Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Gifts

Chapter 15 – A Pawn in their Game–1

Alden narrows his eyes at me and looks back at Kent. I’m a little shocked, I admit, that he hasn’t addressed me yet. I stand awkwardly in front of him and Daniel quietly takes my hand, giving it a squeeze of support.

“Is this for real, Lippert?” Alden asks, a threat behind his glare.

Kent nods slowly. “We did a test. It’s a 99% genetic match for paternity. I can show you the paperwork upstairs, and you can have it verified by your own doctors. But, with that kind of proof at hand, Alden.” He spread his hands out, hoping Alden takes him at his word. “Why would I lie?”

Alden nods and returns his gaze to me, staring for a moment. Then, he shocks me again by breathing out a huge breath of air and rubbing a hand down his face. “Damnit, but you look like your mother,” he mutters.

eyes.

My mouth falls open when I see the glimmer of tears in his My heart goes out to him, then. He’s a solid rock of a man, but I can see that deep feelings run beneath.

“Where is she?” he demands.

Surprised, I blurt out the first thing that comes to mind. “She died,” I say, grimacing inwardly at my bluntness. Alden’s face falls minutely. Surely, after all these years, he knew it would be unlikely that she would be alive, but still – he’s upset by the

“When?” he asks.

“Years ago,” I whisper, sorry to be the one to tell him. “I was young – I had just turned six.”

I feel horrible – I had no idea that he cared for her as much as he clearly does. I had assumed she was

–

what had Fiona called

herself? a goomah. His mistress, or his girlfriend, not someone he really I cared about.

crossing his arms over

more than a whisper now. “They said…they said she went fast.

away, gathering himself together. “And where has she been laid to

our home – in the churchyard. I can take

He shakes his head. “He didn’t respect her, then, the man she left me for,” he growls. “To bury her in a churchyard, when she deserves to lay in state, in

anger. How dare

Daniel holds my hand

was nothing,” Alden growls.

“He raised me

from me,” the words rip from

Alden takes a heavy step towards me,

the truth, girl,” he says, taking another step. “Did he know about your parentage? Did he know where she came from, who your real father

deny it, I stay silent, keeping my

says, narrowing his eyes at me. “He kept you from me, my daughter, not his! And he

realize, suddenly, that I’m afraid of this man. That if this is what he’s like the first time meeting his daughter, then I can’t imagine the kind of things my mother must

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Gifts

– A Pawn

Game–2

left. Why did I let myself get so wrapped up in this world? I cower away

rings out behind

to him but Kent holds his

says, his teeth gritted, making clear that his pleasure is only a formality. He nods pointedly at the ring on my hand, “that our agreement, years ago, to unite our families through marriage is holding strong. Your daughter is engaged to my son. I anticipate that the wedding will be swift, in the next few months,

father’s growl is low in his throat. “This is a trick,” he says. “How can they be

answer. “We met before, by some miracle,” he says, giving Alden a small but earnest smile. “We were

fact that we broke

is in on this. He and his father

to marry Daniel. Because Daniel, too, is a

my mouth to protest,