Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Brooklyn

Blood rushes to my face, and I know it has to be bright red. How the hell did she know?!

"Oh my god," she says, leaning forward, all eagerness. "Is he!?"

"No!" I protest, stabbing at my eggs more with my fork. "He's —"

Whatever I was going to say is drowned out by Jolie's roar of laughter.

Jolie means well, but she's not great at filtering her responses. She's always been over the top, and that's part of what makes her great. That she's so unapologetically herself.

But it also is part of what makes her not so great at times.

Like right now when I want to melt into the tiled floor.

"Come on, Jolie," Dad says sternly after a few moments of her laughing and watching my embarrassment. "I'm sure this young man is a great guy." He looks at me then, a little pity in his eyes. "Like she says, he's just a gentleman.'

"Okay, okay." Jolie wipes away tears of mirth. "I just want more for our Brooklyn baby! You deserve passion in your relationship, as well as respect and...book talk, or whatever you do." She shrugs. "I'm very happy," I mutter, finishing my eggs as quick as I can.

"Come down to the club with me." Jolie reaches out and takes my hand. I can tell that she's trying to make amends. "I'm not working tonight, and we can go have some fun! We'll get free drinks, and you can meet the girls! Plus, maybe we can find you some hot, sexy wolf or some broody vamp willing to...show you the ropes."

look up at her, hesitating. I love Jolie, but we live in totally different worlds. While I've spent my life at school and coffee shops, Jolie has been a night owl, working at various clubs as an

your body, get your blood flowing." She dances in her chair, showing us some of her moves,

it's

it," I say, finishing my plate. "I've got some work

scooping up her plate and mine. "You work way

shoulder as I head into the living room. He picks up his paper, eyes already on the sports section. He

leagues for shifters? It would be so much more exciting than watching all of these weak humans play," he

conversation now that Jolie

in her profession, I wondered if

stopping Jolie from doing precisely what she wants, so why not go along with

had said, "as long as she respects herself, why should I care if she dances in

willful she-wolf, and I won't stand

the memory, grateful yet again for such a good

to Jolie's idea that I should get more in touch with my body and my instincts. My cheeks grow red

iel

every night calls Aden Kenwood the Werewolf Mafia King-or just "the Wolf King sometimes,

his dirty deeds

looking show him standing in front of a tech company in

site lists positive reviews of his many businesses, with employees suggesting that he's a great boss. Still another... God, is that Brad Pitt he's shaking hands with

articles about packs wanting to form and make him their Alpha. It appears

in my hands, passively starting to braid it as I look through the results, trying to

the couch, grabbing the laptop out of my