Fall For My Ex's Mafia Father novel Chapter 300

Jerome makes a horrible noise, half cry and half groan, as he falls to the floor.

Daniel shouts and I hear a scream – I realize passively that the scream comes from me - before Kent reaches down and grabs Jerome by the shirt, lifting him again so that he can punch him another time, his fist flashing across his jaw –

But Daniel’s on him now, grabbing his father by his arms and ripping him away from Jerome, who moans on the floor, his face turned down towards the cold marble.

My hands are pressed to my mouth in horror as I see blood all over Jerome’s face, all over the floor –

Daniel stumbles backwards with Kent’s arms wrapped in his own, pulling Kent away. “Get off of him!” Daniel cries, his eyes looking frantically towards his boyfriend.

Kent lets out another feral roar, pulling hard at Daniel, trying to get back at Jerome – to, to kill him, I realize –

“Stop!” I scream, putting my whole heart into the word, into the noise that rips from my lips. “It’s not him! It’s not Jerome!”

Kent and Daniel go still, turning towards me, and suddenly the only sound in the room is Jerome’s injured moans.

I keep my eyes fastened on Kent’s, willing him to look at me, to pay attention to me, to let his rage fall away…

And something about it works. Kent and Daniel stay still for a moment before Kent shakes himself, hard, and growls at Daniel to let him go. Daniel hesitates but does as his dad says. When Kent doesn’t move for Jerome again, Daniel falls to his knees at Jerome’s side and urges him to turn over, to let him look.

But I don’t have time for it. Instead, I stare at Kent as he collects himself, as he leashes the animal within him and straightens his shoulders before walking over to me. As he comes close he puts his hands in his pockets again, though I can see them tightened into fists, as if he has to put them away to avoid grabbing me again.

My lower lip shakes a little as Kent stares down at me, but I raise my chin once more, reminding myself again and again that I didn’t do anything wrong.