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And I wanted it with Ewen.
Butterflies filled my stomach as I glanced to my right. He was looking at me with that intense stare of his. My mind fell straight into my sodden panties, and he grinned. He knew his plan was working.
‘The kids stayed with Eva, Jock, and Gladys. We thought about bringing them, but we would have needed to get sitters in while we were at the party, so it just made sense,’ Esther was saying to Maeve.
‘Elias and Grace would have watched them. Although they’re still pissed because I won’t let them come. I don’t care if they are legally adults now, there’s no way they need to be in their uncle’s sex club. Not on my watch.’ Maeve took a sip of the rhubarb wine and worked very hard not to wince at the taste.
‘Yeah, right,’ Alfie said as he walked into the room and shucked off his coat, not even pausing as he reached over and grabbed a slice of pizza. ‘You two just want to get at it in public, I bet.’
‘Alfie,’ Cam said with an exasperated sigh.
‘Where’ve you been?’ Ewen asked, glancing at his watch.
‘Had a date.’
‘In that case, I’m surprised you’re here at all,’ Logan added.
‘She was kind of a dick. And not even in the good, mean girl kind of way. She sent her meal back three times. No-one’s got time for that.’
I couldn’t help but smile at their easy conversation. It felt like stepping in and getting to spy on someone else’s family up close. I’d always thought my family was the way all families were. Stilted. Awkward. Battling. Though the McGowans teased and argued, they all seemed genuinely fond of each other, and even the spouses and Alfie.
‘You okay?’ Ewen asked, wrapping his arm around my waist and dragging my chair closer to his.
‘More than okay. They’re wonderful.’
His dimples deepened as a grin broke out on his face.
‘So what’s going on here?’ Katie asked, pressing her chin into her hand as she cocked her head at us.
‘Oh, um,’ I stammered.
‘She’s swept him off his feet,’ Alfie said before swigging the wine. ‘Fuck me, what is this shit?’
Everyone laughed as Logan looked sheepish.
‘It’s the first batch. Lessons were learned.’
Ewen pressed his mouth to my ear while everyone was distracted.
‘I can’t live without you. That’s what’s happened. Please, say you’ll stay.’
‘There’s nowhere else I’d rather be,’ I whispered.
THIRTY-FOUR
EWEN
Having Cora there with my family made me feel complete, like some broken part of me I’d always been missing had clicked into place.
Was I in love?
For the longest time, I hadn’t thought myself capable.
I’d looked at my siblings losing their minds over their partners and thought lust had blinded them. At first, maybe it had. But there was so much more beneath the surface. Being near Cora made me want to be a better man. I wanted to impress her. To please her. The deep obsession was there, the need to possess her. To consume her. But there was an innate desire to protect and cherish. To bring her to the brink sexually, but be there to catch her and bring her back after.
After we’d said our goodbyes to the others, I walked her slowly back to her room.
‘Show me your room,’ she said, leaning heavily against my arm, both hands clinging to my left one.
