Chapter 0254
And then I scowl again, realizing that he’s right. That | have no reason, on the surface, to mind that Kent is looking down at
Natalia like the long-lost-love she might very well be.
So | turn my attention back to Daniel, taking another big swig out of my ss of wine as he leads me over to the table and seats
me down with him.
“Gonna be a long dinner, isn’t it,” | murmur to my fiancé as we watch Natalia put a fond hand on Kent’s cheek before heading
again into the kitchen to get more food.
“At least there''s gonna be a show,” Daniel mutters back, drinking his own wine now.
Kentes over to the table then, taking his ce at the head, not bothering to acknowledge either of us as he takes out his
phone and flicks through his messages, clearly preupied.
“Seriously?” | say to Daniel and Kent, and both look up at me at the same time with matching Lippert stares. “We’re doing this?” |
ask, looking between father and son. “We''re just...having dinner again? Ignoring the fact thatst night she ordered my father’s
assassination and ended my engagement?”
“What would you suggest, Fay?” Kent murmurs, putting his phone down on the table and turning his heavy attention to me
completely.
My mouth falls open, ready to respond, before | realize that...! don’t have any answers. | don’t have a suggestion for what we
should be doing instead. | sputter for a couple of seconds before Danieles to my aid.
“She''s right, dad,” he says, sighing and leaning back in his chair as he takes another deep sip of his wine. “It’s kind of ridiculous
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“Well,” Kent says, leaning back and studying us. “You''re free to go, if you want,” he says, giving a little shrug and a smirk. “If
you''re feeling...cowardly.”
| re at him a little, falling for his taunt even though | know precisely what it is.
Daniel opens his mouth to protest, but Kent cuts smoothly in. “Listen, | hear you both, okay? But the Bianci family is an incredibly
important ally that | absolutely cannot afford to alienatepletely, no matter how much they''ve pissed you off. And Daniel,” he
says, looking at him closely now, “they are your family. Whether or not they’ve made you mad, you are tied to them for life. |
would suggest you find a way to create a middle ground, especially with Alessi if not Natalia.”
“And what about me?” | ask, curious and a little miffed that Daniel is getting personalized mafia advice when | am not.
“You, Fay,” he says, smirking at me. “I’m getting the impression that you''ll make your own decisions regardless of my advice.”
“Doesn''t mean | don’t want it just so | can do the opposite,” | say, narrowing my eyes at him and making himugh. But even as
Kentughs a little, and Nataliaes back through the door, Alessi at his heels, | don’t miss the fact that Daniel frowns at me,
just a little.
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my displeasure, wraps a steady arm
around her waist — as casual as a
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