Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Brooklyn

That afternoon, Jayde appears in the doorway to my room, a big smile on her face.

"I have a surprise for you, baby," she says.

She leads me downstairs towards the front of the house, where she throws open the doors to the parlor. I cover my mouth with both hands when I see what's inside.

Everything is covered in white-white tulle, white lace, white silk, white satin-hanging from racks, draped over chairs, stacked on the sofa. The only dark spot in the room is Aden, standing before the fireplace, directing the workers who carry piles of garment bags.

"What's going on?" Hudson says, walking up behind me, a cup of coffee in hand.

"Don't bring that in here," Jayde scolds, swatting at him. Hudson laughs, downs the coffee, and sets it on a table in the foyer.

"Is this..." I say, looking around in awe, anxiety roiling in my stomach.

"Wedding dresses!" Jayde says, clapping her hands. "Aren't they gorgeous?"

Gorgeous? Yes. They are stunning.

But I'm not ready. That's all I can think as I stand there.

"Now, you come stand here," Jayde says, pulling me and Hudson farther into the room to stand by Aden, "out of the way, while I get everything set up."

"Is it like this for every wedding in the family?" I mutter to myself.

"No," I hear Aden say, and look up to meet his eyes. "My wedding to Hudson's mother was small. In Sicily. That's where she was from."

mother. Nobody ever speaks of her, but

ask another question, but I'm not sure if I should. And the look on Aden's face, tight

hand on my waist and pulls me

was young," he says. "Her

and Hudson,

if I murdered her, or if she was kidnapped and tortured

my lips together, embarrassed. Because of course, that's exactly what I want to

he says, before I can say how truly sorry I am. "It was a long

guess that's something else we have

Aden says dryly, putting his hands in his pockets. Before I can reply, Jayde pulls me forward to

***

fitting takes all afternoon. Hudson and Aden

only wants to come in once the final selection is made. He said that if he's paying for

studying me in the last dress. She holds up a beaded Oscar de la Renta, an incredible off-white beaded silk that fell

indicates to the Oscar. "Or that?" She gestures towards the romantic Caroline Herrera that hugs my waist with a tight bodice, off-the-shoulder sleeves flowing down into the charmeuse of

little breathless, staring at myself in the mirror. I have never really been the kind of girl who dreams about her wedding, but in a dress like this? I am actually starting to feel

from her eye. "That was my favorite, too. If you'd picked the

her phone, texting someone,

time for

the door opens, I turn to face Aden, biting

at his phone as he walks into the room but, glances up

he stops dead in his

my belly. Does he

to his side as his eyes

the fabric at my hips, and see his mouth fall ever so slightly

my own and his mouth slams shut. He takes a step

I take one

reaction is animal, that of