Saving a Legend(67)

“Mblrgfh…” Kane said, completely unintelligibly, as he waved one hand, then moved to the edge of the ring to lean against the rope.



“What’s wrong with him?” she asked Kieran, her brows scrunched together.

Kieran shrugged, but a mischievous grin spread over his face. “I got a good hook right in his stomach. He probably can’t breathe yet.”

“Oh, that’s normal.” Sarcasm laced her words and Kieran laughed.

“He’ll be fine. This is what we do. He’s in training for the state championships. Less than two months away.” Kieran waved goofily at his brother, who just flipped him his middle finger in response.

Fiona chuckled and turned back to the handsome fighter in front of her. “And what do you do besides beat the shit out of him? Are you in training, too?”

“Nah, not me.” He began leading her back the way she’d come, clutching her hand in his. “I’m just having fun. Keeping in shape.”

“You used to fight professionally, though, didn’t you?” she asked, stepping over a stray dumbbell someone had left out.

“Yeah, briefly. I never reached Rory’s level or anything, but I did get to the National Championship.” He paused in front of the men’s locker room and ran his hands up and down her arms as they spoke.

She shivered under the motion but didn’t want him to stop. “Did you win?”

He shook his head, a look of sadness on his face. “Never actually competed. Some stuff happened, and I ended up never going.”

“What happened?” she asked further, feeling as if she was probably prying. “Sorry if I’m being too nosy.”

“You’re never nosy.” He kissed her forehead. “I just want to shower so I can leave here with you. Wait for me up front?”



“Oh.” She glanced back toward where she’d left her sister. “I just stopped by for a minute to drop something off for Dee. I have to get back to Shea.”

“Fi, you’ve been working so hard. You need a break.” He dropped his lips to her ears in a whisper. “And I need you.”

Fiona blushed at his words, leaning into his side. His offer was tempting…so tempting. But she wasn’t often away from Shea at bedtime, and the thought immediately worried her. Fiona nibbled her bottom lip as she wondered if it was possible.

Kieran’s hooded eyes darkened as he stared at her mouth. “Fi, if you keep doing that, I’m going to drag you into the men’s locker room to shower with me.”

Fiona giggled and smacked his chest. “Kieran!”

He caught her hand in his and kissed the inside of her wrist gently. “Come home with me, Fi. Say yes.”

“No.” She stood on the tips of her toes and kissed him on the cheek. “You come home with me, and after Shea goes to sleep, then we can do whatever you want. I’ve asked too much of your mom already, and I need to be there to help Shea through her bedtime routine.”

“Deal.” Kieran stepped closer and lowered his voice, a wicked grin on his face. “But after bedtime, we’re leaving and you’re all mine. I have plans for you tonight, flower girl, and it doesn’t involve being under my parents’ roof.”

“What kind of plans?” she asked breathlessly, leaning into him as his musky scent invaded her. His abs were bare and glistening before her, his arms thick and strong. All she wanted to do was run her hands over him, and then maybe her tongue.



“The kind that involve more sweat, more skin, and more showers.” He caught her lips with his as she tilted her head back to take all he was offering.

“Okay,” she squeaked out finally as he pulled away and walked back into the locker room. She smoothed her hands down over her shirt, trying to recover from the nerve endings tingling all over her body.

That man sure knew how to excite a woman.





Chapter 16

“You don’t want to eat in the kitchen or something?”

“When I could have you in bed? Never.” Kieran grinned back at her as he handed her two to-go boxes of sushi they’d picked up from a Japanese restaurant along with a movie rental from a local kiosk.

“Just because it’s in bed doesn’t make it sexy. It’s still raw fish in a box,” she teased back.

“Everything you do is sexy.”

They were standing in his bedroom in Kane’s apartment, the door closed to give them some privacy. They had headed to his house after they had both put Shea to bed at his parents’. Casey was only one bedroom over from Shea, and she had agreed to help if Shea got up during the night. Fiona even had the alarm on her phone set for early the next morning so she’d be home before Shea woke up.