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"Nothing is going on with me and O’Connell," I stated flatly
"Really, darlin’," Danny replied with a chuckle
"You , that boy’s walking round with a stupid bloody grin on his face, and he’s spent the last half an hour checking the door every ti for you, I’m a feckin’ monkey’s uncle"
I kind of squeaked and looked at the doorthat I hadn’t seen O’Connell on the way in
"Not you, too, sunshine," Danny snorted
"Don’t bother looking for lover boy I’ve sent hi run See if that helps with his concentration Now, get to work, wench, and earn your keep"
He laughed again to hi soht one, and in a better mood that I’d ever seen him
I sat down hard on the office chair and stayed there for a good fiveThere was no way that I could take any credit for anything that was going on with O’Connell, but I couldn’t help the small spark of hope that ht
Deter over some non-existent, fictional relationship, I started work Danny came back about an hour later for a refill on his coffee, and I barely spared hi and prove hiain, I didn’t look up until I felt breath hot against my neck
"Jesus Christ!" I yelped as my heart jumped intothe biggest shit-eating grin on his face He was shirtless, as usual, and wearing the uniform shorts that he always trained in He leaned his sweaty ripped torso forward and laid his hands onto the desk either side of, he still sood, and I wondered hoould feel to kiss my way down those abdo this close ile than I usually felt I noticed straight away that my neat, black, cursive still adorned his chest
"Shouldn’t that have washed off by now?" I asked I sucked in a breath as a thought occurred to ht it would coer, if that was possible, then grabbed ertips, I traced the raised bumps of each line
"Holy shit!" I whispered "You’ve had it tattooed on you"
"YOU SHOULDN’T CURSE," he teased
I ran ertips back and forth across his skin, in case I rong, but sure enough, the ridges of the text were slightly red and scabbed
"But" I muttered, at a complete loss for words O’Connell see
"You should see your face, sunshine"