Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 51

Chapter 51

Brooklyn

I'm wolfing my breakfast down as fast as I can the next day, already wearing my riding boots and the tight fawn-colored jodhpurs I found not-so-mysteriously in my room this morning.

I look towards the galley of the kitchen, but Aden isn't cooking today.

Where is he? I can't wait to get to the stable to see Heathcliff again. After the drama of last night, I could really use some time to decompress.

I drink my orange juice in one big gulp and notice Hudson giving me a funny look.

"Seriously," he says, his plate still full. "You're not going to get my dad to appear any faster if you choke on your food."

I grin at him, mouth full of food still. He cocks an eyebrow, a slight smirk playing out over his lips.

"It's good to see you happy, Brooklyn," he says. Then his expression falls a little. "I'm just sorry I didn't think of it first. A horse... something to keep you company."

clearly angry with himself, so much that I almost

he isn't my lover, he still seems to want to be everything else to me that a husband

Partner. Companion. Savior.

"I didn't know it, either. Or, well, I've always wanted one, but I had no idea it was

Brooklyn," he says, then his face falls. "At least, anything money can

have a very active

through the door then, pausing a moment to look at me. I drop my hands and watch, speechless,

I say, embarrassed by my

again, a little indulgent, and then tosses a piece of paper onto the breakfast

a little rueful. "But the stables have to

immediately with disappointment.

indicating the

it, realizing it's an invitation.

about what happened the other night," he says, raising his eyebrow. "The invitation explicitly says

trying to make amends. Public ones." I take the invitation

between them. "I guess I have