All Chapters of Daughter of the Mafia: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

*Rosie Fay-Donovan*I didn't normally wait for Archie to come back home, but I was too uneasy after he left like that, so I couldn’t help it.I dismissed Johnnie and Ruby, telling them I’d be going to bed soon, but in reality, I just didn’t want them to worry about me.After I showered, I put on my nightgown, went downstairs to prepare a cup of tea, and grabbed my favorite book to pass the time. It was hard to focus on the story though. My mind was constantly wandering back to Archie and what in the world could be happening that he had to leave in a hurry like that. It wasn’t so uncommon to have late-night issues arise in the underworld. If anything, that’s when most of the problems would show up. I knew that.Tired of reading the same sentence over and over, I looked up to check the time on an antique clock by the corner of the room. My family had several relics and vintage decoration objects, and I learned to treasure them, knowing they had been there for centuries and held the his

*Rosie Fay-Donovan*New York’s Annual Business Gala was an event my father made sure to attend every year while he was still alive. It was without a shadow of a doubt the best place to network, meet new people, and guarantee new investors and partners in the market. It wasn’t my cup of tea, but I couldn’t deny I liked the party mode.Champagne, great food, good music, elegant people—what’s not to like? Sure, most of those attending were arrogant sons of b*tches who thought they ruled the world just because they had money. That was where my family stood out from them. No matter how much money and power we had as a mafia gang, my father always made sure to be humble and teach me how to be as well. He always took care of the members and made them feel like they belonged like they were an extension of our family in a way.My father also made sure to donate lots of the money we had, host charity events, and donate medicine and books to hospitals and schools every year. We had dirty money

*Rosie Fay-Donovan*Archie was playing with Henry, I could tell. He knew how much his presence was intimidating, frightening even. He always used that in his favor whenever he wanted something or tried to persuade someone. In this case, he was definitely trying to prove a point. To claim his spot as the alpha male. To claim me as his and no one else’s.I should be annoyed, but I actually found it sexy.“Archie Donovan,” Henry replied, his voice a bit shaky. But I had to give him some credit, he managed to control his nervousness almost immediately. “What a surprise indeed. I was not expecting to see you here tonight. You seemed too busy last year, so I thought Rosie would be attending alone again.”I had no idea exactly how they knew each other, but since Henry was a famous figurehead and so was Archie, I imagined they had encountered each other in something business-related at some point in history. I never cared to ask, but now I was feeling a bit curious.Archie knew that Henry was

*Rosie Fay-Donovan*The entire drive back home was excruciating, to say the least. Archie didn’t utter a single word to me, and I didn’t try to engage in a conversation with him either. I saw his fingers clenching the steering wheel every once in a while, but I didn’t try to find out what was going through his mind.If anything, I just wanted to get away from him. I wanted to curse at myself for ever thinking, even for a brief second, that he had suggested we go home so we could just have a private moment and continue whatever we started back at the party.It was laughable, really. I was a laughing stock. Falling for his charms, allowing him to sway me like that as if I had no control over my emotions or feelings. No matter how much I wanted him, I shouldn’t have allowed him to kiss me like that. To have that much control over me.He seemed out of himself too, so I shouldn’t be feeling so bad about the whole thing, but I was. I wanted to curse at him, to slap him, to tell him he shoul

*Rosie Fay-Donovan*After we left the coffee shop, Sienna and I spent the day together, doing some shopping and going to a spa to take care of our nails, hair, and body. I wasn’t one to go to a spa much, but Sienna loved it, so she convinced me to go with her.I couldn’t deny that it felt amazing. When I left, I could swear my body was floating. I was so relaxed and refreshed that I barely thought of Archie until I got back to the manor.His car was parked at the front entrance, so I knew he was home. There was no way his driver—Owen—would have left the car there and not at the garage. That was Archie’s signature, leaving the car there whenever he came home.I took a deep breath and prepared to face whatever was waiting for me inside. Johnnie greeted me with a smile as soon as I crossed the doorway.“Mrs. Rosie, welcome home. Did you have a nice day?”I smiled back at him and got out of my coat, handing it to him so he could hang it on the entryway hanger.“I did, Johnnie. Thank you.