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?”

the bed, feeling awkward. I never wanted to see Daniel ever again, let alone have this weird conversation

me. Not to someone who is only marrying me because of who my father is, and certainly not

and I sigh, watching my

attracted to me,” I finish.

around my shoulders. I shoot him a look, though, and

he says quietly. “Not all marriages work out anyway, and at least we know we like each

him, aghast. Is

this, Daniel? Don’t you want

shrugging, his voice defeated. “This is not a world where what I want, personally, really matters. And with you, well. At least I know we get along, like the same things.”

laugh at this.

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

fake,” I say, looking at him with all of my pain showing. I can’t help it – he was my first love, and he totally betrayed me, and now here he is asking

husband who is unfaithful to

don’t want a husband who is into men, considering I’m a girl.

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Gifts

– Betrothed–2

Fay,” Daniel says, his eyes skittering for the door. “I get that you’re upset

nod fervently at

seriously, that’s not something we can talk about there. Please,” he turns worried eyes to me and I’m surprised

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

and looking down at the floor. “It’s a different world here, Fay – that’s why I spend so much time outside of it,

family 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 massive chaos in the city as the other bosses try to grab what my dad has built. What

perfect face, feeling for him. He’s trapped and

he knows it

they do to people like me, Fay?” Daniel asks, turning to look at me, agonized.

head no, not even

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

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