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…

god,” I stammer, my eyes going wide as I look

disbelief. “Is this – is

me. “Yes, Fay. One million dollars

and the purchase of your childhood

to your

you can spend your spare time there with your dad, your sister.

I don’t care which house – you can pick

jaw drops open to hear him confirm

to digest this in silence, my

on me.

do you want from me?” I ask quietly. “What do

to

turn on your

that I can wipe out his power in this world

your every move,

want you to continue your relationship with Ivan, to convince

and ally

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

brilliant…