Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 163

“It’s all right,” Ivan replies, shrugging it off. “We all have our trauma. He was a good guy.” He gives me a little smirk as he looks me in the eye. “He’d have liked you, though, for sure. He loved redheads.”

“Yes, well, we’re quite irresistible,” I murmur, flipping my hair back over my shoulder and pretending a haughtiness I don’t really feel. I’m rewarded with a laugh and I grin back at Ivan.

“Irresistible for sure,” he says, always the flirt as he looks down at the table and reaches for another taco. “But also, apparently, a

woman of mercurial affections.”

My breath hitches a little at this – what does he mean by that?

Suddenly, I’m terrified that he knows, somehow, about me and

Kent – about the plans I have for later – commands, really – to

meet him after midnight.

“What do you mean?” I ask, anxious but trying to keep my voice

nonchalant.

Ivan glances up at me as he brings a plate of shrimp tacos into his lap, totally at ease. Then, he raises his left hand and wiggles his fingers at me. “No ring,” he says, and I glance down at my own

hand to realize that he’s right – I’m actually not wearing Daniel’s

tonight. “Everything all right with

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just…hadn’t remembered to put it on after my shower. But could I use this to my advantage? Do I want Ivan to know

would do.

to see that he really means it. “I

I respond breezily, giving him a little smile. “It’s just…Daniel is having a little…trouble. Being

mean, it wasn’t a lie. And Janeen said to stick to the

I can.

up in genuine surprise. Then he puts his plate of tacos back down and pushes all of the food to the back of the table so that he can scootch closer to me. “His

lift my beer to my lips, taking a sip. Ivan takes the note and leans back a little. “I actually don’t know a lot about Daniel,” he says casually. “I know he’s in school, but he keeps

a little bitter smile. “Apparently he’s got other things on

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pushes. “And what’s his style there? Does

who he sees for a short

piece?”

in surprise, realizing that he’s pressing

A

Simultaneously, I grasp that I actually

very few people have. And Ivan’s

don’t want to give

safe