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“I’ll make sure she agrees,” Taryn speaks like an Irish thug from Astoria. “Jillian Diamond is hungry for a promotion. This counts as a win for the lass.”
“For the record, I didn’t hear that,” Lincoln says with humor in his voice.
“What about Ana’s case?” I ask.
“Text me the PD’s contact info and I’ll have a talk with him,” Lincoln says. “Darragh, I got this.”
“Thanks, Linc.”
“You’re welcome. Say hi to Eoghan for me.”
“Trust me, that won’t be a pleasant call.” My brother will be highly offended at best, and at worst, murder me for calling Lincoln Stone, his Harvard roommate, to help with Cormac.
I’m just not ready to call home about what happened. But the days are ticking down. I need to tell them I have Anastasia Koslov.
“Will Eoghan be in Vegas anytime soon?” Lincoln asks.
“Probably.” I roll my eyes and consider he’ll have to make a sweeping visit with Lachlan to settle Cormac’s unpaid debts.
They’ll make sure all of his dirty and frayed loose ends are tied up. That includes silencing any witnesses my darling twin may have blabbed to about our family.
“Keep me posted, Linc.”
“Anytime, Dr. O’Rourke.” He reminds me of the performance-enhancing drugs I call into a pharmacy for his perpetual need to look built and cut.
Calls I’ve made for my brothers back home, too.
I’m no angel. Ordering up high dosages of Oxy for Riordan when his wife ended up in his bed with a bullet to her shoulder. Prescribing Ambien for my sister in East Hampton, and lately, using my other connections to have experimental meds from Mexico to help my mother with her MS mailed to my da.
All offenses that can put my medical license at risk. That same arrogance permeating the air in the house I grew up in didn’t escape me.
I forged my way out of that life years ago, but I’m still an O’Rourke. I bend the rules to get what I want.
What I want…
Christ, Ana comes to mind.
That mouth begging for my cock…
Those swollen breasts aching for my hands…
Even that perfect round stomach turns me the fuck on, like I have a damn breeding kink.
Primal urges course through me to take her however, and wherever I want. But I’m tempered by my duty as a father, and to make sure I never risk custody of my daughter, especially now that it looks like I’m getting a divorce.
Eoghan can fix that one easily. I’d rather save my get-out-of-jail-free card for when I’m hanging by a thread with no way out.
Still, taking what belonged to Cormac drives my carnal thoughts even deeper.
I’m so fucking mad at him.
The first of a thousand cuts felt satisfying, seeing the anger in his eyes when I bailed out Ana and not him. Now, I’m having him involuntarily committed to rehab.
I lean back in my chair.
God, I need a drink. I stand up to fist the entire bottle of whiskey. I’ll bring it to my bedroom and take a warm shower, where I’ll relieve this damn tension between my legs. Then drink the whiskey down until I pass out.
“Knock, knock.” The door to my office opens, and Ana’s face hits the light.
