Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 48

Chapter 48

Brooklyn

I sit there sobbing on my bed, when I hear the door creak open. Hudson's dark head appears. "Brooklyn?" he calls, hesitating. "Can I come in?"

"Sure," I say, wiping at my eyes.

"Are you alright?" he asks, pressing the door closed and coming to sit next to me on the bed.

I nod, sniffing and working to contain myself.

"Just...looking through old pictures." I gesture towards the album.

Hudson picks it up and leafs through it.

"Wow," he says, looking between me and the woman on the page. "Brooklyn, she looks just like you."

"I know," I say, my eyes wide. "Obviously, I remember what she looks like, from when I was a kid, but...I didn't realize I'd grown to resemble her so much."

He nods, still leafing through. Then he looks at me. "I can see how this would be hard for you. I never, ever go through my mom's old albums."

I nod, reaching out a hand for his, understanding.

Life can be so hard, especially when you've lost a parent. It's a fine line between wanting to remember them and missing them so horribly that all you want to do is run from the feeling.

hand and we both

not married to a man I

face in those albums, it feels like it's all happening,

to try everything I can to leave it behind and build a new life in hiding? Would it eventually

a car accident, or is that too much of a coincidence? For a Don's bride to be killed

god, was I going to

and sorrow and

puts his arms

okay to miss her, you

once again, what it would be like if Hudson

he has it all wrong. I know it's okay to miss her. But that's not

feel when the door opens

the doorway, and I know I should stop crying, but I

his arms over his chest, taking in Hudson's

but Hudson responds to him with a

a hard day, dad," he says.

dinner," Aden says, ignoring his son. "Dry your tears and come down

head, sniffing again, working hard to stop crying. It's so embarrassing to cry in front

breath and try to speak through my tears.

hungry," Aden says, his voice low and tinged with the Alpha inside of him. "You've

harder as he yells

just completely overwhelmed. Even my wolf doesn't know how to handle me right now. She's on edge with

turn into something else worry, pity, even fear. "Stop that!" he yells, pounding a fist against the wall. Hair is starting to sprout on the back of his hands, and his