Unprotected with the Mob Boss: A Dark Mafia Romance (Alekseiev Bratva) by Fox Nicole

Author:Fox, Nicole
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2019-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

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The dinner is flank steak with blue cheese, fried potatoes, and roasted veggies. The steak nearly melts in my mouth, incredibly tender and saturated with flavor. It’s almost good enough to make me forget that my life is falling apart around me.

Lev seems to barely notice how good the food is, seeming more focused on drinking than eating. He’s managed to keep up appearances as we talk to our four other tablemates—all generous donors like everyone else on the red side—but I can feel that his mind is elsewhere. His movements are slower and less deliberate than usual.

“Ally.”

I turn to see my father behind me and stand up, nearly tripping in my shoes.

“Dad,” I say. “Hi.”

“We need to talk for a moment,” he says. “Come outside with me.”

He starts walking away without waiting for my response. I turn to Lev. He takes a gulp of his drink, watching me over the edge of the glass.

“Should I go?” I ask him.

“He’s going to question you at some point,” he says. He smiles at Mr. Campbell and his secretary, who have switched their focus to our conversation. “Her father hates me,” he says to them, shrugging. “Unfortunately for me, he’s the chief of police, so if I’m arrested later, you’ll know why.”

Mr. Campbell laughs and his secretary follows suit.

I leave the ballroom. My father isn’t anywhere in the lobby, so I continue out the front doors. He’s lingering at the edge of the sidewalk—a man no longer certain where the boundary is.

“How could you go for someone like him?” my father demands as soon as I step up next to him. I open my mouth, prepared with a lie, but he spins around, his hand cutting through the air between us. “No, honestly, I don’t care about that. You need to end it now.”

He’s nearly shaking with anger. Lev and I had prepared ourselves, armed to the teeth with lies, but I wasn’t ready to see my father so upset.

I focus on the sidewalk edge. “You can’t decide these things for me anymore.”

“This isn’t a request, Ally. I’m telling you this because I care about you. He’s not a good person. You’re going to end it.”

He knows.

I form the words in my head—the “I love him” speech, the “I’m not a little girl” speech, the waterworks, if necessary. But that’s not what comes out.

“I don’t care what type of person he is,” my mouth enunciates. “He’s important to me. I’m sorry if that hurts you.”

He stares at me. I keep my gaze down as the seconds pass by.

“What is going on with you?” he says. “You keep this a secret from us, you bring him here without telling us, and now you’re blatantly disrespecting me?”

I turn around. “I can’t talk to you until you’ve calmed down—”

My father blocks me from going back to the hotel. “He’s deeply involved in the Bratva.”

My breath gets caught in my chest, which is lucky because my anxiety must resemble shock as my father nods at me.

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