The Mafia Princess Engaged to Her Father's Enemy novel · Chapter 13 of 24
Chapter 13: The Open Door
"Yes," Emanuele said.
He didn't explain it, and he didn't ask me to understand.
I stood in the hospital corridor with my hand on the frame of 412, and the yes sat between us.
Then he reached into his jacket and took out a ring of keys.
There were a dozen of them, brass and steel, worn bright.
"Front gate, garage, the cellar, the roof, the lake house," he said. "Every lock I own."
He set them in my hand and folded my fingers over them.
"There's a phone in the glove box of the black Alfa. My number is the only one in it."
"You're giving me a car."
"I'm giving you the road. Drive it where you like."
"And the guards?"
"Told an hour ago. Nobody follows you, and nobody stops you."
I looked at the keys.
On Saturday I had counted the hinges on a door.
Now a man who had lied to my face was handing me every way out of his house, and I couldn't make it feel like a gift.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of The Mafia Princess Engaged to Her Father's Enemy are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
← Chapter 12 · All chapters · Chapter 14 →
Want to keep talking to characters like these? Chat with AI romance characters: AI Boyfriend · AI Girlfriend · Dark Romance · Fantasy Romance · BL (Boys’ Love) · Billionaire Boyfriend · Mafia Boyfriend · Possessive Boyfriend · Hockey Boyfriend · Older Boyfriend · K-Drama Boyfriend · Anime Boyfriend · Vampire Boyfriend · Werewolf Boyfriend · Demon Boyfriend · Fae Romance · GL (Girls’ Love) · Anime Girlfriend · Goth & Alt Girlfriend · Gamer Girlfriend · Tsundere Girlfriend · Fantasy Girlfriend