Chapter 14 The Strange Inheritance of the Kinsler Family
Meanwhile, Late at night in a gay bar,
The place was drenched in man lights. Every pation here was male, and even the statt behind the counter me
Ezra meinied his dick lally on the second floor, his gaze locked onto the dance floor below. Men moved against each other, murmuring in low voices.
The vicho made his stomach–den
“Sol Terting a sense of belonging wei?” Connen arched a bree, completely unfared.
“Erta di’t even spare him a glanice:
Seriously and to think his older brother was the one who had begged Connor to bring him bere in the first place
Connor cast a helpless glance at Ezra belose downing has dink in our with palp
“If you’re that unmute, maybe you should see a doctor. A professionall might be able to gher you some clarity,” he suggested as he poured himself another
Erra shot him a sideways look, meitling the ligin in his glass. “You’ve always curming your mouth about me. But have you rakena good look at yourself?“
“Me” Corine was completely baffled. What did this have to do with him? He had no such tendencies.
Connor hand passed mid–drink le beutatedine a biel moment, then doomed the rest in ane gulp.
“Hailey.probably Who even remembers? Feels like it was a hundred years ago.
Too can lid other people, but you think you can fool me?” Ezra said flatly. “I’m your brother
Connor studied his face before abruptly changing the subject. “Hey, don’t you think there’s something seriously wong with our family?”
The bell kind of nonenfis that?” Ezra shot him an expected look, fiching to smack him just too if it might actually block some sense into him.
Sometimes, he genuinely wondered if Connor was actually related to them. He sure didn’t act like the seat of the Kinslets. If he didn’t look exactly like their father, a DNA test would’ve been
You see, you and I are the same.” Connor gestured to his lower half, then to Ezra’s.
Despite always being around worsen, Connor was actually stilla virgin at 14.
the wart saving himself for someone special.
He was just like Ezra. No matter how many women threw themselves at him and how much they flated and teased, he felt nothing.
The men of the Kinsler family had always been like this. It was practically a curse. They had always showdatle to no interest in women—except fat one.
Each man in their bloodline was dated to dine only a single person in their lifetime.
And if they didn’t find that person by 26, they would remain celibate forever.
1 day do have a child by jo? They never would.
With modern socery pushing marriage and childbirth later and later, the Kinsler bloodline had thinned over generations. By their father’s time, only one male heir remained in siz
at least, their generation had no sons. But with so fem descendants, their massive family fortune had no one to manage it, forcing the brothers cake over at a young age
anna leated in, smirking mischievously. “How about we ank Dud how he managed to have us?”
Ezce shot him a sidelong glance before downing his drink in one
| back at the thought. Their father was not the type torniestain questionm this. Probably best not to test his patience.
“Well, I think I’m different from you. I do like worten. Especially the ones who.”
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mus actually duringud korroducing you to Xena Bur I guess she’s not your type.”
the well–proportioned too. But the silll didn’t meet the standard
war, why the bell was he thinking about for den agent?
“Who needs you to play inantander? Lalve
Quedan asked if we could une mur commecliant tobelp Kama meri kame
“What issues?” Connor nearly jumped out of his mat. “Leemid you did introduce has to me, I wouldn’t be interested
“Gatta nike Xana arm trouble. High maintenance, always needing attention, and the inosent you do sta thing wrong, sha’ll throw a hit and act like it’s the end of the world.
jarden and Kena hudbuk denied any
oste altrady an expect in personality sipped sink, sinced.
but was that trally true!
Bid Erra main’thuimiding anjaane Higate dified Swiistales to a dimly lit out of the bar.
doit pulled through kim kaway He could tamena sen kimell with aschet man like that
he other day out at his head.
ithe preliminary planning phase. The company had decided to conduct an on
unexpected, and
element nestled in the northern part of Aastatin, about a two–hour drive from the urban center…
aims and rivers, in boasted breathtaking scenery and a way of life untouched by time. The houses here were all over a century old, and the village still clung to ins
the city, its remote location, cut off by suport montal terrain, mwant poor transportation links. Most of the younger generation had left to find work elsewbeer,
lage had slowly fallen into decline.
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the village ched kad submined a development proposal to the city. It had caught the attention of a deputy director from Kinder Group’s
ing in into a high–end peo
cat bon spitting Langboksen beneath the village, something the locals had no idea about.
tales Group kept this knowledge to themselves. If they could develop this hidden backyard” properly, it would drive up the value of their luxury villa projects in the northern
recutives and managers left the same day, leaving behind a small team to conduct further research.
“This place is unl
Marnie stepped into the courtyard, flicking an imaginary speck of dust off her sleeve in distante
Hồng the highest position among those left behind, were assigned to stay
jene wese about ten of them in total, both men and women. But with no hotelvor inns in the village, they had no choice but to rely on the hospitality of the locals, splitting into small groups
they paired off in mixed–gender accommodations.
You don’t want the homeowner to hear you.” Jordan glanced at the elderly man sitting with his back to them.
a prution, and judong by his sale, he was probably hard of hearing
I can’t
complama Lauder
as she struggled to roll her suitcase over the uneven gravel path, mobbing unradily as she ma be way inside
– had grown up in the city too, and she couldn’t say she was the bed about the living conditions here either.
but the villagers had welcomed them in good faith. And in all taltsess, the house assignedtober and Marnie was the nicest among them.
