Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 63

Chapter 63 Aden

We stand like that for a moment, my hands on Brooklyn's waist, her leaning back against me just an instant, really, before she pushes away and loops her horse's reins over his head, using them as a lead. Finally, Brooklyn turns to me. She swallows, her smile faltering.

"Thanks for the lift," she says, and we start to make our way back towards the stables.

"Last night," I hear myself say, my hands in my pockets. "Before...everything..."

Brooklyn looks up at me, wary. Clearly, she doesn't want to talk about it.

Still, I press on. "Did you enjoy it? Meeting your family?"

"Oh," she says, surprised, and I wonder what she thought I was referring to.

"Honestly, I kind of forgot about the good part." She looks forward again. "I mean yeah, I enjoyed it at the start. It's surprising. I never knew I had such a big family."

"It's pretty standard for us," I tell her. "In this world, people tend to come from large families and large packs. I don't know what a family gathering looks like with less than eighty people."

I pause. "Something in my blood, that pack mentality, must be drawn to it, too."

Brooklyn tilts her head curiously. "So do you have lots of siblings?"

"No." I shake my head. "I'm a rare only child. My mother could only have me." When a look of confusion crosses her face, I explain, "Complications at my birth."

Heathcliff into his stall. I follow

shrug. "My parents were each one of six. I grew up with lots of

siblings.'

I don't usually share this part. "But that was why it was so devastating to my father when I denied my Alpha blood. When I chose the

head. "Why did you deny your

"I didn't like all the

Mafia has rules,

Clever girl.

are rules I make,"

rolls her eyes

to the topic

I met a

cousins last night-second cousins,

even."

the post by the stall door, watching her. She's already a natural at

those that you'll lose track of them. Until they need

something funny last

door." was talking to my second cousins and they called me 'Baby Brooklyn,' just like

a moment, standing

you

me. Has Jayde been my cousin all along, and you just never told me?" she

My heart starts racing.

the horse," I tell her, grabbing Brooklyn by the