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.

falls open in shock, confusion. How did he know ephen's not

close to me

into my mouth,

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

bodies are

seeping into me as my legs weaken and my core

is this man

he lets

The woman who owned that knife was Catalina 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

looking for you for a long

breath leaving me. I stare into the distance,

had never really

gical dad, never felt any need or desire to. There was one picture of me as a baby with my mother, standing next to a strange man, though I was never really curious. I have no

But could it be?

memories of my mother are

as red as

How could she...?

A mafia mistress? Me, the daughter of a

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

from Patient A is a biological match for paternity with Patient B, identified

looking up at Aden.

lucky I found you," he

myself a little at

be harassed in a strip club, thrown over- someone's shoulder,