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murmuring together, even now. They were probably discussing all sorts of things she
desperately wanted to know about, like how far they could push things tonight.
And this suspicion only deepened when she walked in the room, and both of them
snapped a look to her.
At last, Kieran said. I was starting to think you d died in there.
She had no clue how he could be so casual. She couldn t even cross the floor and sit
down. After all, sitting down would mean she d have to choose a place to sit, and the
only one available happened to be right next to Kieran.
Would it look as though she d hung her hat on him if she took up that place on the
sofa? She eyed the arm of Tommy s chair wistfully, but sitting there would almost
certainly make her look nervous and strange.
Everything s cool. No one s going to mind if you sit next to Kieran.
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Unfortunately, the thought only seemed sturdy and sound until she actually did it.
Once she d sat herself down almost in the crook of Kieran s arm but not quite he
took it as his cue to say, Well, what are you waiting for? Go sit on his cock.
She bristled from head to toe the moment he said it. And it wasn t just the words
either. It was the way he said them, so matter-of-fact and almost amused. She could feel
him looking at her too, eyes wandering all over one side of her face until she just
wanted to shove him or call all of this off.
Instead, she stayed frozen until he spread his hands as though to say, It weren t me,
guv nor, and said, What? Come on now. We all know I didn t come over here to
partake of some cucumber sandwiches and a nice pot of tea.
She forced herself to glance at him. It didn t help to find him looking so amused
and intense all at the same time. Amusement and intensity just weren t a good
combination. They made him seem like an evil genius.
What did you come over here for then? she asked, though she knew. Everyone
knew. Next door knew.
Do I really have to spell it out? he asked, and when she answered, so did Tommy.
They spoke at almost exactly the same time her first and then her husband.
Yes.
No.
Kieran laughed. With sound.
One yes, one no. Give it thirty seconds and you ll probably switch sides, am I
right? He brushed her arm with his hand the one that she d sat too close to. Any
more and he really would have an arm around her, and then what? Look you re both
as nervous as the other. That much is plain. She blushes when I use the word cock, for
Christ s sake. And you, my man& well. I know you re just itching to talk through me.
Tommy nodded. She couldn t fathom why. Because Kieran had hit the nail on the
head? Kieran always hit nails on the head. It didn t mean you had to agree with him.
You could lie and tell him not to hug you, if you really wanted to.
Before anything that might make you lose yourself happened.
I mean, that s what I m here for, isn t it? he asked. He d started rubbing her arm
now. Just a light touch, on the exposed skin beneath the short sleeve of her blouse. To
give you both a bit of& direction.
She swallowed thickly. Tried not to look at him, but pictured his gorgeous face
anyway. Those eyes, God, those eyes like a winter sky.
And if you ve changed your minds& if maybe you think I m intruding in some
way he started, but Tommy cut in. Sharp as a tack and twice as sure sounding.
No, he said, and this time she bristled hard enough to clack her teeth together.
She shot a look at him, just to try to figure that no out. Was it a no that really meant yes?
Yes, you are intruding, please go?
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She couldn t tell. He looked too peaceful as though Kieran had slipped something
in his drink only a moment earlier.
So what are we waiting for then? Go on over there, Bea. Go see if he likes you in
his lap.
She turned to examine Kieran now. But he just seemed spark-eyed and too sure of
himself, in a way that turned her legs to water. Her clit pulsed once, insistently. And
that was before he decided to push a hand through her hair.
After he d done it, the whole area pulsed. And other things happened too all
equally involuntary. Her nipples stiffened beneath the too-thin material of her blouse,
and for the longest moment she couldn t take her eyes off him.
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