Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Gifts

Chapter 9 – Choose to Betray–2

Soon, there’s a knock at the door. “Off you go, my dear,” the woman says, giving me a little push in the right direction.

I nod my thanks to her – I didn’t even get her name – as a guard comes to take me downstairs.

When we reaching the landing a floor below, he quietly opens the double doors of a sitting room.

I am the last to arrive.

“Fay,” Janeen gasps, and my head snaps directly to her. She’s seated on a plush couch, her clothing torn and her face smeared with makeup.

I take a few steps towards her but Kent, standing by the fireplace, clears his throat. I hold myself back, knowing I have a part to play.

I look between Janeen and my dad, seated next to her.

“Fay,” my dad gasps, taking in my gorgeous dress, my polished countenance. “Are you…”

“I’m fine.” I say, setting my shoulders back.

attention to Kent. “Let them go – take me — I’ll

looking at him

to use his real

falls open.

to him, is baffled. “Fay, what

a mob boss, someone who can give me everything I deserve.

in me shouts no! against this, but Kent’s gaze sits heavy on my shoulders. This, I

mouth falls open in shock and disgust.

call the police!

I

back to my real family. What’s it going to take to leave me alone? Fifty grand? A hundred? Whatever you

suddenly realize that Daniel made me a similar offer only a few days ago. I know exactly the disgust

at me. “Fay, this isn’t you.”

say the cruelest thing I can think of. “Why would I want to come live in that shack with you, a stripper and a deadbeat,” I hiss. “When I could have all this?” I raise

I slowly cross the room and stand next to Kent. “By

family’s faces go pale.

mention that Daniel and I are engaged?”

emotionless, puts an arm around my shoulders, claiming me as part of

me. No one stops him, so he takes my face in his hands and then pulls me

eyes.

in my ear. “Nothing will ever change that.”