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 it – all this time I think I

I’m just a pawn in Daniel’s life. It

to know that he cares about me enough to

that I’m

a rule,” I say, twisting my hands together and

at him. Daniel groans, starting to calm

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little laugh. “He does not like that. What did you do?”

lip, trying to decide where to start. I

I jump ahead. “He told me

hesitate, wondering how much he

drops, going a little pale. “I’m sorry, Fay,” he says softly. “Some of the stuff that goes

and he puts a hand

often?”

and then…I never went down again. Honestly, I think my dad was a little disappointed in me.

lip at this, feeling for Daniel, who is sensitive. After a beat,

to inherit this

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it feels like he’s fighting so hard to keep this family’s power together so that he can give it to me, pass it on to future generations,