Female Novel
Chapter 240
Chapter 240“The pleasure is all mine,” | say, pitching my voice lower and holding Alessi’s gaze. “But who, may | ask, are you?”
“Fay,” Daniel says, coming to my side and wrapping a happy arm around my waist. “This is my Uncle Alessi, my mother’sbrother,” he tells me, and | raise my eyebrows, surprised by the news and pretending to be excited about it. But in reality, | find itunnerving — neither Daniel nor Kent has said very much about Daniel's mother, Lenai, and | certainly didn’t know she had abrother. Especially one who makes Kent go pale like that.
“And this,” Daniel says, turning towards the beautiful woman, who looks at me like a hungry cat peering at a little canary, “isNatalia, an old family friend. My mother’s maid of honor, actually, at her wedding.”
“It is a pleasure,” Natalia says, moving slowly towards me and taking both of my hands before placing careful kisses on both ofmy cheeks. “You are very beautiful,” she says, looking me up and down after she straightens, “a good fit for our Daniel, yes?”she says, turning to beam at him in that adoring way Italian mothers look at their sons. She quickly looks back to me, though.“American?”
“Fay was born in America, yes,” Kent answers quickly before | can open my mouth. “But her father’s family is Sicilian, like us.Chapter 240
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Her mother...” he hesitates, and | realize that he doesn’t know.
“Scottish,” | supply sweetly, holding Natalia’s gaze and gesturing towards my red hair.
“Ahh,” Natalia says, nodding and still studying me. “And you can cook?”
| blink, surprised at the question. What the hell does thatnovelbin
matter?
Daniel, at my side, laughs a little. “That’s something Fay’s working on,” he lies smoothly, smiling down at me and giving
me a squeeze.
Natalia nods sharply, still holding my gaze. “We will teach you to cook,” she says, folding her arms over her chest deliberately,“like a real Italian woman, before you marry my godson. He needs a good wife.”
I smile a little, intimidated, and then nod, agreeing to her terms. But honestly, the last thing | want is to be trapped alone in atkitchen with this woman. She scares me.
Alot.
“So, not that I’m not thrilled to see you,” Daniel says, smoothly changing the subject as he pulls me closer to his side, supportive,“but what are you doing here? Was I-” he glances at his father, “was | supposed to know you were coming?”
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“No,” Natalia says, definitive, turningher cool gaze on Kagt@pwcwelare asurprise fhalcontent is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
“Yes,” Alessi says, likewise shiftinghis attention back to Kent. “My father
has ean (YOUTO aD, gress(taese eas ew months. He
sent us here to,” he shrugs here,apparently finding the words, “doalittle tiny check. See how you'redoing. See if we can be of any help.”The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!
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