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I frown a little at Kent, blinking. What?

He folds his hands and waits patiently.

“What,” I say, hesitating. “What do you want to know?”

“Everything,” he says, raising his eyebrows. “I want you to tell me everything he said to you, and everything you said in response.”

I frown at him further. “Are my conversations with my father not

private?

Kent leans forward a little, the corners of his mouth pulling up. “If

you want to have private conversations with your father,” he says.

slowly, “you can have them off my property. But in this house? I’m entitled to know everything. Including the words exchanged -between my ward,” he looks pointedly at me, “and my potential

enemy.”

I cock my head to the side. “I thought you and my father were allies,” I say, crossing my arms.

“Do allies leave each other to be shot at parties they threw? Do they conveniently leave the room moments before an attack?” Kent shakes his head slightly. “Our alliance is on shaky grounds, Fay, before this wedding happens. Right now, Alden and I are

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He stares at me then, silent. Waiting patiently for me to talk.

I clear my throat, looking away and trying to think. What did we just say to one another?

“I’m waiting,” he reminds me.

“I know,” I say, a little sharply. “I just…I’m trying to remember precisely.”

I throw my mind back, thinking hard. I don’t usually catalog my conversations so precisely. But I guess, in a Mafia household, you have different instincts when it comes to these sorts of things.

“He asked me if I was okay, after the party,” I say, closing my eyes so I can concentrate. “And I told him I was fine, that you got us out.”

allowing

if I’m happy

answer?” Kent says

that if I wanted to come home and live with him instead, that I’d

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his hand slowly throw

can tell

hesitations.

a hand on my hip,

if I love him. And whether

been…intimate.”

what, Fay,” he says

my eyes at him and move on. “I told him that I’m very happy with Daniel, and that of course we’re in love. To which he replied that I’m still very young, and that if I wanted him to introduce me to some new options, that he’d be happy

nods slowly at this, still watching my face carefully,

no,” I say, turning towards the door. “That was

he asks me, and

I ask, confused.

Take a moment. Try to remember if there was anything else.”

and realize

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Not intentionally,

father was

Instead,

did forget the most suspicious bit.

this finished. “He asked

he mean by

“I have no idea. I told him I didn’t. I don’t. Then he left.”

dismissal, so I walk out of the office and

honest – first talking to my father, and then reporting the conversation to Kent. I know that I’m a pawn in their game, but I hadn’t realized

manage this? I hadn’t lied to Kent – had told him everything. But was that, really, my best

My Ex’s

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the kitchen door

need

back door, I’m pleased to see Daniel there, buttering a scone at the little table, reading.

he says, smiling at me. “Do you want

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