Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 37

Fay glares at him a little. “Sure, I can have whatever I want,

except, you know, the freedom to leave this house. A marriage to someone who loves me.”

Daniel tilts his head, truly wanting to make it better. “I love you, Fay. In my own way.”

She sighs, knowing he means well.

“I just don’t care about all of this, Daniel,” she says. “I don’t care about this wealth and power that everyone thinks is so important. Plus, you’re forgetting the fact that all of this wealth and power come with the heavy pricetag of violence.”

Daniel screws his mouth to the side, admitting, silently, that she’s

right.

“Don’t you want to choose your own lover?” She asks, leaning forward eagerly. “Instead of being assigned one?”

He hesitates, squeezing her hand. “I kind of did pick you, Fay. And you picked me. Even before I knew we were ‘assigned.“”

had all the information,” she murmurs. Back when

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and even if he knew it wouldn’t be a sexual relationship- or even one. in which he was faithful – he had always

kind of wife would you want me to be?” she asks softly. “Would I even be able to pursue my career,

answer is no- his wife would be expected to stay home, manage his social affairs, raise their kids. But he also knows that saying that aloud right now isn’t going to make this

Daniel,” she says, speaking the truth for both of them. “But somehow, you’ve just…given in to it. I feel sorry for

are like a knife to his heart. Fay Thompson, this poor, delicate, timid girl, feels

be so pathetic. He hangs his

Fay,” he says softly. “I’ll do my best

happy.”

sitting next to

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“And so will!. When I go, Daniel, I’m not going to

then, realizing that she still plans to escape. He doesn’t burst her bubble.