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 my biological

me now, glaring down

it into my mouth, desperate

my mouth as I do so, watching the action. Slowly, he exhales and, for an

of our bodies are pressed together,

my legs weaken and

man

he lets me

mistress of Lennox Remington." He looks me up and down, crossing his arms. "We did a

father has been looking for you for

onto the couch, my breath leaving

never

me as a baby with my mother, standing next to a strange man, though I was never really curious. I have no idea

But could it be?

are of a

as red

How could she...?

mother? A mafia mistress? Me,

there's a piece of paper in front of my face. I take it from

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

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

lucky I found you," he

myself a little at

in a strip club, thrown

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