Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

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Daniel’s gaze slips to mine, looking for confirmation. I hesitate for

a moment, looking between father and son, and then give a little

shrug, deciding not to push it. Kent has made his point – I need to do what he says – but if he was really going to hurt me, he’d have done it by now.

“See?” Kent says, looking at his son. “She’s fine.”

With that, Kent strides from the room, brushing past his son and

not giving me another look. Confused, Daniel looks after him, and

then turns to me.

“Am I crazy?” He asks. “Or did I hear you scream?”

I sign and sink onto the bed. “You’re not crazy,” I say. “I did.”

“But you’re okay?”

I nod as he sits down next to me, concern all over his face. I have

little surprised by

that I’m just a pawn in Daniel’s life.

to know that he cares about me

that I’m

just…well, I broke a rule,” I

at him. Daniel groans, starting to calm down a

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laugh. “He does not like that. What did

I bite my lip, trying to decide where to start.

beginning, so I jump ahead. “He told me not to go into

how much he

“I’m sorry, Fay,” he says softly. “Some of the

he puts a hand

often?” I ask softly.

saw it once as a kid and then…I never went down again. Honestly, I think my dad was a little

for Daniel, who is sensitive. After a beat, I

ask. “How are you going to inherit this family, its… business…if you can’t handle its methods?”

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feels like he’s fighting so hard to keep this family’s