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“Ronan.”
He looks at me and sits up against the headboard, pulling me to him, so my back is to his front.
“Both J and Liam are in New York. We don’t know where they are or what they have planned, but whatever it is it won’t be good. Liv, I don’t know how to protect everyone. What if I fail again? What if I lose someone else?”
“Stop it.” I pull out of his arms, turning myself around and straddling him. I grab his face, forcing him to look at me.
“It isn’t your job to protect everyone. We can all protect ourselves, Ronan––we all protect each other. And I need you to understand you didn’t fail anyone. Not your dad, not Aoife, and not Rory. The fate of everyone’s safety does not solely fall onto your shoulders.
I love you, Ronan, so you can teach me how to fight and you can teach me how to use a gun. I’ll do anything you need me to if it helps you feel even a fraction more relaxed.”
His eyes soften, and his pulse regulates. “Thank you. I love you, mo ghrá.”
Chapter 41
Ronan
I track her movements around the kitchen as she helps Killian and Ma cook. We spent all day in bed, fucking. She promised me she was okay, but I was fairly rough, and I’m worried she’s hurting. So I watch her, making sure she isn’t hiding anything from me.
I didn’t tell her the whole truth… Liam and J are both in New York, and we may not know exactly what they have planned, but we do know it involves the women.
The women think we were in Chicago, and we were at first, but the trail led us back here to New York.
The fuckers we tortured yesterday gave up everything in the first few hours. They’d been paid to tail the women, catalogue their movements, take pictures and report back.
They had met personally with J, but only spoke with Liam on the phone.
They said he’s definitely in New York. They reckon he has someone on the inside helping him, but they didn’t know who.
I see her flinch as she stretches across the counter to grab something. Jumping out of my chair, I race across the kitchen to her. “Enough, I knew you were sore, sit down.”
I can feel Ma and Kill watching me, but I don’t give a shit.
“I stretched too far, that’s all, I’ll be careful.”
“No.” I try to pull her to the chair to take a seat. “You need to take it easy.”
She pushes me away, waving a spatula in my face. “Ronan O’Farrell, if you don’t stop fucking babying me, I’m going to shove this spatula up your ass. Now sit and leave me be.”
Ma and Kill howl with laughter. “That’s you told, brother.”
I stand there open mouthed, watching her get back to cooking. Fucking hell, I love that woman. But as soon as she’s completely healed, I’m going to punish her for fucking defying me, and more over, she’ll fucking love it.
“Do you boys know where Finn is?” Ma asks as my brothers and I clear the dinner dishes away.
We all shake our heads. Kill is the only one to answer. “Nah, Ma, he said something had come up, said he was handling something, but he’d call us as soon as he gets a chance.”
I look at Kill. I didn’t know he’d spoken to him, and neither did Connor by the look on his face. Kill shakes his head at both of us, then indicates for us to follow him.
Closing the study door behind him, Killian walks around the desk and takes a seat as Connor and I stand in the middle of the room, arms folded, watching him, waiting for answers.
“Finn called me this morning when I was with Bells. Obviously, I didn’t answer, so he left me a voicemail.” He pulls his phone from his pocket and unlocks it before glancing back at us.
“I’ve been trying to call him all day, but it either rings out or goes to voicemail. This is what he left on mine.”
“Kill, brother, I’ve had to place extra security on the women. The team will keep us updated of any movements with them.
“Listen, we have a traitor in our camp, I overheard them last night, and I’ve been tailing them since then. If I’m right, I’m hoping they’ll lead me directly to J. I’ll call you guys later if I have anything. Can you tell Maddie I’m sorry, I promised her I’d take her out today. I’ll call you later.”
