揘o thanks,?I shake my head.
揘ot even one to commiserate??she pouts.
揅ommiserate??
揟hat was going to be our house, Shane. Remember??She sniffs and a tear rolls down her cheek.
I do remember. 揟hat was a long time ago, Erin. Things have changed.?
揑f we hadn抰 gone to New York, if we hadn抰 had to get away because of your brothers, do you think we would have made it??
I look at her. I did love her once although it felt like a different kind of love to what I feel with Jessie. It was safe and familiar. The love I have for Jessie is fire and fury, but she is home to me in a way that Erin never was. I held onto a piece of Ireland because in my heart it still felt like my home, but now my home is wherever Jessie Ryan is.
揥e might have stayed together,?I tell her honestly, 揵ut we wouldn抰 have been happy.?
揥hat??
揥e never really made each other happy, Erin.?
揥e did,?she insists. 揇on抰 try and rewrite our history, Shane. Just because you抳e found a whore who抣l let all your brothers fuck her厰
I push my chair back and stand so quickly that she flinches, but she has nothing to fear from me; I would never lay a hand on her ever again. I lean down and sign the papers. 揇one.?
揑抣l get them filed tomorrow and then I can start looking at the contracts for the clubs you bought.?
揘o,?I shake my head. 揧ou misunderstand me. When I said done, I meant done. For good.?
揃ut I抳e worked for you and your family for years, Shane,?she snaps.
揧ou just called one of my family a whore,?I snarl at her. 揅onsider our working relationship terminated.?
揧ou抮e just going to throw away everything we have built together for her??she shrieks. 揑 can give you everything, Shane. Everything!?She walks over to me, pushing her tits out so that her nipples are almost touching my chest.
She breathes heavily. I smell the whiskey on her breath and the sweet perfume she has dabbed on her neck. Her pupils are dilated and her cheeks are flushed pink.
I lean my face close to hers and she gasps as the closeness. 揧ou have nothing that I want,?I say and then I walk out of her hotel room.
Chapter 46
Jessie
I抦 pulling my hair into a ponytail as I walk into the living area and blink in shock as I see Shane, Liam and Mikey wearing dress pants and smart shirts and looking good enough to eat. As I get nearer, I can smell their cologne too. I just finished a bath and I抦 in one of Conor抯 t-shirts. It抯 Patrick抯 funeral tomorrow and I had thought we were all going to have a few beers and watch a movie together.
揑 didn抰 realize we were going out??I say with a frown as I look down at my under-dressed state.
Mikey pulls me into his arms and runs his nose along my throat. 揥e抮e going out, Red, but not you.?
I step back and stare at him in surprise while Shane and Liam grin at me. 揥hat? Why??I can抰 help feeling a little hurt that they抮e all going out without me.
揧ou抮e staying with me, Angel,?Conor growls in my ear as he walks up behind me and slides his arm around my waist too, until I抦 pressed between him and Mikey. 揟he boys are giving us the place to ourselves.?
The tone of his voice sends shivers skittering up my spine. God, I have missed him. 揥hy??I breathe.
揧ou抣l see,?he chuckles.
Shane leans forward and kisses my cheek before he looks over my shoulder at Conor. 揃e good,?he warns.
揙f course,?Conor replies.
揝ee you in the morning, baby.?Liam gives me a kiss on the cheek too before Mikey seals his lips over mine and slips his tongue into my mouth while Conor holds onto me.
揅ome on,?Shane says, pulling him away. 揑 thought you two were going to drink me under the table.?
揙h yeah,?Mikey chuckles and the three of them head for the door.
揥e won抰 be on clean up duty when you get home, so don抰 come anywhere near either of us if you抮e going to puke. You got me??Conor says to their backs and they all nod and mumble their agreement.
A few seconds later, they have left and closed the door behind them, leaving Conor and me alone. I turn in his arms and wrap mine around his neck. 揘ot that this isn抰 a lovely surprise, but why do we need the house to ourselves??
揙h,?he flashes his eyebrows at me, 搘ith everything that抯 happened, I forgot to give you your punishment.?
揥hat punishment??I breathe, feigning my innocence even as a wet heat rushes between my thighs.
He frowns at me. 揊or flirting with Sean O扖onnor!?
揑 did not flirt!?I insist.
揧ou smiled at him,?he reminds me.
揝miling is not flirting!?
揌mm.?He leans down and kisses me softly. 揑 think I抦 going to have to torture a confession out of you, Jessie Ryan.?
I chew on my lip as I look up at him. This is the side of Conor I only see glimpses of. It抯 terrifying and exciting all at the same time.
I take a deep breath. 揧ou think we抮e ready??
揧es,?he nods his head. 揃ut we don抰 have to do anything you don抰 want to. I抦 just as happy to fuck you all night, Angel if that抯 what you need??
揘o.?I shake my head. 揑 trust you completely.?
揌mm.?He rubs a hand over his jaw and we start to walk toward his bedroom. 揧ou say that now, but wait until you see what I have in store for you.?He chuckles darkly and I shiver.
揌ave you got some of those jiggle balls, or something??I grin at him, remembering the fun Shane and I had with them.
揙h, Angel, they抮e for amateurs,?he winks at me and I wonder what the hell I have let myself in for.
When I walk into Conor抯 room a moment later, my heart skips a beat when I see the things he has laid out on the bed.
揑 wanted you to see everything,?he says softly as he guides me over to the bed.
I look at the array of equipment, floggers, a paddle, a butt plug with a beautiful green jewel on the base, leather cuffs and a blindfold. But the thing that intrigues me most are the lengths of chain. What the hell? 揥here did you get all of this??I ask as I reach down and stroke my fingertips over the soft leather of the flogger.
揇idn抰 Shane tell you??
揟ell me what??
揥e just bought a chain of clubs. We have one here, London, Chicago, LA, Paris, and one in New York.?
揂nd what do sex toys have to do with your new clubs??
揥hat do you think??He grins at me.
揟hey抮e sex clubs??I gasp. 揌ow did you not tell me about this??
揑抦 pretty sure they抮e not called sex clubs,?he laughs. 揝hane was going to tell you. I suppose he forgot with everything else going on.?
揥ait! That抯 not where they抳e gone tonight, is it??I frown at him.
揧ou honestly think they would go there without you??He frowns back.
揘o,?I shake my head.
揧ou抮e okay with it then? I mean it抯 just business for us, but ?it has its perks too,?he says as he picks up some nipple clamps that I hadn抰 even noticed.
揙f course. And I抎 love to go sometime,?I smile at him.
揌mm.?He narrows his eyes at me and I don抰 know if that抯 a yes or a no. 揧ou ever used these before??He holds up the clamps.
揑抳e had them used on me,?I whisper. It wasn抰 a particularly pleasurable experience, but I imagine there is nothing Conor Ryan could do to my body that I wouldn抰 enjoy.
Thankfully, he doesn抰 press me for details. 揧ou okay with them??
揧es. I抦 okay with anything you have in mind,?I breathe as my heart races in my chest and he pulls me into his arms.
揟hat抯 a pretty dangerous thing to admit, Angel,?he growls.
揑t抯 true though. So, what have you got planned first??My eyes are drawn back to the toys on the bed.