Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Brooklyn

He pauses at the door, still for a moment. Then, slowly, he turns.

"Hudson?" he asks, his eyes close upon me.

I nod vigorously. "Hudson, your son? He's..." I bite my lip, suddenly embarrassed. "He's my boyfriend."

Aden laughs then-a real, shocked laugh. He wipes a hand down his face, shaking his head.

"My son Hudson is your boyfriend," he says, repeating my words and looking up at the ceiling in disbelief.

I nod again, biting my lip against the tiny white lie-

he's not my boyfriend anymore, after all. But I'm desperate for this to work.

"Well, isn't that...serendipitous," he says.

Aden is still for a moment and then strides across the room, back towards me. When he gets to the lounge he grabs me by the elbow, pulling me to my feet, shaking me so that I pay attention to his words. "Brooklyn, you little fool, don't you know who you are?" His voice is angry, as if frustrated by my incompetence.

"I'm-I'm-" My face is lost in confusion. I just told him who I am...

"Who you are, Brooklyn. Haven't you ever asked any questions about your mother? Your biological father?" He shakes my arm again as if trying to jog my memory.

mouth falls open in shock, confusion. How

standing close to me now, glaring down into

trembles traitorously, and I pull it into my mouth, desperate

so, watching the action. Slowly, he exhales and, for an instant, pulls

are

into me as my legs

man

then he

O'Leary, the mistress of Lennox Remington." He looks me up and down, crossing his arms. "We did a DNA test," he continues, "against a secure sample about an

father has been looking for you for

sink onto the couch, my breath leaving me. I stare into the distance,

never really

one picture of me as a baby with

But could it be?

are of a bright, laughing

as red as

How could she...?

mother? A mafia mistress? Me, the

my face. I take it from Aden's hand with shaking fingers and

a biological match for paternity with Patient B, identified

my blood?" I breathe, looking up at Aden. He nods down at me,

lucky I found

to myself a little at his words and glare

enough to be harassed in a strip club,