Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 42

Chapter 42 Brooklyn

For all the drama the day I chose my wedding dress-Aden's reaction to me in it, the wine and secrets I shared with Jayde, the porn room, the violence I witnessed-the next several days are unremarkable. As I fall into the routines of the Kenwood house, I'm surprised to find that I'm quickly bored by them.

Life at my home with Stephen and Jolie was boring-but we were just normal people.

A little of me, I think, expected everyday mafia life to be more exciting.

It's not that the house is empty. Every day starts with a flurry of activity. Breakfast in the kitchen is a big affair, with everyone rushing through.

Aden's top guys-mostly older gentlemen-drink their tiny glasses of espresso at a table in the corner, bantering. Lower-level guys, dressed in thousand-dollar sweatsuits, run briskly through, reporting and getting new orders.

Guards are everywhere, watching everything, but mostly wishing that they were important enough to be included with the others.

As the day passes, everyone spreads out to do their work.

Hudson goes out a lot. To school, mostly, wrapping up his spring semester. I've been expressly forbidden to go with him, to school or anywhere else.

Apparently, I'm still a kidnapping target. Aden has told the mafia world that I'm out there, but until he locks me down as part of his family, I'm forbidden any freedom.

left me behind, Jayde had come into the house just as he was leaving. Seeing my sad face, she wrapped an arm

stuck in this house. Might as well

I moaned, slumping my shoulders

Again, not that there's not a lot going on in this house at all times, it's just that I'm...not at all a part

Everyone

the captains-they're all nice and polite to me. They smile at me when

me in the hall.

really talks to me, even if I

she's very sweet, but

is, I think, a mafia boss's dream girlfriend. She's sweet, funny, and has enough bite in her wit

her day building and maintaining that sexy appearance

she's not here, she's out getting her hair and her nails done. When she's in the house, she's doing aerobics, or facials and beauty treatments, or playing with makeup and clothes. Jayde always looks stunning and keeps up with the latest fashions,

me up in her world. I think she likes it, giving me a whole master's course in makeup and hair care that I never, ever would have

the world just seems... ridiculous to

you'll always look twenty years younger," she says. "Especially with

think. After all, Aden is older. He looks

my throat and move my thoughts on

miss my work. Miss going to the office to meet with my colleagues, miss helping people, even miss going to the prison to

never thought I'd miss

the coffee shop,