Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 45

Chapter 45

Chapter 45

Brooklyn

Aden was smart to butter me up with a new horse.

Because now, as I sit in the back seat of the black car, all by myself, I look up at the stone mansion in front of me and grimace.

I am not looking forward to this. Dinner with my father, the man I barely knew existed.

The man I'm not sure I like very much at all, and who isn't sure he trusts me in return.

I know that there should probably be some curiosity in me, some desire to know more about my family and my heritage.

But honestly? Lennox Remington doesn't feel anything like my father. That, to me, will always be Stephen.

Aden sent two guards along with me and instructed them to stay by me at all times.

For protection, presumably. But also-I think-to be Aden's eyes and ears at the meeting.

Remington is his ally, but even the term "ally" in this underworld has some tenuous distrust built into it.

I begged Hudson to come with me, but Aden denied that, too.

Remington, apparently, wanted me all to himself.

Great. I was already feeling uncomfortable enough about this whole situation. But now, to go into it alone? This was definitely going to be a disaster.

out of the front of the car after they park and come around to open my

sigh, wishing I was anywhere else. The stables, preferably, getting to know

troupe up the front steps to

twist my mouth at the irony here. If he's my dad, if this is my house, shouldn't

giving us a kind smile before pulling the door all the way

in my tracks. The guards

asks. Joshua, I think. One of the friendlier guards

in response, staring

reality? I'm totally not

dream. I've been here before, I suddenly realize. I know things

of the corners, what things will feel like, what it

thick and plush underneath my feet. The arch that leads into the dining room... Yes, I know that. And if I look just beyond it I'll

there. A hutch, filled with blue and

whisper, looking around as

ready yet, miss," she says. "If you'll come with me to the

myself as I walk to the back of the room and push open the door to the kitchen. The avocado-green fridge and stove are

footsteps behind

"Familiar, is it?"

behind me in the kitchen. I search his face, wide-eyed, not sure

around at the kitchen, as

keep you out of here," he says. "Your mother, the maids, or me.

pots and pans. Bang on them, or pretend you were

was five when we went to live with Stephen; I

flooding back... But why had

and then nods back towards the living

says. "I want to introduce

still darting

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