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Leah leaned her head on Kieran’s shoulder. He wrapped his arm around her waist, holding her close.
“I get how you feel,” he smiled, peering down at the woman in his arms.
Could Caitlin and I have that?
I glanced back down at the picture on my phone, and I started to come up with a plan. If my bad little girl needed me to come and take her, that is exactly what I was going to do. I wouldn’t let the past hold me back. I had done terrible things in the past, things I regretted, but it was time to focus on the one bright light that had come into my life.
She deserved the world, and I was going to be the one to give it to her.
“I can see the wheels turning,” Ada prodded.
“I’m just thinking,” I replied, tapping my fingertips against the table.
“Well, don’t bust a gasket,” she teased, and I couldn’t help but laugh.
Ada had always been good at breaking through hard things, so much so that the Murphy family probably wouldn’t be where it was today without her.
“What would I do without your sage advice?” I smiled, shaking my head in amusement.
“I don’t know. You’d probably be trying to walk up an escalator that’s going down or something,” Ada winked. This time, the others broke out in a raucous round of laughter, and I joined in, their moods contagious.
“You’ll get the girl tomorrow,” Kieran winked.
“Damn right I will,” I grinned.
I downed the rest of my Guinness and slammed it down on the table. The rest of pub did the same, cheering with boisterous energy. The place came alive, and someone slid a water in front of me. I drank that too, before I called my driver.
I’d go home, sleep this off, and deal with my naughty little girl tomorrow.
CHAPTER21
Caitlin
Getting to sleep in late was one of the best parts about having a room all to myself. There was no one that would set an alarm or wake me up.
Or fuck you when you need it.
I sighed. Who was I kidding? I was getting lonely. I missed Cormac more fiercely with each passing day. I’d even gone a bit overboard on the shopping last night hoping it would instigate something, but it didn’t seem to be working. I threw myself back on the bed in an annoyed huff. What did a girl need to do to get spanked around here?
I slid my hands underneath me, cupping my backside and imagined his firm hands on my body. I had hoped that my devious plan would lure him out so that I could feel all of that again. With another overly dramatic sigh, I turned my head and looked at the clock.
It was almost noon.
Breakfast hadn’t arrived yet. Cormac had been sending it every day, but the first time was the only one with a note. It was always around ten and it was late for some reason. Had he finally given up on me?
Fuck me. Why did I have to ruin everything? Maybe I just needed to give in and text him first.
I was reaching for my phone to do just that when a knock sounded at the door. I leapt out of bed and answered it with my heart pounding in my chest. The first thing I saw was the biggest bouquet of red roses that I’d ever seen. There might have been close to fifty of them. The vase was wrapped in a pink bow, and I only noticed that there was someone standing behind it when he cleared his throat.
“Room service,” the man said, and I stepped aside.
He rolled in a cart, and I noticed there were several silver platters and coffee hidden behind the flowers too. There was even a mimosa beside one of them. He unloaded the whole thing onto the dining table and put the flowers at the center. Then he took a white clothing box out from the bottom shelf of the cart. It was wrapped in a green bow that matched the pea coat Ada had chosen for me that was still in Cormac’s first-floor closet. Before he left, he handed me another envelope. Hurriedly, I took it and practically ripped it open in an impatient rush.
“Good day, miss,” the attendant said, and he closed the door behind him, leaving me alone once more. I pulled out the expensive stationery and started to read.
My Caitlin,
You’ve been especially naughty this past week, haven’t you? You may have thought I hadn’t noticed, but I most certainly have.
