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.

arms over his barrel

hardly more than a

then turns his head away, gathering himself together. “And where has

in the churchyard. I can take you there, if you like,” Isay, my voice

He shakes his head. “He didn’t respect her, then, the man she left me for,” he growls. “To bury her in

dare he suggest that David was anything but an

holds my hand tighter, in a warning

nothing,” Alden

“He raised me

me,” the words rip from Alden’s mouth.

takes a heavy step towards me, intimidation in

truth, girl,” he says, taking another step. “Did he know about your parentage? Did he know where she

stay

eyes at me. “He kept you

the first time meeting his daughter, then I can’t imagine the kind of things my mother must have gone through. She must have

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Gifts

15 – A Pawn in their

Game–2

let

behind me, cool

turns angry eyes to him but Kent holds his ground.

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

“This is a trick,” he says. “How can they be engaged, when you just found her

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

the fact that we broke

father, and then over at mine, and suddenly realize that Daniel is in on this. He and his father carefully planned this meeting, this conversation. In one swoop, they gave Alden back his daughter and claimed me as their

doesn’t matter what I want at all, whether or not I want to marry Daniel.

protest, but Alden interrupts