Fall For My Ex's Mafia Father novel Chapter 56

The closer they get to the stable, the more Fay seems to cheer up, as if she’s leaving the memories of last night behind. Kent can’t help the smile from his face when he sees it. He was worried for her last night – truly worried that some real damage had been done.

Fay was delicate. He knew it intimately – it was one of the things he liked best about her. She was a sensitive girl, feeling things keenly, more acutely than others. But beneath that, she has a solidity to her core, a well of strength that he’s not sure she’s even aware of.

She’s going to need that strength, he knows, if she’s going to make it in this world. And he’s quite determined to see that she does. Because if she doesn’t…

He shakes away the thought, not letting it enter his mind. He will see that she does, and he’ll do everything he can to foster that strength in her. It won’t be easy, but Kent intends to see it through.

Fay sits up very straight in the seat when they pull into the driveway of the stable, the gate swinging open for them. Kent can tell that she’s reining in his excitement for his sake, trying to play it cool, but she’s out of the car before he can throw it in park.

Kent finds her in Heathcliff’s stall a few minutes later, cooing to her horse, running her hands over his silky ears and talking to him softly. He watches her for a few minutes, letting her greet her friend, who nuzzles her warmly.

“Have you ever ridden before, Fay?” Kent asks quietly after a few minutes. She turns to him and smiles, biting her lip a little in embarrassment. He smirks, knowing her answer before she says it.

“Yes?” she says, a question rather than a statement. “I’ve…ridden. Before.”

His smile deepens. “By which you mean, you’ve sat on a couple of ponies at the county fair.”

Fay bites her lip again before smiling and blushing a little. “Okay, yes. But the man who owned the ponies said I have a natural seat!”