I stand up and step toward them. 揧es, they are in bed after I told them I抎 wait up for you. Because guess what, assholes, they抳e had a pretty shit couple of days too! Do you have any idea how bad Shane feels??
Liam snorts. 揌e should have thought about that before he lied to us.?
I suck in a deep breath as I try to stop myself from shaking them. 揧es, he fucked up. He should have told you a couple of weeks ago, but we were all kind of busy, weren抰 we? And I don抰 care how much he fucked up, he has done nothing but look after you two your whole goddamn lives. He gave up everything for us. He fucking raised you both from babies. You think he didn抰 have shit he wanted to do when he was younger without three kids to look after? He never wanted to leave Ireland. He had plans. You know why he built this house? So he could live here in peace. Maybe get married and have some kids. But after what happened to you both, he put all of it on hold. He took us to New York and he built us all a new life, so don抰 you ever let me catch you saying he doesn抰 give a fuck ever again!?
I walk away from them before I go on and say something I might regret. I get that my little brothers are angry and annoyed, but they take Shane抯 loyalty to them for granted. He has always looked out for all of us and never asked for anything in return.
揅on!?Liam shouts after me.
揑 don抰 want to hear it. I抦 going to bed!?I walk through to the hallway where our bedrooms are. My hand curls over the door handle to my own room, but I look across at Shane抯 instead. I am so fucking tired from sitting up and watching Liam and Mikey to make sure they didn抰 die from alcohol poisoning, but I want to fall asleep next to her.
I open the door and walk inside the dark room. She is on her side, curled up next to Shane. They both look so peaceful, I turn around to walk out again.
揧ou okay, Con??Shane asks. I should have known he wouldn抰 be in a deep sleep.
揟he twins are back,?I say quietly so I don抰 wake Jessie.
揑 heard them falling through the door a few hours ago,?he says with a soft sigh.
揙h.?
揧ou want something else??
揑抦 tired,?I reply as I walk to the bed and look at her.
揟hen get in,?Shane nods toward the empty space on the other side of Jessie. It抯 not like him to share a bed with anyone but her, but right now it feels like the whole equilibrium of our family unit is off and I imagine that he is feeling it as much as the twins. I walk around the bed and climb in beside her, pressing my body against hers. She wiggles her bare ass against me and my cock twitches in my shorts. Shane shoots me a look that reminds me I was invited in here to sleep but I can抰 help grinning at him. She is so fucking sexy, I know he wouldn抰 take much convincing if I woke her up right now and suggested we both fuck her, but I抦 exhausted. I wrap my arm around her waist and kiss her shoulder instead.
揅onor,?she mumbles sleepily.
揝hh. Go back to sleep, Angel.?
揙kay,?she sighs as she shifts her body slightly so she is nestled perfectly between Shane and me. Then I fall asleep with her perfect ass against my groin.
Chapter 42
Liam
After our epic binge drinking session last night, it抯 late afternoon by the time Mikey and I finally roll out of bed. I got up for some water about midday and the house was quiet, so I suspect Jessie and my brothers slept most of the day away too. I think we could all sleep for a week after the drama of the last few days.
I抦 still reeling from having my ass handed to me by Conor earlier. I don抰 want to face him. I don抰 want to face Shane either, but most of all I don抰 want to face Jessie. Learning that my real father was the man responsible for hurting her in so many ways has knocked me for six. It抯 all I can think about. How can things ever be the same between us again?
But I can抰 stay in this room forever and after a quick shower, I head into the living area with Mikey following close behind me.
揌ey.?Jessie looks up and smiles at us as we walk in.
揌ey, Red,?Mikey replies but I avoid her gaze and sit on the armchair while Mikey hovers by the bookshelves. The tension in the room is suddenly thick and I can feel everybody抯 eyes on me. Standing up, I decided I抎 be better off back in my room, but as I抦 walking out, Jessie springs up from the sofa and stops me in my tracks.
揕iam. Where are you going??
揃ack to bed,?I snap with my head down.
揧ou want something to eat??
揘o,?I shake my head, still unable to look at her beautiful face.
揕iam??she whispers. 揥hy won抰 you look at me??
I hear a sob catch in her throat and it breaks my heart so much that I抦 forced to look up. 揌ow can you look at me and not see him, Jessie??I drop my head again quickly, scared to look into her eyes in case I see something in them that I can抰 stand. She抯 too good of a person to make me feel bad about who my real father is, but she can抰 hide the truth from me. I can read her so well, and it抯 something that I抳e always loved about our connection, but now I wish for blissful ignorance. She places her warm hands on my cheeks and tilts my head so I can抰 avoid looking at her.
揑 look at you and see you, Liam. The same man I saw yesterday. The same man who I抦 completely in love with.?
揃ut he抯 our dad, Jessie. The man who did all of that fucked up shit to you, is my fucking dad!?
揌ey! My biological father was a madman who had my whole family slaughtered, including his own twin brother. But I am who I am because of my dad ?the man who raised me ?and not that murderous psychopath. Just like you are who you are because of the man who raised you.?She glances over at Shane and smiles. 揂nd even though you抮e pissed at him right now, you know that he did a pretty good job with you and Mikey.?
揑 hate that he caused you so much pain,?I say. I have a physical ache in my chest when I think about what that sadistic cunt did to her. It was rough enough when I thought he was our uncle, but that my own father was capable of it… Not that Patrick Ryan was much better.
揂nd I hate that he抯 causing you some now. Please, don抰 let this come between you and me, Liam. That would be the true pain. It would break my heart,?she says as a fat tear rolls down her cheek. What the fuck I ever did to deserve her devotion, I抣l never know.
揑 will never let it come between us, Jessie,?I say as I wipe the tear from her face.
揋ood,?she whispers as she leans up on her tiptoes and seals her lips over mine. I wrap my arms around her as she slips her tongue into my mouth and I melt into her, kissing so fiercely that I feel like I might run out of breath.
揃edroom!?she breathes as she breaks our kiss for a second and what can I do but obey her as she kisses me again and I walk backwards toward our bedroom. As we pass Mikey, she reaches out and grabs hold of his hand too.
Mikey closes the door behind us and the three of us stand beside the bed. Jessie peels her top off over her head.
揂re you boys planning on keeping your clothes on??she asks with a grin and a pop of one eyebrow.
揊uck, no!?Mikey chuckles as he starts to unbutton his jeans. I undress too until all three of us are naked.
揥hat抯 going on in that deviant mind of yours, Red??Mikey asks.
揑 want both of you right now,?she breathes as she reaches for us.
揧ou抳e always got both of us,?I whisper against her ear as I step up beside her, pressing my body against her back.
揧eah, Red,?Mikey agrees as he presses against her front until she is sandwiched between us. She wraps her arms around Mikey抯 neck and pulls him to her for a kiss as I press soft kisses against her neck that make her squirm. My hand slides between her and Mikey until I find her slick folds. I can抰 help groaning as she grinds against my hand. 揧ou抮e always so wet for us, baby.?