Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 142

“Trust me, Fay,” he murmurs, his eyes on my mouth again. “This

will be nothing like Girl Scouts.”

I groan then, tossing my head back, letting him see that none of

this is sexy. It’s all just so draining.

“Whatever, Kent,” I murmur, looking up at the ceiling. “Can you just go away? I’m tired. I want to go to bed.”

He surprises me by backing off. I watch him as he moves away from me, heading towards the door.

“Seriously?” I ask, watching him as he twists the handle. “That’s it? No fight? No repartee? It’s that simple?”

Slowly, Kent turns to me. “You’re tired, Fay,” he says. “Go to bed. You need your rest.” He takes a moment to consider me, though. To run his eyes over my tired face, my rumpled hair, my lips still swollen from the force of his own pressed against them not so

long ago.

“But simple? No, Fay. If you think this is over…” He just slowly

shakes his head.

With that, he pulls my door open and steps out into the hall, closing it behind him.

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at the door.

the box of cookies into my

a word, I eat the whole thing.

next morning I push through the door to the

still bleary from lack of sleep. Unfortunately, no matter how late you go to bed, the Lippert house is

fresh clothes for the day. There was no

So here I am, at 7 in

a beeline for the espresso

meet Daniel there.

Fay,” he says, handing me the cup

accept it gratefully. “How

shot of coffee down in one and hand the porcelain cup

back to Daniel.

then I lower my voice. “Daniel,” I say. “We have

frowns at me, curious and a little concerned. “Is

I ask, pointing at my chest. “Sure.

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you?” I raise my eyebrows, switching the

it points at him. “You are oddly in hot water today.”

around at the others in the kitchen, checking to make sure we aren’t overhead. Then, he puts a hand on my

on?”

dad…” I bite my lip. Damn, I didn’t really plan how