Fall For My Ex's Mafia Father novel Chapter 125

“Oh my god,” I murmur, looking at the cutouts on the side, the absolute bare scrap of fabric that’s supposed to cover my ass. Then I glance back down at the box and realize…

Oh my god, this isn’t even the lingerie.

I look back and forth between the black satin corset and lace panties that are still in the box and the slinky grey dress in my hands, realizing with horror that Kent wants me to wear this out on my date with Ivan –

My cheeks rush with heat as I figure out that Kent is sending me out to Ivan basically naked – dressed in something Janeen would wear on the main stage -

My embarrassment turns quite quickly to anger and to steely determination, though – faster than it has before. I narrow my eyes at the dress, realizing, suddenly, what Kent is doing.

“Fine,” I snap, tossing the dress on the bed and stalking into the bathroom. “You want me to go on this date looking like your hooker? No problem, Kent.”

I’d just make him pay through the teeth for it later.

Or at least, that’s what I say to myself as I turn on my shower and peel off my riding clothes. Because the reality of standing up to Kent…

Well, it never goes quite as I plan in my head, does it?

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I only saw Jerome as I left the house. He was at the foot of the stairs as I tottered down them in the six-inch heels Kent sent me to pair with my outfit. Jerome had opened his mouth to say something, but I gave him a withering glare as I made my way slowly down the stairs and he just shrugged, holding out a hand to help me balance.

I didn’t ask where Kent or Daniel were as we walked to the garage and he helped me into the car. We’re silent now as we drive, our relationship newly awkward. I glance at him, wondering if he knows that I know about him and Daniel, or if this new stiffness is about me leaving him stranded in the road when I left with Ivan the first time.

No answers come to my questions, though, making me sigh. When we pull up to the restaurant – I do a double-take, surprised to see that it’s actually the same restaurant that Daniel took me to a few weeks ago – Jerome grabs my hand as I open the passenger-side door.