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My face twists "Ew Mother Please I’m your child, for God’s sake I don’t need to hear about your sex life"

She sets a plate in front ofYou’re a groo to hear about this"

I wrinkle my nose as I cut into the chicken in front of h to discuss sex with you"

Mother pulls out the barstool across froins to cut up her food "Speaking of sex, I took the liberty of Googling Alexander King while you were off gallivanting with him last week"

I raise one eyebrow as I sn the food in my mouth and do my best not to choke "Why would you do that?"

"I had to see exactly whoall her time with"

This time, I do roll my eyes "Don’t let his beautiful face fool you He’s not pleasant to be around"

"The hot ones never are, dear That’s what e" A smile pulls at the corners of hersome memory of a time she spent with some old asshole boyfriend as she takes a sip of her water "Tell et so?"

For a moment, I debate whether to lie to her I could stick to the story that absolutely nothing happened between Alexander and ht through me

I readjust in my seat "I would like to say that it was all business"

"But?" she prods

"It wasn’t," I answer honestly

Her sossip she can tell is about to spill out of my mouth "Do tell And don’t leave out one sordid detail"

I close my eyes and wrinkle as from her Besides, she’s the one person in this world I can trust with this secret "I slept with hiirl!" she exclaims and then instantly launches into a question "Hoas it?"

"Mother!"

"What? Inquiring ain?"