Irish Throne by M. James

Author:M. James [James, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-23T16:00:00+00:00

14

CONNOR

I can barely contain my anger on the way back to our condo. Saoirse sits stiffly next to me, having jerked her arm out of my grasp the instant we were in the car, and she refuses to look at me. I can feel the fight brewing between us, and after the tense interaction with my brother at the hospital, I’m ready for it.

I’m ready to have it out with her, if that’s what she wants. I’ve had enough. All I can think about are Liam’s claims that he heard her and Niall in a bedroom, that she must have been moaning the way she moans for me, that he must have been pleasing her in a way that rivals what I’ve done to her. My hands are tensed into fists at my sides, my teeth gritted until my jaw aches, all to keep my rage dammed until we’re inside and I can let the full force of it free.

“What the fuck was Liam talking about?” I snarl the instant we’re inside, as soon as the door is shut. I back her up against it, blocking her from leaving the foyer as I look down at her with black rage in my eyes. “He heard you and Niall? What the fuck were you doing? What the fuck were you thinking, Saoirse? It’s bad enough that you’re carrying on with him after what I’ve said to you, after claiming there’s nothing going on, but at the fucking estate? Where Liam or Anastasia could hear or see and use it against us? Fucking bloody hell—” I clench my fists, nearly vibrating with anger. “So much for your commitment to duty and family. And don’t tell me he’s lying, either. I saw the tension between you and Niall as we were leaving. I know he didn’t lie.”

Saoirse is trembling, but she doesn’t flinch away from my gaze. “You have no idea,” she whispers. “You have no idea how hard it has been since we came back, since you went back to being cold and angry and resentful all of the time—”

“You asked for that weekend. Begged for it. I told you the terms. I told you things would go back to normal once we came home. Back to the arrangement that you agreed to. It’s not my bloody problem if you can’t figure your shit out, Saoirse, but it is if you endanger everything for some dick I’ve warned you away from.” I glare at her. “Was Liam right? Did you want to marry him just to get closer to Niall?”

She shakes her head furiously, looking up at me with something very much like horror in her eyes. “No!” she gasps. “I didn’t even think of Niall like that until I ran into him in the hotel in London, and he—” She swallows hard. “He let me know how he felt about me. I have been keeping him at arm’s length, Connor. I’ve told him that you and I have an arrangement, that my first responsibility is to you and our children and our family.

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