Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 49

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I storm into the dining room, where the table is set for four.

I sit down hard in my chair at the head of the table, waving at the place settings on either side of me. "Remove these," I tell the waitstaff, barely getting the words out due to my frustration. "Have Hudson's and Brooklyn's plates sent up to Brooklyn's room. They'll take their supper there."

The staff don't think I can see them giving each other worried looks as they silently do as they're told. No matter. They do not concern me right now.

The chef comes out next, looking around the room.

"Sir?" he asks, his French accent heavy in the word. "Will you be dining alone?"

"Apparently," I say, angry that Jayde isn't here, either.

What would it take to get some respect in this house? It's times like this I wish I had actually become the Alpha I was born to be, to be able to compel people to do as I wished.

To compel Brooklyn to stop crying.

"Please bring out the meal," I grit out.

The chef nods, impassive, and heads back into the kitchen.

A few moments later he appears again with the first course salmon tartare with a small side salad and a freshly sliced French baguette.

with butter as I sit back in my chair, trying

them from going to

tonight, sitting there in

mood, to cajole her out of it, to scare her out of it by pounding on the wall. But she had just kept

my teeth between bites of bread, angry with myself

feelings had so much

wanting, even now, to dash up those stairs and

that Hudson just asserted

like it. At

really tried, these past few weeks. Tried to distract myself, to busy myself with work and plans. Tried to ignore her when she walked

face when she feels surprised,

close my eyes tightly for a moment, trying to

her soul. I love to prod her, to push her,

when I lost my control. When I caught her spying on me in the basement, for instance, and chased her up the stairs, pinned her against the hall of her room, saw

been

against my chest-God, I had wanted to turn her around right there, press her up against the wall, press the length of myself up against her ass as I slipped my hand beneath her skirt. I'd teach her a lesson about what it meant to defy me, to defy a shifter with Alpha blood, to defy a man

it, ruining it. Then I

made me lose it-lose absolute control of

has absolutely no

get rid of her, I realize suddenly, looking blankly across

to the old

of them building a life together, of