Page 102 of Tempting Irish

Chapter 31

Owen

“If you love her,then go after her,” Delaney says when I help place her luggage in the back of Cillian’scar.

“Idid.”

“Told her he wanted to make babies with her,” Cillian offers, trying to suppress the grin that tugs at hislips.

“Last time I share anything with ye,” Imumble.

He chuckles. “Didn’t need to. Video’s already goneviral.”

Igroan.

Delaney keeps frowning. “I just don’t think you should give up that easily. Maybe she just didn’t know how much you wanted her tostay.”

“I bought a fucking plane ticket to Labrador to prove it. What else am I supposed to do? Move to fuckingDetroit?”

Cillian and Delaney exchange a look, before my brother turns back to me and shrugs. “Yerchoice.”

“It’s not a choice. And I don’t even know if she’d want methere.”

“Ask her,” Delaney says, like it’s thateasy.

“God, I’m pathetic.” I drag a hand over myface.

“I’ve been telling ye that for a while.” Cillian chuckles and slaps my shoulder. “But one thing Delaney taught me is that loving someone makes ye a little lesspathetic.”

I shake my head at him, unable to suppress the smile that tugs at my lips. Because, for him, the words couldn’t be any truer. Delaney didn’t just change my brother, she completed him. And for a heartbeat, I thought that’s how Bree felt about me,too.

“Don’t be an asshole and waste months pining over the girl like I did. If ye want her, then go get her,” Cilliansays.

Shane approaches, carrying a huge duffle bag. He tosses it in the back of Cillian’s car, leaving barely any room for the goliath of a man to fit in theback.

“Would the two of ye stop filling the man’s head with all yer romantic garbage?” Shane grins. “There’s nothing wrong with being abachelor.”

“There is when it makes ye miserable.” Cillianadds.

“Happiest fucker in the world, right here,” Shane says, leaning back against the boot of the car and smiling like he’s got the whole world in the palm of hishand.

He hasn’t mentioned anything else about the incident the other night, which I assume means he either fixed it, or in true Shane fashion, forgot about it all together. All I know is the thought of Shane with a kid provides a little comical humor to my shittyday.

“We’ll see ye back home,” Cillian says, opening the car door forDelaney.

“I’m going to stay in Dublin for a few days. There’s a property for sale just east of the Temple Bar area that I think might work for astudio.”

Cillian sighs, but I see him clamp his mouth on whatever he wants tosay.

A small chuckle rumbles from Shane as he glances down at his phone. “Did ye really talk about marriage and babies? This shit ispriceless.”

I grab his phone, wincing when I see the video of me and Bree at the airport. I shouldn’t look, but I wince when I see the comments. Most are crude proposals for me, some harsher ones attack Bree, but most are comments from fans hoping that wefind our happiness, a play on the words of Cillian’s proposal to Delaney, and the shared tattoos that theyhave.

But finding happiness isn’t as easy as the two of them make it look. It’s hard. And terrifying. With a bucket full ofwhatifs.

Am I willing to fight for something that I can’t even define? A life I didn’t know a week ago that I evenwanted?

It’s too fast. All ofthis.

Bree and I needtime.

But that’s something we won’t have if we’re separated by an entire fuckingocean.

“Here.” I hand Shane his phone, and turn, knowing exactly what I have todo.

“Where are ye going?” Cillianasks.

I grin over my shoulder, meeting my brother’s gaze. “Detroit.”

---