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?”

bed, feeling awkward. I never wanted to see Daniel ever again, let alone have this weird conversation about why I didn’t

to someone who loves me. Not to someone who is only marrying me because of who

and I sigh, watching my

to me,” I finish.

to put around my shoulders. I shoot him a

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

up at him, aghast. Is

you actually on board with this, Daniel? Don’t you want

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

huff a laugh

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,

Daniel, it’s 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

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

who is into men, considering I’m a girl. Do you

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Gifts

11 – Betrothed–2

for the door. “I get that

fervently at

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

say, my heart going out to him. “Why is it such a big deal? It’s the twenty–first century

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

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

feeling for him. He’s

he knows it

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

head no, not

says, “make them denounce their sexuality, who

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