Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 82

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.”

silent, allowing me to continue.

if I’m

answer?” Kent says

at him then. “That I am. Happy here, I mean. But he told me that if I wanted to come home and live with him instead, that I’d

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moving his hand slowly throw the air,

can tell

hesitations.

putting a hand on my

I love

been…intimate.”

raises an eyebrow at this, smiling a little. “And what, Fay,”

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

watching my face carefully,

I say, turning

that all, Fay?” he asks me, and I turn

ask, confused.

sure? Take a moment. Try to remember if there

and realize – shit.

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something out. Not intentionally, not really

was important enough to

from Kent. Instead, I’d rather be

I did forget the most suspicious bit.

my next words out, eager to have this finished. “He asked me if I had anything to give

did he mean by that?” Kent

have no idea. I told him I didn’t. I don’t. Then

a hand at me in a dismissal, so I walk out of the office and head towards the back

be 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

told him everything. But was that, really, my best choice? Where did my allegiances lie?

My Ex’s

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pushing through the kitchen door and

need

I pass through the back door, I’m pleased to see Daniel there, buttering a scone at the

smiling at me. “Do you want some tea?”