Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 28

Gifts

Chapter 28 – Meeting the Family–1

Fiona gives me a tart little smack on the butt then, breaking my reverie and laughing as she hurries over to the jewelry box waiting on my vanity. I give her a weird look and cover my ass with my hands. “What is with people today,” I murmur.

She laughs again as she comes over to me, standing behind me so that she can hook the diamond solitaire around my neck on its slim silver chain.

“You got the ring?” she asks, smacking her gum.

“Oh, yeah,” I murmur, walking swiftly over to my bedside drawer and pulling it open. I reach towards the back, fishing it out and pushing it swiftly onto my left hand.

When I look at Fiona, she’s crossing her arms and shaking her head at me.

“A million–dollar diamond,” she says, “and you shove it in your bedside drawer?”

“Um,” I say, biting my lip in response. I hadn’t even thought about it. I look around, wondering where else I should have put

it

“Nevermind,” she says, laughing at me more.

“Fiona,” I say, taking in her vintage Juicy velour sweatsuit. “Won’t you please come? I’ll feel so much better with you there.”

comfortable here.”

I frown at her, knowing that something’s up. But, she knows more about this world than I do. If she doesn’t want to go, I’m not going to push her.

“Okay,” I say, sighing as I headed for the door.

“Wait wait!” she calls, unzipping a garment bag and revealing a gorgeous mink stole.

“Oh my god,” I say, walking back towards it. “It’s beautiful

“Yeah,” she says, admiring it. “Vintage. You lucky girl.”

wrap it around

touch it. “Is it…like real? Were those

are you,” she scolds, “some kind of tree

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wrong,” I protest, staring at it. “I feel so bad,

face in her hands, “It’s vintage. These minks died over sixty years ago. No new minks died

eyes taking it in. It

it around me before I can say anything, tucking my hands into the little pockets at the bottom which help me keep it around my shoulders. “It would be an

in the closet for another sixty years.

stairs, brushing my face against

when I see Kent at the bottom standing with his arms crossed, his feet apart.

very aware of the shortness of my skirt. I

–

growl as his brow lowers, his eyes locked on

joining his father at the bottom of the stairs. “Wow, you look stunning.” He gives me a big smile and I start to move again, focusing on

punch on his shoulder. “You look

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Gifts

Meeting the Family–2

reminded again just how good–looking my fiancé is. Both of our faces turn

he says, nodding towards the door. “The cars are

On our

a grand, old–fashioned kind of charm, with freshly buffed fine oak floors, brass

we enter, a waiter comes up to offer us champagne, Kent doesn’t make eye contact with him, merely saying “whiskey, neat,” and surveying the guests. However, Daniel ist more polite,

few steps into the room before we are bombarded

plump woman says, hurrying over and reaching out a hand to take mine. “Is this our darling

him down.

Gifts

28 – Meeting the Family–3

“I think I’d like to…visit the bathroom,” I say, “before

a hand on my back to

in front of us. “I’ll take her,” he says, shaking his head. “You’ve been kind of hovering all

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