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“Alright. If you insist,” I said politely, trying to cover up my thoughts. Maybe he wasn’t interested after all, and I’d pushed the envelope too far. I bit my lip. I needed to get my thoughts away from him. I shouldn’t let myself get distracted. I had a life to build. I needed to work and save money so that I could support my child.
Kieran Murphy could derail all that.
I pulled Emma’s hand and nodded politely.
“Goodbye, Kieran,” I offered.
“Have a wonderful evening,” he purred. I looked back over my shoulder, catching his eyes. He cocked his head, his expression arrogantly confident and the immediate image of him sitting there naked flashed before my eyes.
I glanced downward.
Even through his slacks, I could tell he was rock hard.
And knowing that only made my panties even wetter.
CHAPTER6
Kieran
Leah O’Connor was something else.
There was no doubt in my mind that she’d walked straight into my bedroom knowing full well that I was naked having just gotten out of the shower. She’d done it on purpose; maybe it was out of curiosity. She’d played it off as best as she could, but she couldn’t hide the fact that it had been intentional.
I’d known what time she would come to my apartment, and I hadn’t exactly been quiet. Singing in the shower had always been a guilty pleasure of mine, kind of like a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream on a hot summer night after working all day in the blistering heat. My sweet tooth was insatiable some days.
Maybe that was what drew me to Leah, but I knew it was much more than that. Not only was she sweet, but she was hardworking, kind, protective, and giving all in the same breath. She was a single mother all on her own with a beautiful daughter who deserved the world. They both did.
It made me want to take care of her andnotin a platonic way either.
In the way a firm man takes care of the strong woman meant to stand at his side.
In the way a king takes care of his queen.
I pulled my phone out of my pocket and sent a text to one of my most loyal men, my consigliere Liam Shelby, asking him to see to it that a pizza be delivered to Leah’s apartment as soon as possible. He didn’t typically ask questions like my brothers did and right now I didn’t want any of them to know how much a certain redheaded woman had me in a tailspin. I hadn’t even told him about the groceries this morning. I’d just had my cousin Tommy take care of it without telling him anything more than to make the delivery.
Leah O’Connor… What was I going to do with her?
I sucked in a breath through my teeth, reaching down to slide my fingertips over the rigid length of my cock through my slacks. I was rock hard.
I was a man who was usually in control because I had to be. I led a dangerous life, and it didn’t leave room for romance or frivolity of any kind, but Leah was the kind of temptation that was impossible to turn away from. With a groan, I leaned my head back against the wall and envisioned the expression on her face when she’d walked through my bedroom door.
Like a little girl that had just stuck her hand in the cookie jar and had gotten caught. Her eyes had opened wide with surprise, but there was something else hidden within those forest green depths.
Interest.
She’d seen me fully naked, and she hadn’t looked away. Her gaze had feasted along the hard ridges of my chest, all the way down to my cock. There had been a definitive pause and her eyes had opened even wider. What she’d seen had intimidated her in some way and that had made me even harder.
Like a naughty little girl who needed a good hard fucking.
My cock throbbed as I slid my fingers up and down my rigid shaft. My slacks felt too tight, and I slowly unbuttoned them. I slid the zipper down and freed myself from the fabric prison as quickly as I could. Once I’d liberated myself, I sighed in relief, but that didn’t last very long because of the vision in my head.
I sighed and closed my eyes, my cock jumping under my palm.
I imagined what happened this afternoon ending very differently than it had earlier.
The door swung open, and I lifted my head, caught off guard by the sudden entry. Water dripped from my wet head down my bare chest. At first, my eyes jerked to my nightstand where I had a small 9mm handgun hidden, fully loaded and ready at a moment’s notice, but something stopped me.
My gut instincts weren’t telling me that I was in danger. The chances that any of my enemies had made it this far into my apartment were slim. I had soldiers posted all over this side of town that ensured adequate protection for me and my family.
