"I don't think that."
"Yes, well, you're surprisingly evolved."
"Good to know," I mocked, but I laughed at her umbrage.
"Okay, what about the kid? You threatened to kill him?"
"I wouldn't have," I assured her.
She rolled her eyes. "Duh."
"He didn't know that though."
"Of course not. And that worked?"
I shrugged. "Yup."
"He confessed and everything?"
"Told him I'd look after the kid and the girlfriend, make sure they had whatever they needed."
"Huh." She arched a brow at me. "You didn't tell me because you thought I'd judge you for using the kid as a pawn?"
"Maybe."
"Maybe. Huh," she said again. "I told you I understand that you have to do some shitty things to take charge of the city, Aidan."
"Some shit goes below the belt."
"I know it does. I won't judge you for it."
"Why won't you?" I demanded, frowning at her. "You should, Savvie. You fucking should. I'm turning into a monster and all for a business that I don't goddamn want."
"Our safety, your family's safety, is tangled up in that business. Nothing could have proven that like last Sunday."
I clutched at her ass and sighed. "Da actually wanted to be the head of this fucking mess, can you imagine?"
"Your heart isn't in it, and I get that, but it needs to be. Now, what else haven't you told me?"
"Used Jonesy to get to Eamonn Keegan."
"Dagda," she breathed, her eyes lighting up.
"A lesser man would be jealous," I grumbled.
"I'm married to a sensible creature who knows his wife's pussy creams only for him," she teased.
My lips twitched. "Got him on our side. He agreed to step down as leader."
"No fucking way! And you didn't tell me?!"
"I'm telling you now," I drawled, aware I was getting a hard-on from how she was rocking around and squirming.
"Don't you dare get an erection, Aidan O'Donnelly. Not now, not when I’ve been waiting all week and you’ve managed to annoy me out of being horny."
"That's not going to make it go down."
"You told me you'd keep me in the loop."