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“He did?”
“Yeah.” Johnny nodded grimly. “That fucker won’t be bothering you again.”
“Ronan?”
He nodded, jaw ticking. “Listen, I need you to trust me when I tell you that little scene with McGarry had more to do with me than you.” He shifted uncomfortably and ran a hand through his disheveled hair. “He likes to push boundaries—mine more than most.”
Push boundaries?
More to do with him?
“Oh.” I wasn’t sure what to say to that.
I was so confused.
“Thanks,” I added, because thanking him seemed like the right thing to do.
“No problem.”
“Did you, uh, catch him?” I asked, then immediately regretted my question. Why was I making conversation with him? That was my cue to leave. Why wasn’t I leaving?
And why wouldn’t my heart stop trying to beat its way out of my chest?
Was this going to happen every time I bumped into him? If so, I needed to get a prescription.
“Ronan,” I clarified, digging myself a deeper hole. “You were counting to five.”
“Like I said,” Johnny replied, jaw set in a tight line, “he won’t be bothering you again.”
My eyes widened. “You didn’t kill him, did you?”
He barked out a laugh. “No, Shannon, I didn’t kill him.”
“Oh, okay.” I breathed a heavy sigh. “That’s good.”
He tilted his head to one side, expression curious, voice soft. “Is it?”
“Well, I–I… Yeah,” I choked out. “I guess it’s always good to avoid a murder charge.”
“I guess that’s true,” he replied with a smirk.
“Well, I’m, ah, okay,” I said, tone a little strained. “Thanks for checking.”
He arched a dark brow. “You sure?”
“Yeah.”
“Good.”
“Good.”
He made no move to walk away, and weirdly enough, neither did I.
We both just stood there, a few feet apart, with him looking down at me, and me staring right back up at him. It was hard to explain what was happening, but it almost felt like he was rememorizing what I looked like.
At least, that’s what I was doing.
His dark-blue eyes were on my face, moving from my eyes to my lips and back up again. He was openly taking me in and made no attempt to be discreet about it. It was disconcerting and exciting at the same time.
