Chapter 48
Making a Play
Boyle
“I still say we should have split up,” I mumble as we step off the jet and climb into the waiting vehicle.
We’re flying in from Poland, where we’ve been lying low. When news came in that Deja had, in fact, made it out of the pub, we knew we needed to move and shift the plan.
Manipulating the situation with the Russians and Serbs in New York is officially off the table. I do believe we’ve burned a few other bridges there after the failed attempt on the Locatelli woman.
“We’re using up men. I need you here with me. While Misha in Russia, we hit New York and here.
“This where I need you. Here with me. I can’t fail again. I have run out of time.”
“Ya have run out of time. This is why I should be in America, making sure the attack is a success.”
“It will be success, and we will be able to mend few bridges. I need to pull her into the light now.”
“What if she hasn’t appeared because she doesn’t care, or maybe she’s already dead? Shouldn’t our focus be on the Alliance and taking the power they have created? We end them and we can take it all,” I say.
“Net, I have bigger picture. This my life’s work. Not time to give up.
“Time to push, get done. When accomplish goal, we have all power. Our love will bring success we need.”
I school my features. This isn’t the first time she has mentioned she loves me. I don’t know if it’s a ploy to manipulate me or if she means it.
I can’t say I’m in love with her. The sex is good, she has kept me living a comfortable life, but I don’t know that I love her. She’s ruthless and if I let my guard down, that could be my life.
I’ve already gotten away from one controlling, manipulative boss. I refuse to become trapped again. As I remain silent, she reaches to squeeze me over my pants.
“We blow off steam in hotel, da?” she purrs.
“Aye, not a bad idea.”
Brooklyn
I walk through the McGowan estate shirtless with Cara and Liadan in my arms. My girls are so cute. It’s the long, full lashes for me.
I feel like I’m walking around with two gorgeous dolls in my arms. They already have me wrapped around their wee fingers. I didn’t know I could love anyone the way I love them.
“Daddy did good,” I coo to them. “She said yes. Now we have a wedding to plan.”
Liadan makes a little shriek that’s pure adorable. Cara has been nodding off, so she jumps at the sound of her sister’s excitement. I chuckle and kiss each of their cheeks.
“Shouldn’t ya be giving the lass a good shag to celebrate?”
I turn to find Granny McGowan looking back at me. I laugh and shrug my shoulders. I love this woman as if she were my own gran.
“They were fussing. I decided to take them for a walk to get them to knock out.”
“Ach, hand them over. Ye young ones need to learn to leave them be. They make noise as much as they shit. Ya don’t have to jump every time they whimper.”
The tiny woman comes over to me and reaches for Cara. Liadan begins to whimper on cue. I frown at her for trying to make me look bad.
“Go on, hand her over,” Granny McGowan says.
“I’ll carry her for ya.”
She puts her hand on her hip and glares back at me. “Do I look oul and banjaxed to ya? Hand me the babe, Cole O’Brien, before I lay boots to ya.”
“Yes, ma’am,” I chuckle.
“Grand, yer a smart lad. Now go put yer shirt on before my husband gets mauled. I’m remembering when he was yer age.”
I suppress my laugh and lean to kiss her on the cheek. I’ll come back for the girls after a shower and a few phone calls. It’s been a long day.
“Thanks.”
“Don’t even think about coming back for them this evening, lad. Ya should be working on their siblings.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
I shake my head and head for the guestroom DJ and I are sharing. She’s probably passed out. I can’t help smiling as I think of how happy my entire family is for us.
Connor even gave us time to have a quick family game. I haven’t had that much fun in years. Today is a day I’ll never forget.
I step into the bedroom and look around for DJ. I don’t find her, but I get an idea. I pull out my phone and put on some music.
When I look up, she appears from the bathroom in her panties and the crop top from earlier. As I focus on her, I realize it’s not the same tee. This one has Brooklyn printed across the chest.
I break into a grin. She has this dreamy smile on her lips. The ring looks great on her.
She sobbed even more after I placed it on her finger. A perfect fit. DJ hasn’t stopped smiling since I proposed.
Actually, that’s not right. I didn’t miss how happy she was to be up at bat. We’ve talked about why she had to give softball up. I wish I could kill Oland again.
“Where are the girls?” she asks, looking around.
“Laoise insisted on taking them for the night. Tried to clobber me, she did.”
DJ begins to snicker at me. Her face lights up with her laughter. My heart swells to see the joy in her eyes.
How could I love this woman any more than I already do? She makes this life worth living. If she asked me to walk away from everything just to be hers, I would.
“What’s that look about?” she asks as she crosses the room and wraps her arms around me, placing a kiss against my chest.
“I’m looking at my fiancée. I’m in awe of ya. I always knew there was something special about ya.
“Now I get to watch that magic every day and with each day ya show me yer more amazing than I thought the day before,” I say as I wrap my arm around her.
“How did I miss it?” she breathes in almost a whisper.
“Miss what?”
“That look. Ya’ve always looked at me that way.”
“What way?” I knit my brows.
“It’s the look I’ve always associated with love. The way Angus looked at Mum. How yer da looks at yer mum.
“I never noticed it before, not before my eighteenth birthday. Now I can remember all the times ya looked at me with that look. It’s been in your eyes for years,” she murmurs.
“I’ve loved ya for years. My DJ, my love.”
“Cole, I need to tell ya something.”
I cover her lips with my finger as “Ordinary” by Alex Warren comes on. I don’t want to lose this moment. This song says all the things I can’t find words for right now.
I dip my head to press my forehead to hers. When our lips connect, I feel like she breathes life into me. The connection is more powerful than it’s ever been.
She runs her hands up my sides, bringing goose bumps to my skin. I continue to consume her lips as I turn her so her back is to my front. Then I move my lips to her neck and plant a slow trail of kisses against her soft skin.
Reaching under her crop top, I then palm her breasts and groan into her mouth. We continue to kiss as I knead her mounds. She whimpers into my mouth, causing me to pinch her nipples.
Releasing one breast, I glide my hand down the center of her body, over her belly, and shove it into her panties. I find her wet for me already. Groaning, I push my fingers into her.
She lifts on her toes and starts to rock her hips. It doesn’t take long before her legs start to shake. I drop to my knees and peel her panties down her legs.
Not able to help myself, I nip at her ass as I smooth my hands up and down her thighs. Pressing my hand to the center of her back, I bend her over so I can feast on her. When she begins to circle her hips in my face, I growl and slap her ass.
Adding my fingers to the party, I eat her pussy until she cries out and her knees buckle. Getting to my feet, I then lift her into my arms and carry her over to the bed.
Once I place her down gently, I shove my sweats down and climb onto the bed with her. DJ moves swiftly and takes me into her mouth. I sit my ass on my heels and reach to lift her hair out of the way.
“Fuck, baby. Just like that. Take your time.
“I’m going to fuck you right. There’s no need to rush. Fuck,” I hiss out.
She keeps sucking and pumping me with her hands. She’s so beautiful going down on me. I grow harder from the sight alone.
“Yes,” I growl as she rolls her tongue around me.
Lifting my hips a bit, I hold her head in place. She chokes around me and allows her saliva to run down my length. Releasing her so she can move her head, I watch as she runs the back of her hand across her mouth.
Lying back on the bed, she looks back at me with lust in her eyes. “I want ya.”
She will never in her life have to ask me twice. I move between her legs and thrust into her tight pussy. I can’t believe it’s this tight after she pushed out my girls.
It feels even better than before she was pregnant. I look into her eyes as I dive into her, rolling my hips and pounding into her deep.
“God, I love ya.”
Deja
As I look into his eyes, I have no doubt that he loves me. Cole has gone above and beyond to show me that I can love and trust him. I had planned to reveal my last secret to him.
I’m hoping it will take some of the stress off his head once he knows. I know since the fire, he’s been more concerned about me. I don’t think Blair and Callum will ever get to leave at the same time again.
“Oh God, yes, Cole,” I pant.
He’s so hard inside me. I rock my hips back into him, causing him to growl and kiss me hard. Just when I don’t think it can get any better, he pulls out and turns me over. Lifting my hips in the air, he thrusts right back in.
Grasping my waist, he pulls me back to him with each thrust. He then moves his hand to my shoulder and grabs my hair with the other hand. It’s so good, but too much all at once.
I reach back and try to hold him off. He growls and knocks my hand away. Then he changes angles and pushes his palm down on my back.
“Don’t run. Take that dick. I want that wet pussy to talk back to me,” he says and slaps one cheek, then the other.
I’m coming and sobbing at this point. Cole slows down and begins to grind his big, fat dick into me. He’s so hard as he pulses inside me.
My eyes roll back. All I can do to stay sane is fist the sheets and try to rock my hips against him. He groans and presses my body down flat as he keeps stroking.
“So fucking good.”
“Cole,” I whimper.
“You need a break, baby?”
“No. I can take it,” I sob.
“Good girl.”
He pulls out once again and turns me on my side. Then he lifts my leg over his waist and eases his way into me as we are face to face.
Connecting our lips, he kisses me deeply. Reaching for his hair, I hold him to me as he works my body like only he can. He keeps making love to me as we get lost in our own world.
“Cole, Cole, Cole,” I scream sometime later.
I’m not sure how long we’ve been at it when I feel his hot seed spray my walls as they squeeze around them. My heart is pounding as I come with him.
“That was amazing,” I laugh when I catch my breath.
He pulls from my body and moves to spoon me from behind as he wraps me in his arms. I bask in the feel of his warm body wrapped around me.
“You are amazing. I love you. Get some sleep.” He kisses the top of my head and gives me a squeeze.
“I love you too.” I yawn.