Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 53

Chapter 53 Brooklyn

Jayde gives me a tart little smack on the butt then, breaking my reverie and laughing as she hurries over to the jewelry box waiting on my vanity.

I give her a weird look and cover my ass with my hands. "What is with people today," I murmur.

She laughs again as she comes over to me, standing behind me so that she can hook the diamond solitaire around my neck on its slim silver chain.

"You got the ring?" she asks, smacking her gum.

"Oh, yeah," I murmur, walking swiftly over to my bedside drawer and pulling it open. I reach towards the back, fishing it out and pushing it onto my left hand.

When I look at Jayde, she's crossing her arms and shaking her head at me.

"A million-dollar diamond," she says, "and you shove it in your bedside drawer?"

"Um," I say, biting my lip in response. I hadn't even thought about it. I look around, wondering where else I should have put it-

she says, laughing at

"Won't you

Brooklyn," she says, coming to take my arm and give me a smile. "You'll be fine. I've got

about this world than I do, and she is her own woman. If she

I sigh as I head for

she calls, unzipping a garment bag

say, walking back towards

admiring it. "Made in Italy, lucky

wrap it around my

say, not wanting to touch

"Don't," she says pointedly.

more thing to

insult to all the little old ladies who wove this out of Italian wool. This thing needs a

down the stairs, brushing my face against the wrap,

down, when I see Aden at the bottom standing with

at me.

hunch my shoulders up towards my ears, clutching the stole close against my chest, pressing my thighs