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?”

let alone have this weird conversation about why I didn’t want to be his

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

look and I sigh, watching my

who isn’t attracted to me,” I finish.

sits hesitantly next to me on the bed, reaching out an arm to put around my shoulders. I

good things about this, Fay,” he says quietly. “Not all marriages work out anyway, and at least we know

up at him, aghast. Is he serious?

Don’t you want to marry someone

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

huff a laugh at

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 weird that we found each other out there on our own anyway, and we were engaged the whole time? It’s

showing. I can’t help it – he was my first love,

want a husband who is unfaithful to me,” I say,

husband who is into men, considering I’m a girl. Do you really want us to be in a fake marriage for

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Gifts

11 – Betrothed–2

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

fervently

that’s not something we can talk 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 a secret.”

going out to him. “Why is it such a big deal? It’s the twenty–first century – it’s so backwards to

here, Fay – that’s why I spend

old, maybe more. And tradition is everything, 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

study Daniel’s perfect face, feeling

he knows it

to people like me, Fay?” Daniel asks, turning to look at me,

shake my head no, not even wanting

them,” he says, “make them denounce their sexuality, who they are, and if they

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