Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 54

My gaze shifts to his mouth, watching it form his words. “I’d

recommend, Fay,” he says softly, “that you stay on my good side. Then you can have more rewards.”

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A chill runs down my spine and a darker part of me one that hasn’t raised its head for awhile wonders which one, really, I

want more.

The horse nickers softly, nudging at the pocket of Kent’s coat.

Kent turns his attention away from me, chuckling. “All right, boy,

you’ve found me out,” he says, reaching into the pocket and

producing two sugar cubes. He holds them out to the horse, who

eats them eagerly from his palm.

Then, Kent produces two more sugar cubes and hands them to

1. me. “To get your friendship off right.”

Kent takes a few steps back as I feed the horse, enjoying the

feel of his coarse little mouth hairs against my palm. When he’s finished eating, I go back to petting him, marveling at this

believe that he’s mine.

minutes pass in silence as Kent lets me get to know my new friend. Then, I

asks, still watching me from the

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doorway.

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it, looking at the horse. Then, I decide. “Heathcliff,”

and I turn to give him

You don’t like it? What’s wrong with

real bite in his

to Heathcliff and smiling lovingly into

are the same,” I say, brushing his forelock away from his rich brown eyes. As if he

look back to Kent,

me further.

“The young lady has read her Brontë, at least. Though I do wonder if such a

on a horse.”

really, that he understood my reference. I wouldn’t have thought Wuthering Heights was on the reading list. for the Mafia King. Then, I speak without thinking. “Well, I suppose that until

him.”

lifts himself from the wall, standing solidly in the stable

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what my son would say to

realize my mistake. I have just

Daniel.

he says, looking back towards the parking lot. “That’s enough for now. You can come back in the morning, I’ll have my