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?”

alone have this weird conversation about why I didn’t want to be his mafia bride just

just… I want to be married to someone who loves me. Not to someone who is only

gives me a worrying look and I sigh, watching my words.

who isn’t attracted to me,”

put around my shoulders. I shoot him a

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

look up at him, aghast. Is he serious?

Don’t you want

I want, personally, really matters. And with you, well. At least I know

huff a laugh

you were really upset when we broke up!” Daniel continues, trying to be upbeat. “And I really am sorry about what happened in the coffee shop. But isn’t it kind of

all of my pain showing. I can’t help it – he was my first love, and

husband who is unfaithful

my hands out in emphasis. I lower my voice to a hiss. “And I don’t want a husband who is 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

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Gifts

– Betrothed–2

his eyes skittering for the door.

fervently at

talk about there. Please,” he turns worried eyes to me and I’m surprised to see true fear in

big deal? It’s the twenty–first century – it’s so backwards to think that way about sexual orientation

here, Fay – that’s why I spend so much time outside of it, at school, in the bookshops and

family line…not only will they consider me a failure, but it will cause massive chaos in the

feeling for him. He’s trapped and

he knows it

like me, Fay?” Daniel

my head no, not even wanting to

denounce their sexuality, who they are, and if they do it

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