Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 64

“But tonight,” Kent says, not noticing the face I’m making, “he wants all of his people, and all of my people, in a room together. And not on either of our turf – in an outside location.”

I glance at the invitation again and see, indeed, that he’s invited us all to meet at a local country club.

Kent continues to shake his head and Daniel joins him. “I just don’t like it,” Kent says pensively.

Daniel nods but I look between them again. “Wait,” I say, “catch .me up. What’s so bad about that?”

Kent says nothing, staring at me–challenging me, I think, to figure it out myself. But Daniel shakes his head and explains. “Fay,” he says, “when big families get together like this, sometimes other gangs see it as an…opportunity. Two birds with one stone, as it

were.”

“Or,” Kent says, picking up the thread. “Because Alden has greater numbers than us, he could see it as an…opportunity. To pressure us into deals we’re not happy making. It’s….

non–preferred.”

“Oh,” I say, raising my eyebrows. “Maybe we should…not go.”

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Kent shakes his head again. “No, he’s got us cornered there. He’s

already sent out the invitations to all of his people, all of mine. It’s

short notice, but…if I keep you from it, it will look like I’m keeping

you from your family.”

I nod, understanding.

I say, hesitating, “I

at me with humor and disbelief in

bursts out

he says, walking

butt. “Go get ready!” he calls. “We’re

I stare at

I say,

voice low

as wide

smack my ass?”

later, Fiona is putting the finishing

pins the last piece into

entire scalp hurts, each strand of hair having

sprayed.

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triumph, of course. It’s so elaborately curled and swept up delicately

the mirror. She laughs, then, giving me a kiss on the cheek and then whipping her lipstick off

in the low light of my room. It skims off my shoulders and cuts high on my thighs – definitely racier than anything she’s put me

ask, considering myself in the

your dad, it was one thing to look like a pretty pretty

meeting tonight. If

little girl, they’ll eat you

me in the mirror and I’m surprised

was the Mafia princess,

Fatale. The woman who can wreck it