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.

my hand and we both sit quietly

in precisely the same situation. I'm not married to a man I clearly love,

it feels like it's all happening, all over

I really doomed to repeat it? Will I, too, find reason to flee from this world, to try everything I can to leave it behind and build a

killed her? Was it just a car accident, or is that too much of a coincidence? For

my god, was I going to

and sorrow and panic flooding

arms around

her,

if Hudson could love me the

head because he has it all wrong. I know it's

feel when

there in the doorway, and I

asks, crossing his arms over his chest, taking in Hudson's morose expression

answer, but Hudson responds to him with

having a hard day, dad," he

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

crying. It's so embarrassing to cry in

speak through my tears. "I'm not -" Hiccup. "Hungry."

tinged with the

come harder as he yells at

completely overwhelmed. Even my wolf doesn't know how to handle me right now.

fear. "Stop that!" he yells, pounding a fist against the wall. Hair is starting to sprout on the back of his hands, and his wolf is rippling dangerously close to the