Fall For My Ex's Mafia Father novel Chapter 214

The two of us are very, very still for the next few moments, and as it turns out I’m the one who can’t take it. I break the silence, the stillness, taking a sharp inhale of breath and moving closer to him and pressing my body up against his.

Because – despite everything – despite the threat –

I don’t think I can stop either.

“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?”

Kent laughs at this, apparently surprised. He looks at me curiously. “What? Have I been mean to you?”

“Well, no,” I murmur, 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. Kent laughs and hugs me tighter, pleased.