Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 57

“Oh my god,” I say, leaning in close to get a better look. “I remember this. There’s a little chip…” I turn the sugar bowl halfway round and, indeed, there it is. Right on the rim.

Alden laughs a little but Tristin goes stiff in her seat. “Yes, well,”

she says, shifting uncomfortably. “If someone would let me replace it.”

“Oh no,” I say without thinking, looking up at them all. “It’s such a beautiful set – you can’t possibly-”

“Well if you’re so fond of it,” she says, glaring at me. “You shall take it with you when you go.”

I bite my lip, realizing that it’s not precisely a friendly gesture that she’s making.

“In fact,” she says, glaring at me and gesturing all around the room. “I guess all of this is yours now. So you should take it with you. Thank you so much for graciously letting me live among your inheritance for so many years.”

“I-“I start, but then I fade off, not knowing what to say. My inheritance? What was she talking about?

“Tristin,” Alden says, leaning back in his chair, his voice low with

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warning.

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Now that your first–born

belongs to her.”

is not,” he says, “precisely

huffs, “just look at her, already prowling around the house, inspecting it like it’s hers.” She turns her cold eyes on me. “Will you wait until his body is cold before you come and claim it? Or will

settling on little Romulus, who looks about ready to bolt. Oh

here –” I say, trying (and failing) to put on a cheerful smile, “to take anyone’s inheritance – seriously, you can keep it all

–

hisses, standing up and

chest.

raising his voice, the rage growing in him. “You will sit, and treat my daughter

level. “This is your daughter! The one whose rights you are stripping to give to

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ten minutes with you in her entire life!”

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