The Billionaire’s Twins Play Matchmaker – Chapter 38

Girl Talk

Macey slammed the door with little thought to the two-year-olds already tucked in their beds. She was frustrated and more than a little hurt. Were all men pigs or was she being overly sensitive?

“Sounds like the date didn’t go well?” Victoria asked from the kitchen.

lacks for this outing. Her unruly hair was bunched in an alligator clip as per usual since she still had difficulty working with it.

you can say that.”

out until you feel better, or until the kettle whistles. Whichever comes first.”

roblematic precedents but Victoria simply shrugged off such concerns saying: do what works.

With one last look at her babies she stepped back and tiptoed out. Gently closing the door she made her way back

her.

ed with small holes. Inside were tea leaves she purchased at her favorite small café. Setting the sphere on a dish she sipped from the mug but even it wasn’t enough to sooth her.

rong?” Victoria asked sitting across

y sighed.

ced.

om her mug again before she cont

he thought that two kids meant I was easy. All night long he kept reaching for m

s a nude model for drawing and painting classes. Perhaps that was why she restricted her own dating to women as of late.

ly nine o’clock.

et home. Then he thought it was an invitation to join me.” Macey rolled her eyes.

n eyebrow.

y asleep and would be up early the next morning and he said that

oked on her tea. She had to ad

new nothing about football teams or players or the FIFA World Cup.

denly asked.

o you think my longest relationships have always been with women?”

ulius. Most had been family dinners so they were hardly romantic settings but there were a few they enjoyed just to two of them.

without complaining once about the price and he always offered her dessert without any snide comments about her weight.

how she would compose the picture herself and occasionally took pictures on her phone when she found a particularly interesting scene.

aps it was just like when she listened to someone else talk about sports. Whether he paid attention or not he was never lewd and didn’t turn everything into some sort of innuendo. She couldn’t help but compare every man she met to him.

?

nt for her. Was it really so easy for him to forget while his memory lingered in her mind?

kly coming to her side and wrapping her in a hug. “Shh. Sweetie. It’

y? Why do I still have feelings for him? Why does it hurt so much to think of him with someone else? Why can’t I forget him?”

s she had had many relationships some longer

ep wounds never truly healed. There was always a scar whether one cared to acknowledge it or not.

t comme la guerre, facile à dēmarrer, difficile à finir…et impossible à oudlier.”[1] Victoria said with a sigh.

tle woman in front of her had firsthand experience in this matter.

sheltered from many things. Her heart and love was deep and abiding. One only needed to see how she cared for the twins to see that.

jaded her. She still saw beauty in

typical American as far as Victoria was concerned: arrogant and self-absorbed. But he was also a tender father treating Macey more like a real

her mind. When they had first met Victoria knew him to be a formidable person used to getting his own way but in the presence of his grandchildren he became a puddle of silly faces and baby talk. Victoria certainly couldn’t fault him for that. The twins were adorable and it did improve her opinion of the man in general but she couldn’t let herself forget the twins’ father was his son.

She hadn’t told Macey yet but after learning about her ex Victoria had done rather extensive research over the inter

little sorry for him. Though the current situation was all his own making it was clear he was not doing well in Macey’s absence. As of yet he hadn’t taken a new woman. Most headlines detailed his drinking binges but never once did any mention him in a new relationship. He was clearly a man in pain and perhaps for the first time he was realizing the w

f since she originally raised her voice against it.

e with each other and their shared love was only getting stronger in their absence. It wasn’t enough to earn Victoria’s forgiveness but it did give her hope for Macey’s future.

ugh they would be talking and inevitably they would ask about their father. Victoria wasn’t certain i

t supposed to mean?” Macey finally calmed enough to ask about t

It is not a smooth road. It is like country lane full of twists and turns and unexpected views.”

“I like that analogy.”

all we get on wi

ia picked up her phone.

opose pizz

ntasy roles.

ngly entertaining and light-hearted enough to help Macey forget her troubles for the time being.

ia to hand her a tissue. Shortly after the movie began Victoria had noticed Macey silently mouthing most of the dialog, impressive since it was dubbed in French. She wondered if this movie had been one of the reasons why Macey took to learning French so easily.

I’m a fool, don’t you?”

, that is

still in love

ove like that over night.”

much when he felt nothing.”

l. Love has a mind of its own.”

st wish I could get over him. I’m tired o

gave her a sympathetic look.

it’s been almost two

ot get over almost fifteen years of love quickly.”

that it made getting over Julius an insurmountable mountain. Her heart ached with every memory. They had known each other for so long. There wasn’t a secret that they didn’t know abou

u to say.”

me?” M

you love them with every part of your being.” Victoria smiled at her.

e far too jaded from a harsh, unforgiving world and disappointed by broken promises. It chips at us little by little forcing us to build walls to protect ourselves. Those walls might protect us

have happened to Victoria to leave her so distrustful of others. Was it really just life chipping away at her or was there perhaps something more to it.

wn on a whim. It had taken her friend two years to open up this much who knew how long it would take for her to open up even further. Pushing Victoria now would only b

o worry about fixing.”

poker face. Apparently every thought and emotion no matter how fleeting she had was written on her face no matter how much she tried to keep herself reserved.

ng myself.”

he way you are. It’s the world that is broken.”

”

p loving your babies the way you do. They will learn how to love through you so if you raise them with an open heart then their hearts will also be open,” Victoria said. “That is how it should be. As for how you feel about their

’t.”

g to tell you something.”

possibly be?”

e properly and don’t worry about it so much.”

…”

the most prominent man in her life he was hardly the only one making plans.

h Macey too much. She was still recovering from a broken heart and needed time to find herself before she entered another relationship.

settings believing this would make their meaning more clear and avoided art critics at all costs.

rience with children or babies. Though he tried to show Macey he was someone she could rely on he often needed help when the twins’ cries were not easily soothed and never once did he change a single diaper.

er loudly declared a woman’s place was in the home and no woman of his was going to be allowed to work.

en quiet and reserved in social situations lacking confidence to attract too much attention. No doubt this stirred his desire to be her protector but Macey didn’t need protection. She needed support and the occasional push

s were born her progress was progressing even faster with her mother instincts guiding her to protect them. It was a pity Macey just couldn’t see her own strength. If any

sweetie,” Victoria said as Macey sat back down.

lement aimée.”[2]

r you to be loved madly.” (André Breton)