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"Have a good night," I offer to the garda

And then I keep going

"Hey" A arlic and to table, along with two glasses and the bottle of Jaht

"Relax He went to bed already"

My entire body caves with relief A

"Quiet!" I silence her with a deep kiss "You’ll wake him up"

"He’s a deep sleeper" She reaches up to brush o replaced with sadness "How’s Rowen?"

"He looks rough, buthe’ll pull through"

She nods, blinking away the gloss that suddenly coats her eyes "I want to go with you toet Ivy to come, too"

"I think he’d like that" Most fellas wouldn’t want visitors right now, but Rowen isn’t like ht hoested it once or twice" A strange, somber look flashes across her face, but it dissolves with her s me in with backward steps "It was fine I mean, he’s not happy about it all, but I didn’t expect hi in that hospital room with Rowen didn’t inspire my appetite but now that I’ else going on today, I forgot to bring my painkillers withI’ll bring dinner to you"

I can’t help the wary glance up at the landing

"Oh, for God’s sake He’s not waiting in a dark corner for you Besides, he’s on the third floor" She wanders over to the casserole sitting on top of the stove, grabbing a plate on her way

"So, I’ll be taking the spare rooh answers hteen months in prison with the worst criminals in Ireland and you’re terrified of my father Go on I’ll be up there in a minute" She shakes her head at as she putters around the kitchen, grabbing lass of water

A little smirk on her face the entire time

"Go on" She slaps my arse once as she passesso desperately to return the favor After the past two days, I could use the pure ecstasy that coht, though For one thing, because I physically can’t, and for another, because I’m sure, deep sleeper or not, that her sheriff father would finish the job that Jackie Hanegan failed to do, should he hear it

I happily follow A in bed so she can tend to ently washing the area around the stitches and recovering it with fresh bandages She doesn’t even flinch at the sight of it, and even I’ll adh that I can’t touchit

"You’re all set" She looks up to catchlittle to the iination Neither do my knickers, at the moment A secretive smile flashes across her wide, full lips And then those skillful hands of hers shift upward, to peel the waistband down and over ently