Page 109 of Sinful King

He trusted me and every inch of my body.

And I felt the same,wholeheartedly.

THIRTY-ONE

sean

“You tellme what we should do.”

Finnegan and I were in the lobby of Blair’s building, both a little on edge about her and Violet taking what Landell stole from the Albanians. Now that it was in our hands, the problem belonged to us.

“Send Niamh and Aoife to take the rest,” he said, not missing a beat as expected. “You and I should join our aunt for dinner. She’s been trying to get us over there for a while now.”

I cut my eyes at him.

“You know I’m proud of you, right?”

He frowned and put the back of his hand to my forehead.

“You sick?”

I smacked it away and stepped in front of him, making sure his eyes met mine before I said it again.

“I’m proud of you, Finnegan,” I repeated, needing him to know this wasn’t the Mob boss speaking but his big brother. “Thank you for being by my side since you could walk. I don’t say it enough but I love and appreciate you.”

He shook his head and pulled me into a hug.

I wasn’t afraid of death; I was afraid of being alone, without the people I loved the most.

Like my brothers.

Like Blair. My parents.

The twins. Tadhg.

Everybody had a piece of my heart; never being able to say, ‘I love you’ and hear it back didn’t sit right with me.

“I love and appreciate you too,” he said, squeezing me a little tighter before letting go. “Can we quit this now? You making me nervous. Don’t die on me no time soon, alright?”

I chuckled and shook my head.

“You and Blair go to dinner.”

Our aunt had given us an open invitation years ago. It’ll be a while since we popped in unannounced.

Finnegan lifted an eyebrow, but there was a method to my madness.

“I’ll keep Violet with me to meet Siobhan and Ziad.”

“Do I want to ask why we’re switching spouses?”

“Right now we’re simply swapping our second-in-commands’. You’ll figure out the rest later…” I backed up and turned toward the elevators. “Wait here. I’ll send Blair down. Take Liam with y’all.”

I went up to the fourth floor where we’d left them to find they’d spread all the guns and money out on the floor.

“Amoy, I need you to ride out with Finn today.”

She turned and Violet looked up from the cash counter she’d been running.

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