Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 58

Willingly, I follow Jerome and my other guard out of the room and

into the hall. The three of us scurry towards the door, guilt roiling in me to be the cause of so much strife. Before I step out the door, though, I hear a little voice call out behind me.

“Wait!” it says.

I turn to see Romulus running down the stairs, a little book in his hands. He dashes to meet me at the door. “I found this in

my closet!” he says, “a long time ago!” He holds up the book to me and I can see that it’s a very small photo album. I take it from him gently and flip it open, shocked to see that it’s images of my mother’s wedding day-

And, oh my god – that I’m in them-

“That’s you, right?” Romulus says, peeking at the pages of the book, pointing at the picture of my mother.

“No,” I say softly. “That was my mom. Thank you for showing it to me, Romulus,” I say, looking down at him gratefully. I push it back. towards him, as the noise escalates in the next room. I hope that some day I’ll be able to look through it more closely, but now, it definitely seems like time to go –

“No, I you can keep it,” Romulus says, smiling up at me. “And

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gives me a big smile and I can’t stop

I say and then jerk up, suddenly, at a crash

the sitting room.

says, nodding

you be okay?” I ask, looking

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says, grinning at me

the time.”

one of my guards says, again tugging at

“It was nice meeting you!” I call back

waving to me as I go.

on the way home, I clutch the photo album in my hands, not yet ready to open and explore it. What the hell was I

is waiting for me as I come back into the house. “Well?” He asks, smirking at me as he leans against the wall

fast little family dinner.”

off my coat and handing it to the waiting housekeeper. “Why didn’t you tell me I had a

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“I wanted you to have the pleasure of getting

Alden all on your own. Tell me, how long did it take

to kick you out? Five