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 I feel her

I'm not sure if I should. And the look on

hand on my waist and pulls me

young," he says. "Her marriage to my

between Aden and Hudson, genuinely surprised. "Was

sighs and looks at me sharply. "If you want to ask, Brooklyn, if I murdered her, or if she was kidnapped and tortured by my

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

voice is low. "It's okay," he says, before I can

I say. "I guess that's something else we have in common.

start a new family soon," Aden says dryly, putting his hands in

***

fitting takes all afternoon. Hudson and Aden leave immediately as the trials

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

Renta, an incredible off-white beaded silk

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 the skirt,

breathless, staring at myself in the mirror. I have never really been the kind of girl who

Jayde says, wiping a tear from her eye. "That was my favorite, too. If you'd picked the Oscar, you'd have

picks up her phone,

time for final

to face Aden, biting my

as he walks

he stops dead in

fear curl in the bottom of my belly. Does he not

body stiffens, his arm dropping to his side as his

my hips, and see his mouth fall ever so slightly

snap back to my own and his mouth slams shut. He

I take

animal, that of prey escaping