Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 269

Because despite everything – despite the threat –

I don’t think I can stop either.

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“Okay,” I breathe, wrapping my arms around Kent and tucking my head under his chin, pressing my ear to his chest and listening to his heartbeat. Kent pauses for a moment and then folds his arms around me, holding me lightly to him, a gentle grip that lets me know that if I want to run from him…I can..

“All right,” I sigh, giving in. “Until they leave, Kent. Until it’s settled, until they’re gone, I’ll be your secret, and you’ll be mine. And then, we’ll…decide.”

“All right,” Kent agrees, tightening his hold on me in such a way that feels like…relief, more than affection, or ownership. Like he has finally relaxed.

“But Kent?” I ask, turning my head up towards him.

“Hmm?” he replies, encouraging me to ask.

“Can you just be like…a little nicer to me?”

me curiously.

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wiggling a little discontentedly beside him. “But Natalia – she is a…” I blow out a breath there, letting him know precisely what I think Natalia is without having to say it.

you’ve been doing quite well against her, Fay – especially tonight, when you didn’t cry or run away after she told me about

a living hell!”

– you don’t see half of it, because she saves it for when you’re not around! Which is

“I’ll do a better job of being on your side, when I can. But I can’t be around all the time, and if you’re going to play the role of

–

no one

never knew that!” I retort, pulling my hand up and smacking him on the chest. “No one told me

I can’t cook pasta, and she looked at me like I said I committed a war crime! I would

this, at me, but not in a way that makes me feel bad. Instead, I feel heard by him, and like he’s helping me see the lighter side of it. I

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face as I laugh at it

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