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Fall For My Ex's Mafia Father novel Chapter 197

Daniel laughs as if he’s said something incredibly funny and my reaction is totally normal, looping an arm around my shoulders and pulling me close. “Laugh,” he orders in my ear, a little urgent. “They’ll look away.”

I do as he says, not nearly as good of an actress as he is, but – then again – he’s had his whole life to practice. But he’s right, after I give a little laugh as if Daniel has said something that’s a little scandalous but ultimately hilarious, his family gives us a couple of confused smirks and then turns back to their business.

When they’ve all looked away, I snap my face back to Daniel’s, my expression totally serious.

“Spill,” I demand. “Now. Tell me everything.” I drain my glass of prosecco, needing to bolster my courage.

Daniel sighs and shakes his head. “I don’t know all of the details, Fay. What I heard is from my Italian cousins when I would go and visit them in Italy, and even what they knew was hushed up. It was apparently a big scandal.”

I nod, urging him to go on as I slip his Manhattan out of his hand and take a sip, deciding I need even more courage. Daniel gives me a little chagrined frown as if he was looking forward to that drink, but he doesn’t take it back.

“Dad was destined for mom – engaged to her at birth to unite the families, as I was to you. And my grandfather – he was incredibly good to my dad. When dad went to Italy, he went basically as a pauper – his father, the head of the Lippert family, had been killed, and my mom had nothing. So, the fact that nonno respected the engagement, when he could have married his eldest and favorite daughter to someone else, was…a big deal. Dad should have been grateful.”

Daniel sighs, shaking his head, and I nod, understanding. “But he wasn’t?” I ask, needing to know more.

He shrugs and shakes his head, unwilling to commit to that idea. “He was grateful, Fay – he was just…” Daniel sighs and looks over to where his dad stands with a group of his family, Natalia again by his side. Kent is easy to spot, of course, being the tallest in the room.

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