Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 11

Gifts

Chapter 11 – Betrothed–1

I’m laying back on my bed, all cried out, when I hear a knock at my door. I raise my head and groan inwardly. What’s next?

Before I can get up to answer it, the door creeks open a little. I sigh. No such thing as privacy in the Mafia palace.

“Fay?”

My mouth drops open as I hear a voice that I recognize. I’m too shocked to speak as I see him peek around the door, smiling shyly.

“Are you okay, Fay?”

Daniel. I just stare at him.

He grimaces and comes into the room, pressing the door shut behind him. Then he leans back on it, staring at me, quirking his mouth into that sweet smile I used to love.

I groan and lay my head back on my pillows. “Go away, Daniel. We can talk about our engagement later.”

“Fay,” he says, and I can hear the apology in his voice. I hear him come closer to the bed. “Come on, Fay,” he says. “It could be worse.”

I open my eyes and glare at him. “Are you serious, Daniel?”

He shrugs and again gives me that charming smile, sliding his

“Shh!” He puts a hand out towards me and looks anxiously at the door. “Seriously, Fay, watch what you say. We can’t talk about that sort of thing here.”

I glance at the closed door, confused. “Can they hear us in here?”

“My dad has ears everywhere,” he murmurs. He turns back to me. “Are you mad at me?”

and sit up on the bed, feeling awkward. I never wanted to see Daniel ever again, let alone have this weird conversation about why I didn’t want to be his mafia bride

I’m not mad at you,” I say quietly. “It’s just… I want to be married to someone who loves me. Not to someone who is only marrying me because of who my father is, and certainly not

gives me a worrying look and I sigh, watching my

who isn’t attracted to me,” I

out an arm to put around my shoulders. I shoot him a look, though, and

be good things about this, Fay,” he says quietly. “Not all marriages work out

at him, aghast.

this, Daniel? Don’t you want to marry someone

what I want, personally, really matters. And with you, well. At least I know we get along, like the same things.”

a laugh at this.

Daniel continues, trying to be upbeat. “And I really am sorry about what happened in the coffee shop. But isn’t it kind of weird

it – he was my first love, and he totally betrayed me, and now here he is asking me to jump

is unfaithful

into men, considering I’m a girl. Do you really want us to be in a fake marriage for the rest of our lives? Just because it’s what

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Gifts

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skittering for the door. “I get

nod fervently

about there. Please,” he turns worried eyes to me and I’m surprised to see true fear in his face. “You’ve got to promise to keep it

going out to him. “Why is it such a big deal? It’s

head and looking down at the floor. “It’s a different world here, Fay – that’s

is everything. If I don’t get married, don’t have kids to carry on the family line…not only will they consider me a failure, but it will cause

feeling for him. He’s

he knows it

what they do to people like me, Fay?” Daniel asks, turning to look

head no, not even wanting to imagine it.

beat the crap out of them,” he says, “make them denounce their sexuality, who they

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