Page 26 of Ronan
“Because I’m not stupid. If he had any plans of keeping me, he’d tell me who he is. It’s my one little quiet act to show him he won’t own me until he gives me at least a little bit of himself. He probably won’t even notice.”
Oh baby girl, I own you, and I absolutely would have noticed if you didn’t tell me now.“I guess time will tell. What if he told you who he was and you didn’t like what you found out?”
“He suggested as much, but I just don’t understand. Who is he? A serial killer? An elf? I don’t give a shit what he looks like, so unless he’s famous or dangerous, I can’t imagine why he’d think I’d care who he is.” She sits up so abruptly, her shirt slips up. “Oh my fuck, you don’t think it’s Orion, do you?!”
He’d be fucking dead if it was. Dead, buried, and his dirt pissed on. He’s the only one in the world that knows anything about my true feelings, so if he went behind my back to touch her in any way, it would be the ultimate betrayal.
“Absolutely not.” I need to not sound so angry and I really,reallyneed to stop staring at those tiny bruises on her thighs. “He’s a son-of-a-bitch, but he doesn’t cheat. He’s trying really hard to turn your best friendinto someone she’s not, but until he gives that up, he won’t fuck any other girl. Just how he is. Maybe you’re right and your guy is famous.” I can’t stop the next words from tumbling out. “Why, do you want to fuck him?”
She hesitates for a moment, then shakes her head. “No, not really. He’s hot, but too pretty boy for me. I like my men a little rugged.” Grinning, she lays back down, but her shirt falls to her hips as she rolls back onto her side and I can see a little bit of her ass now.
The ass she prepped for me earlier.
I’m getting hard again so I shift to the side slightly and rest her feet lower on my legs so she can’t feel it. “Don’t ever call him hot again. You shouldn’t lie on his behalf.”
“It’s not a lie. He’s hot, you’re hot, Night is hot. It's an objective fact,” she explains. “Some people are just born blessed.”
“So you just complimented me, but then you added the word objectively to it in the end, and I don’t know why but that makes it worse. Was that a compliment or a way to call me basic?”
I’m teasing her, but it’s the only way I’m able to keep my eyes on her face and not her... anything else.
“I just mean it's a fact. You know what you look like, Ro. You make Orion look like a troll, and that’s hard to do. Take the compliment and say thank you.”
I can’t help but laugh, because if Orion heard that, he’d throw a fit. “Thank you. Can you say that again when he’s around? For science.”
“He’d probably just tell me I’d have better luck fucking you if I got stuck in a dryer,” she mumbles.
“You say that like you want to fuck me.”
I’m watching her every reaction, but it’s the one I feel that ruins me.
She just clenched her thighs.
“That’s not... I...”
God, I love it when she fumbles over her words and blushes. I toss her a smirk that’s a little too flirty, but I can’t help it. “I’m kidding, Atley. I know you don’t mean that.”
“I feel like that’s a trap,” she mumbles. “If I say no, I’m somehow insulting you. If I say yes, I’m a freak who wants to fuck her brother. There’s no winning there.”
“It’s not like we’re blood related.” Normal response, Ronan. Completely fucking normal.
I don’t know what the fuck to do or say now, so I just laugh like the crazy bastard I am.
“We’re not.” Something in her tone is a little thicker now, almost sultry. “I... used you as my safeword today, you know.”
“Why?” Somehow I’ve moved in a little closer again, but she has me hanging onto every single word. “Why me?”
“It’s supposed to be word you say when you don’t feel comfortable anymore or you need help. You were the first thing that came to mind because it’s always you that I call when I’m uncomfortable or need help.”
I hope that never changes. “And I’ll always be here. No matter the time or what I’m doing. I meant it when I said you’re never a burden. If anything, you don’t come around enough.”
Slowly, she sits up and slides her legs off the couch. “Well in that case, what do you say we turn on a movie and stop talking about my sex life?”
I want to talk about it and so much more, but if I don’t take this out, I’m going to ruin everything. So I just chuckle and nod in agreement, it’s all I have in me right now.
“Want to watchThe Covenantagain?”
She grins. “There’s never a time that I don’t. I’ll be right back though.”
