Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

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I blink, realizing that I never thought about it, about the question of what I want to be to Kent. And what I want him to be

to me.

I mean, Kent is overwhelming – even just learning to be around him is a lot, let alone considering if I want to be with him. I mean, is that even what I would want, if it was a possibility? Do I want to be more than Kent’s mafia mistress? Do I want to be his girlfriend? His –

“It’s all right, Fay,” Kent whispers, moving closer to me and pulling a gentle hand on my check, probably seeing me think it through and freak out a little bit. “You don’t have to know now.”

“Okay,” I say, biting my lip. “I don’t know – but Kent, I don’t want to live my life in secret. I don’t want to have to scurry around like a little rat, worried about who is going to find out. I don’t want to have to lie – and people are going to find out they already have!”

“Who?” Kent asks, frowning. I hesitate but he glares at me a little, so I give in.

“Well, Daniel, obviously,” I say and he tilts his head, because he knows by my tone that there’s more. “And…Jerome.”

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“Jerome?” Kent asks, surprised.

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you give him credit for,” I say, raising my

well, because I’m not the member of this household who Jerome is actually obsessed with. Kent snaps my gaze back to me, curious, but I shake my head a little as I smile, letting him

Kent says quietly after a

bit in shock. An apology?

Kent?

to feel like I’m ashamed of

whisper. And I only mention her because I know that while Alessi is Bianci’s

“I am on such shaky ground with them already.

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letting me see just how close we

I ask, worried now. Slowly, he

a grave insult that I’ve…despoiled you.” He sighs and covers his face with his hand, looking ashamed of himself. “And he’d be right,

feel myself smirk at this, thinking that that’s not quite right that Ivan might – but then I

at risk – given Alden every legitimate reason to declare war on me Kent pauses, seeking the words, apparently at a loss to describe the magnitude of it. “Bianci and Alden could unite and just…. wipe me off

how serious he is. How serious this is.