Page 124 of Forbidden Bond

He laughed. “Don’t think you want me to tell you that in current company.” Saying that necessitated his answer. “That was the night you met Vex.”

She shivered. “Burn it.”

“Already did, little sister.” He opened the door. “I’ll check in with Marseille.”

Alone with Conn, she rested her face against him. “I’m sorry I left you at Stag.”

“It was my order. I would never have let you stay.”

“Because your head isn’t in the game when I’m around?”

“That and you’ll have to get used to it.”

“Leaving you?”

Stacking his hands on the back of her head, he bowed to kiss her crown then skimmed them around until the pads of his thumbs pressured her jaw upward. Much as he had on the night of their reunion in his office.

One soft kiss followed another. Right there in the middle of the office, he sampled her mouth from this angle and that, giving her something while he took. The reassurance of each other’s safety demanded they celebrate in that intimacy.

Used to it? Yes, he was right. She would have to get used to him being in danger. His life was always at risk, as was hers, as they always would be.

“Mo Grá,” she whispered between kisses. “Take me to bed, Mo Grá.”

“I’m going back to the club.”

She laid her hands on him to put some space between them. “You’re leaving? Why did you come here just to leave me?”

Sweeping her hair from her face, he scooped it higher, admiring her features down the line of her throat. “You know why I came here, Cushla Machree.”

To lay eyes on her, to prove she was safe, to gather the strength he got from her.

“I could come with you. Back to Stag.”

“McDade wives stay in safety.”

“Wives? But I’m not…” A harsh edge to his determination broke through. “When?”

“Soon. You need the McDade name. It’s long overdue.”

Her smile flourished and she pulled him down for another brief kiss. “Taste’s good, doesn’t it?”

“Yes,” he said on the whisper of a snicker. “Told you, didn’t I?”

“You did. Damn, am I happy I insulted you.”

“This is your kingdom.”

“Act like it.”

Accepting his next kiss, their need would have to be sated before he could go anywhere. Everyone she loved under the same roof, she could get used to that. As long as she existed under her McDade’s roof, she’d never wake lonely again.

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