Chapter 24

Chapter 24 Brooklyn

Jayde finishes saying good morning to Aden and stops at our little table on the way out.

"This beauty must be Brooklyn," she says as she arrives, giving me a big smile.

She has a thick New York accent, a little like Fran Drescher, and I can't help but be charmed by her sweet, brusque nature.

"It's nice to meet you," I say.

"Oh baby," she says, wrinkling her nose at me. "I already know all about you. Big Boy over there told me everything," she says, nodding at him over her shoulder.

I blush again. Big Boy?

Seriously?

What woman has the balls to call Aden Kenwood Big Boy?

I laugh despite myself. "All good things, I hope."

"Only the best. I'll catch you two babies later," she says, swooping down to give Hudson a kiss on the

cheek as she goes. "And you-" she points a manicured nail at me, "-you're going shopping with me later, okay? Okay."

She leaves without waiting for a response.

as she goes, a little jealous of her confidence as well as her raw sensuality. Jayde is

I imagine thrives in

no way she's the type of woman

feeling like a flat piece of plain white paper beside

about that," Hudson says, his voice a

I look up at him,

leaning forward so that only I hear him. "My dad could fill every room in this house with his lovers, if he wanted to.

my head

a night, some for months. Jayde has lasted years now, but it's only

upset him...it's not as though he's competing

I sense Mommy issues.

I say, trying to cheer him up. "I think he's rude,

to make them fall in line. I think you're ten

lie. But it's worth it for the burst of sunshine it

you, Brooklyn," Hudson says, looking at me with real affection. "You're the only one who thinks that. I'm glad to have you on my

put my hand

***

skin when the door to my room flies

Jayde says, almost pulling me off

we going!?" "Shopping, baby!" she laughs,

bite my lip as I hurry behind her. "Shopping? I really don't think Aden's going to let me leave the house." She gives me a wink as

that, she pushes open the doors,

before me. There are

a crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling. To my left is an entire

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