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Roman takes this in and then nods his head. “Got it. But what if Dad wakes up and I’m not here?” he asks.

“Tell you what, I’ll let you stay home from school tomorrow, and as soon as he is ready, I’ll bring you in, okay?”

Now tickled with the prospect of not going to school, Roman gathers his things quickly and Vivian joins us. “Call me if there is any news before I get back,” I tell my brothers.

I get Vivian and Roman home and send Roman upstairs to change and to give me a minute. My brother had not stopped talking the entire ride home, and I just need a second to breathe.

Once he is upstairs, Vivian turns her focus on me. “How are you?”

I take her into my arms and squeeze her to me, like I had when I saw her in the ER. I close my eyes and breathe her in. For a minute, I pretend it’s just the two of us.

After not nearly long enough, I lean back and she pushes my hair from my face. I lean in to her touch. She raises up and presses a soft kiss to my lips. But my emotions are berserk and it’s not enough. I feel so revved up and need to channel my energy somewhere, and I can think of only one way to do that. So I push back against her and slide my tongue over the seam of her mouth, and she opens her mouth to allow me in.

I listen and hear Roman start the shower upstairs, and know I have a good amount of time. He’s like a teenage girl; he will be well occupied for a while. I walk Vivian backward and into the pantry just off our kitchen and shut the door.

I need to feel her, to be with her, to be lost in her magic and escape the pain and confusion I am feeling all around me.

She pushes my jacket off my shoulders, and I rip the button front open on her uniform shirt, and Vivian sheds it. I grab at her and free a nipple from her bra and latch myself onto it. Vivian curls her fingers into me as she moans at my mouth working over her sensitive bud. When I move to the other one, Vivian regains some control and works on my jeans button and zipper, then slides her hand down and over my throbbing shaft. She encircles me and frees my cock from my boxers. She slides her hand up and down my length, and my entire body shudders. I push her pants down and spin her around, forcing her to release me then pressing myself against her ass. I reach my hand down her belly and slide easily through her wet folds.

“Oh, Baby, you are so wet for me,” I growl in her ear. She’s always this way for me, wanting me just as much as I want her. But in this moment, I need her more. I move my hips and slide my hard cock between her legs, coating myself in her arousal.

“You ready for me, Vivian?”

She rolls her head back against my chest. “Yes, Declan. God, yes,” she says breathlessly and it’s exactly what I need to hear.

I bend her over so that her chest rests on the counter in the small space, line myself up with her weeping core, and sheath myself within her, both of us sighing with satisfaction at the connection. I reach down and slide a hand over her stomach to her clit. My fingers slide over her, and her moans come quicker as she gasps for air while I thrust my cock in and out of her.

I use my other hand and pull her back up to my chest so I can whisper in her ear. “You gotta be quiet; we don’t want to be interrupted, right?” She whimpers her agreement to me. “Can you come quietly, Baby?”

She nods against my shoulder, and I work over her clit as I slide in and out of her tight heat. I feel sweat on my brow and then I feel her pussy clutch at my cock as her orgasm hits her. She bites her lip and goes lax as pleasure moves through her. Ifollow right with her, biting my lip to keep myself from calling out as my own climax rocks through me.

I tuck myself away and spin Vivian, hugging her to me. “Thank you,” I say as I kiss her lips. “I needed that.”

“Declan!”

Vivian and I lock wide eyes, and I grab my jacket and slip out of the pantry, expecting to run into Roman, but I hear the shower still running.

“Roman, you okay?” I call back.

“Yeah, but I think there is an animal or something hurt outside! I hear a lot of crying and whimpering!” he lets me know.

Vivian barks out a laugh behind the pantry door and I, too, laugh. I needed all of this. “Okay, buddy, I’ll have a look. And finish up in there!”

“Okay!”

Chapter 43

DECLAN

When I get back to the hospital, my father has been moved to an ICU room, and I meet my brothers in the waiting room of the unit.

“Any updates?” I ask, and then a woman in scrubs, who I recognize as the doctor I spoke with in the ER, comes in.

“Good timing,” she says to me. “Your father did well,” she starts, and my brothers and I breathe out a collective sigh of relief. “He had an occlusion in his left main coronary artery, and I was able to open that up. But that coupled with his other medical problems and the stress you say he has been under have left his heart pretty sick. He is on a lot of drips to help his perfusion, but I am hopeful that we can wean those off tonight, and the plan is to get him off the breathing machine tomorrow.”

“Can we see him?” I ask.

“Yes, the staff needs some time though to get him settled, so it could be a bit. They know you are here to see him, so just sit tight.”

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