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 did

to me now,

and I pull it into my mouth, desperate

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

bodies are pressed together,

me as my legs weaken and

this man

he lets

has been keeping secrets from you. 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

father has been looking for you for a long

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

never really

dad, never felt any need or desire to. There was one picture of me as a baby with my

But could it be?

of my mother are of a bright,

as red

How could she...?

mother? A mafia mistress? Me, the daughter of a

in front of my face. I take it from Aden's hand

biological match for paternity with Patient B,

up

found you," he

myself a little at his

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