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As the kiss ends, I pull Carina after me, out of the cockpit and down the ladder to the ground.
And Lucy stares, open-mouthed as Mama shakes her head.
“Sis, I can explain—” Carina begins, but Lucy turns.
Storming through the front door slamming it behind her.
“You two.” Mama sets her lips in a forced frown. “I’m no warden, you both do what you do, but remember,” She points a finger at Gennero then me, “we are a family and everyone deserves respect. Lying and sneaking around divides us. You both will make this right. Or you’ll have me to answer to.”
With that, she spins, throwing her hands up, shouting in Italian, then doing the sign of the cross over her chest as head toward the Frost Titan in her big rubber boots and no jacket.
“I don’t want to answer to Mama,” Gennero whispers with a crooked grin.
“Me either.”
“That’s my girl. Come on, time to make this right.”
CHAPTER14
Gennero
“She hates me.” Carina is hugging herself tight. “She hatesus.”
I kiss the top of her head. “She doesn’t. She’s your sister, it’s just a lot.”
“What if she never speaks to me again?”
She stares at the falling snow, at Mama as she unloads Leonardo from the Frost Titan, at the ground, anywhere but at me or where her sister just disappeared inside the house. I know she’s hurting, but this had to happen. It had to be out in the open. I can’t ask her to keep this secret for the rest of her life.
“Come on,” I tell her.
She shakes her head. “I can’t go in there. She’ll scream and I deserve it. She’ll call me a whore.”
I grab her arm, and like I’m coaxing reindeer out into the pasture, I gently guide her forward. “Come on. It’s going to be all right.”
And as soon as we get inside, Lucy is there.
Carina pulls back, pressing herself against me, and damn it if my cock doesn’t respond like a selfish bastard. “Lucy, I’m—”
“You think I’m annoyed with you?” Lucy glares, and right now I’d say she’s annoyed withsomeone. “I’m fucking pissed at him.”
“That’s fair.” I’m here to take whatever she needs to give. I’m no stranger to fury but I also know, most of the time, it fades.
Lucy’s eyes target me and I’m ready. “You’re the victim. You were so lonely you picked on the only woman in the house you knew wouldn’t bust you in the mouth for making a move on her.” She turns to Carina, and she clicks her tongue against her teeth. “Tell me you didn’t coerce her into this or anything. Because if he did, we got a big fucking problem.”
“Ask your sister. Tell her anything,” I say wanting this whole can of bullshit spilled all over so we can clean it the fuck up and move on.
And honestly, right now I couldn’t be prouder of her for sticking up for Carina.
“He didn’t.” Carina starts, her hands on her hips. “I’ve been teasing and taunting him for months. You never noticed. I knew you’d hate me but I fell in love in a different way. I pushed and pushed until we both sort of broke.”
“I thought you were just finding your inner wild child. Didn’t know you had a target in mind.” The furrows in Lucy’s brow start to lessen.
“I was being a tease. I knew it was wrong but eventually, love finds a way.” Carina leans my way.
“I love you both. But, how I love Carina, it’s something I never expected. I’ll never hurt her. I’ll throw myself into the lake first.”
“I’m good at reading people, I don’t know how I missed this.” Lucy crosses her arms, shifting her weight back and forth. “I’m not done being pissed at you.” He points my way and I nod in acknowledgment. “We’ve all got secrets it looks like.”
