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.

guards get out of the front of the car after

step out and sigh, wishing I was anywhere else. The stables,

the front steps to the house and ring

my dad, if this is my house, shouldn't I be able to walk right

door, giving us a kind smile before pulling the door all the way open in

in my tracks. The guards

Joshua, I think. One of

response,

reality? I'm totally

into this house is like walking into a dream. I've been here

what things will

The arch that leads into the dining room... Yes, I know

there. A hutch, filled with blue and white

whisper, looking around as I slowly

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

to the back of the room and push open the door to the kitchen. The avocado-green fridge and stove are exactly

footsteps behind

"Familiar, is it?"

behind me in the kitchen. I search his face,

around at the kitchen, as if lost

you out of here," he says. "Your mother, the maids, or me. You always wanted to

pull out all of the pots and

stare at him, bewildered. I was five when we went to live with

it was flooding back... But why had it gone missing

for a moment and then nods back

says. "I

follow, my gaze still darting around the

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