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Throwing her a glare, I roll my eyes at Mellie’s gleeful face. “Can we talk about something else?”
“No. Did you come?”
“Lots. How’s the planning going?”
They went on a honeymoon-style trip to Ireland last May. They’re going again later this year. We sit back in our seats as the server places down our meals, melting away with a small smile and another concerned glance in Mellie’s direction.
“That’s in five months. You’d be better to ask what we’re planning for Christmas. So he knows how to use it?”
“Wicked good. What are you planning for Christmas?”
Mellie glares at me. “We’re having you and Ronan over. Are you going to fuck in our spare bedroom?”
“Probably. Do you want me to bring anything? When were you planning on asking me?”
“I’m asking you now. Come early and help me cook. Are you dating Ronan now?”
Hesitating, I toy with my food. “We’re…fucking.”
“Is it a take what you can get situation?”
“It is for him.”
Mellie giggles, spearing a piece of asparagus with her fork. “Keeping him on his toes? I like that.”
Rolling my eyes, I dig into my meal, peppering her with questions about Christmas. It keeps Mellie preoccupied – and the conversation away from Ronan and my sex life – until they bring the check. Mellie smirks, poking her finger at Niall, where he’s still seated at the bar, nursing a glass of whiskey, his eyes trained on her.
“That bill’s his problem.”
Niall is off his barstool, crossing to us as the server hesitates. He plucks the bill off them, cursorily running his eye over it and tucking in too much cash.
“Th-thank you.” The server’s eyes are wide as she clutches the bill full of cash to her chest.
“Ye earned it. Ye looked after my wife.”
Still stuttering her thanks, she melts away as Niall wraps his arm around Mellie’s waist, leading us back to the coat check. I shrug my coat on, catching my smile as I watch Niall carefully helping Mellie into hers, smoothing down the shoulders and making sure it’s buttoned properly.
“Let’s get ye both home,” he rumbles, guiding us to where the valet is already waiting beside the SUV.
Mellie chats away about Christmas and what time she wants me to arrive the whole way home. Niall doesn’t contribute to the conversation, tensing up like Ronan does the second we pass into Roxbury. Honestly. He’s the IrishReaper. Why would he be scared of little old Roxbury?
Pulling up at the curb, Niall slides out, his eyes darting around as he opens the door for me.
“I’ll see you in two days,” I tell Mellie, dropping a kiss on her cheek as I slide out of the car. Niall nods to me, closing the door and rounding the hood to get back in.
Like Ronan, Niall doesn’t drive away until I’m inside, heading up the stairs. As I hurry into the building, I shiver, a crawling feeling prickling my skin. Like someone is watching me. I know Niall and Mellie are watching me walk inside, but they’re not the ones causing this feeling. It’s like someoneelseis watching me. Someone I don’t know about.
Shaking my head, I drop my purse beside the front door, bolting it. There. No one can get in. I’m being paranoid. Probably from the wine with dinner and watching Niall be a little bitch about Roxbury. He’s got me on edge.
I quickly shower, tugging on a pair of panties and my oversized sleep shirt as I wander back to my bedroom. I plug my phone into the charger on my nightstand, dropping onto the bed and wriggling until I get comfortable.
I run through all the mundane chores for tomorrow, including laundry and grocery shopping, but it doesn’t work. Ronan keeps popping into my mind, and finally, I give up, letting my eyes flutter closed as I relive all our glorious sex.
Seriously, if I’d known that it would be this amazing with him, I wouldn’t have held out for as long as I did. I was missing out.
Chapter Twelve
FIONA
