fear, only respect.

I grab her, pulling her out from behind the bar. “Ronan, what’s going on? Where are we going?”

“Home, unless you want me to fuck you on the bar in front of the whole club?” Her mouth drops open but she doesn’t say anything, just shakes her head with a smile.