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?”

never wanted to see Daniel ever again, let alone have this weird conversation about

loves me. Not to someone who is only

worrying look and I sigh, watching

who isn’t attracted to me,” I

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

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

at him,

Daniel? Don’t you want

“This is not a world where what I want, personally, really matters. And with you, well. At least I know we get along,

a laugh

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

of my pain showing. I can’t help it – he was my first love, and he totally betrayed me, and now here

husband who is unfaithful

considering I’m a girl. Do you really want

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Gifts

– Betrothed–2

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

fervently at

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

It’s the twenty–first century – it’s so backwards to

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

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

study Daniel’s perfect face, feeling for him. He’s

he knows it

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

no, not even wanting to imagine it.

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

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