Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Gifts

Chapter 9 – Choose to Betray–2

Soon, there’s a knock at the door. “Off you go, my dear,” the woman says, giving me a little push in the right direction.

I nod my thanks to her – I didn’t even get her name – as a guard comes to take me downstairs.

When we reaching the landing a floor below, he quietly opens the double doors of a sitting room.

I am the last to arrive.

“Fay,” Janeen gasps, and my head snaps directly to her. She’s seated on a plush couch, her clothing torn and her face smeared with makeup.

I take a few steps towards her but Kent, standing by the fireplace, clears his throat. I hold myself back, knowing I have a part to play.

I look between Janeen and my dad, seated next to her.

“Fay,” my dad gasps, taking in my gorgeous dress, my polished countenance. “Are you…”

“I’m fine.” I say, setting my shoulders back.

says, turning his attention to Kent. “Let them go

in. not even looking at him inst staring at

real

mouth falls open.

him, is baffled. “Fay, what are you

life. I’m the daughter of a mob boss, someone who can give me everything I deserve. While we’ve been scraping by,

but Kent’s gaze sits heavy on my shoulders. This, I know, is the only way. I can only hope my lies convince them.

falls open in

Fay,” my dad says, devastated. “We can call the police!

I have to do this.

paint a sneer on my face. “I just want to go back to my real family. What’s it going to take to leave me alone? Fifty grand? A hundred?

realize that Daniel made me a similar offer only a few days ago. I know exactly the disgust that my

me. “Fay, this

turn on her and say the cruelest thing I can think of. “Why would I want to come live in that shack with you, a stripper and a

room and stand next to Kent. “By the way, have

family’s faces go pale.

mention that Daniel and I

puts an arm around my shoulders, claiming me as part of his family now. “We’re finished here,” he

my dad takes a few steps towards me. No one stops him, so he takes my face in his hands and then pulls me

eyes.

my daughter,” he whispers in my ear. “Nothing