Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 146

“No,” Kent answers, interrupting my train of thought, his voice low and flat. “Too much damage has been done. Your relationship is a laughing stock now. It’s dead.” He flicks his eyes to Daniel then. “I’ll find you a new bride, soon. One a little more manageable than

this one.”

I blush at this, looking down at my hands, feeling terribly guilty. I

had thought it was just a date with Ivan – a little freedom. I hadn’t realized how much I was ruining.

“Dad,” Daniel says, leaning forward in his chair, “this can’t be the end of it – I like Fay – she’s precisely the girl I want to marry –”

“It’s done, Daniel,” Kent intones, dismissive, looking down at a thin document on his desk. “Forget it. Move on. I’ll arrange for your first date with an appropriate girl sometime this week.” Daniel apparently forgotten, Kent shoves the document in my direction, looking directly at me.

“You’re still an important person in this world, Fay,” he says cooly, and I feel myself surprised to hear him admit what I’ve long suspected. That my relationship with the family means something to him. “I’d still like to have you formally tied to the Lippert family, to be known and understood as one of mine. Here is the offer I’d like to make you, in exchange for your allegiance.”

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I hesitate, glancing at Daniel before reaching forward and taking the document off the desk. I page through it, not understanding most of the legal wording there, until I get to the third page which

details…

my eyes going wide

this – is this for real?”

me. “Yes, Fay. One million dollars

the purchase of your childhood home

immediately signed over to your adoptive father. Plus, the

you can spend your spare

which house – you

open to hear him confirm what I saw on the

this in silence, my eyes fixed on Kent,

on me.

from me?” I ask quietly. “What

to

you to turn on your father.” he answers. “Quietly,

out his power in this world and take

every move, don’t worry.

you to continue your relationship with Ivan, to

and ally

up at his audacity. But, frankly, it’s – it’s

brilliant…