Tempting The Mafia Twins (Genesis and Kiefer) novel Chapter 55

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“He can be.”

“And Uncle Tadgh and Jerren?”

“Yes.”

“But they have real jobs too?”

“Yes. Your father is the president of a company which makes medicines for people. Tadgh is the vice president of the company. Jerren is the financial officer.”

“What about Granddad?”

“He’s the CEO but he doesn’t spend as much time as he used to

with the business.”

“I think he wants to kiss you like Uncle Tadgh and my Dad.”

She swallowed against her son’s astute observation. “Why do you say that?”

“He was holding your hand during dinner.”

“Remember when I told you how there were two girls who lived here who made me sad and bullied me and pushed me down the stairs?”

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“Yes.”

“Granddad thinks, as do I, your dad and Uncle Tadgh should have protected me better than they did. He is angry with them for not keeping me safe and for losing Roan. He is trying to keep me safe now, even if it means keeping me safe from them.”

“But they love you!” Egan protested.

“Sometimes even the people who love you can hurt you, Egan. You don’t have to forgive someone for hurting you simply because they love you. Your dad and Tadgh really want me to forgive them and love them again but I’m not ready and they keep pushing me. They aren’t respecting my boundaries and feelings. Your Granddad is here to make sure they do.”

“But Mom,” he whispered, his eyes shooting to the door as if to make sure nobody was listening in, “I think he really wants to kiss you.”

“What if he does?”

“How come so many guys want to kiss you?”

“I don’t know.” She tapped his nose, “but there is something you need to know. When you are older, there will be girls the boys want to kiss. There will be girls the boys don’t want to kiss. There will be girls who want to kiss girls and boys who want to kiss boys. There will some girls who will have more than one 7:01

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boyfriend and some boys who have more than one girlfriend. If,” she swallowed as she cursed the men in this house for forcing her to have this conversation with her son when he was so young, “all the people in the relationships agree it is okay and nobody is being sneaky, then other people don’t have the right to judge. Relationships are different and complicated but love, when it’s done right, is an exceptionally beautiful thing, Egan. As long as there is respect, understanding and clear communication, all love is beautiful. So, if there is a girl who has more than one boyfriend, or a boy with more than one girlfriend, as long as everyone knows their roles and agrees, it is nobody’s business but their own.”

He sighed and then wrinkled his nose, “I don’t care if you kiss them all Mom, I just don’t think you’re very pretty. I don’t know why they want to kiss you.

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“Oh you!” she pinched his cheek at his devilry. “Naughty Egan.”

He giggled and then yawned loudly.

“Go to sleep my little love. I will see you in the morning.” She left his room and found three men lounging against the wall nearby eavesdropping. “Rude.”

“We were wondering how to answer the questions we knew he was going to put out. Noone better than the woman who knows him best on how we should be answering him.” Kiefer grinned

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questions.”

“For the record, he’s wrong. You’re very pretty, I dare say, even beautiful.” Lorcan winked at her. He held out a key. “The lock on the inside of your room is opened with this and only you have a key.”

She took it gratefully, “thank you.”

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