Gifts
Chapter 239
This snaps Kent out of it, somehow, and he drops my arm, taking a step away
from me. Both the man and the woman nole this action and twin smiles grace
their lips as they turn their attention to me, clearly wondering who I am. I go pale
under their united gaze, realizing that I'm in the presence of two very, very
dangerous people.
Kent opens his mouth to speak but someone beals him to it.
“Uncle Alessi!” I hear from the landing above, and suddenly Daniel is pounding
down the stairs, a huge smile on his face. “Natalia!”
The man grins proudly up at Daniel, who has showered and looks much fresher
than he did at breakfast, opening his arms. The moment he reaches the landing
Daniel wraps the man — his uncle, apparently — in a tight hug. I glance at Kent,
seeing that he still hasn't moved, as Daniel moves on to greet Natalia just as
warmly, taking her hands and placing two kisses on both of her checks. “It's so
good to see you!” he exclaims.
The two newcomers say something quickly to him in Italian, and I'm shocked to
hear Daniel reply in the same tongue — I didn’t know he spoke it — and then Kent
is moving forward, shaking the man’s hand warmly and leaning forward to place
a fond kiss on the woman's cheek. She laughs up into his face, clearly
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pleased to see him, and raises a hand to smack his cheek gently, familiarly.
All four of them chat pleasantly in Italian for a moment before the man- Alessi —
turns to me. “And who is this one?" he asks in English, gesturing towards me,
“with the beautiful red hair?"
“This,” Kent says, turning towards me slowly and putting a hand out towards me
in invitation for me to approach. I accept, doing my best to give them a little smile
as I walk over to the group, my hand extended to take Kent's. “Is Fay Alden.
Daniel's fiancé.”
My steps falter as I hear Kent utter the words that place me, squarely, back in the
box I thought I'd gotten out of. I don't take Kent's hand and just stare at him
instead. Kent lowers his brow, shaking his head almost imperceptibly at me to let
me know not to protest. Luckily, Alessi steps forward and takes my hand instead,
lowering himself in a charming little bow and pressing his lips warmly to my
knuckles.
“Ah, the new Donna of the Lippert Family,” Alessi says,
straightening up and studying me anew. “It is a pleasure to meet. you, my dear.”
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