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She nods. “There you are again.” A tear rolls down her temple, but her lips are still set in a grin. “I’ve missed you.”
It’s too much. My chest feels as though it’s going to explode. The way she sees through me, knows what I’m feeling before I’ve been able to speak, is too much. I can’t take it.
Her legs part, and I move closer, wanting to have no space between us anymore.
I’m coming apart and binding back together.
All because of this woman.
The one thing in the world that has always been what I’ve needed.
She runs her thumb along my lips. “Make me yours, Declan.”
And then I slide into her, and it is not her who is mine … it’s me who is hers.
Chapter Thirty-Six
Sydney
“You don’t understand, Jimmy, he’s driving me insane!” I say as I dip another Oreo into milk.
“He’s being cautious with you, that’s all. You didn’t see the man when he thought you were going to die.”
I sigh, trying to remember that this was traumatic for everyone. I fail.
“Still not an excuse to keep me hostage in my own house!”
Jimmy laughs, lifting the coffee mug to his lips. “I think you mean both of your house.”
I glare at him. “Traitor.”
I may have originally sold the house, but a few weeks ago, he put me on the deed with him. So, we both own it … with his money.
“Aren’t you supposed to be retiring?” I ask him.
“It’s hard to stay off the farm when you can’t do much, your boyfriend hasn’t run a farm ever, and I haven’t found someone competent enough to do what I’m capable of doing,” Jimmy complains.
Dec and I think it’s that he really doesn’t want to retire and that he likes being around us. I don’t mind. In fact, I would be content to never let him leave, but that is just me being selfish.
I know that I scared ten years off his life when I was in a coma, and since then, he’s been just as protective as Declan.
I smile and then grab another cookie. “I guess you have a point.”
“Damn right I do.” He refills his cup and thrusts it toward me. “You know, you’re going to be hard-pressed to get me to stay away once that baby comes. There will be a lot of things you’re going to need done around here while you’re both taking care of an infant.”
I nod. “I bet we will.”
“And not to mention all the things that still need to be taken care of.”
I bite back the smile at how wound up he is. “Of course.”
Declan opens the back door and smiles. “Hey, Jimmy. I thought you were going to take the week and stay home on your new retirement.”
Jimmy puts the mug down with a clunking sound that reverberates, and I bite my tongue so hard I can taste blood. Oh, he’s in for it now. “Kids thinking I can just retire,” he mumbles under his breath as he walks out of the room. “Think they know everything until something breaks, and then retirement just means free labor.”
Declan stares at the door he vacated through and then back to me. “What the …”
“Oh, you stepped in the shit, my friend.”
