Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 81

Chapter 81

Brooklyn

I study the invitation in my hand.

"A...beach party?" I say, cocking my head to the side.

"It's about an hour away," Aden tells me. "Friends and family only, apparently. Some kind of ritual, a gathering for those close to Remington."

I look up at Aden my eyebrow raised. "Did you...read my mail?"

He stares at me impassively, not needing to confirm.

I study the envelope, wondering how the hell he re-sealed it, and then why he bothered to reseal it...

"Brooklyn," Aden says sharply, and I look up to see that he's frustrated with me. As usual. "Are you going to go?"

I look back at the invitation and see, in particular, that it's made out to me.

No mention of Aden or Hudson. Apparently, it's a private party.

"Am I...allowed to go?" I ask, looking back up at him.

Aden shrugs.

"I'll send you with my guards. There's no real reason to refuse. You said you wanted freedom."

Aden says the final words ruefully, but my lips crook into a smile, recognizing my language from this morning.

He was listening. He's trying.

"Okay," I say, moving towards Aden and then past him, walking down the hallway to where a man is waiting by the front door.

"Are you the messenger my father sent?" I ask.

The messenger just bows a little, which I assume is a confirmation."

I smile. "Please tell him that I'm happy to accept."

The messenger nods, reaching for the handle of the door so he can go deliver the reply.

"Oh," I stop him. "Would you tell my father that we might be late? I apologize it will take us some time to get ready."

The messenger hesitates, and then ventures a word. "We?"

I say, turning for the stairs. "My fiancé will accompany me to the party. It is friends and

stairs, I see Aden out of the corner

Apparently, he approves.

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believe you agreed to this for me," he murmurs.

know what this is about. And it's at the beach!

just scowls and I laugh, smoothing out the wrinkles in my blue-and-white striped skirt,

has paired with a little white

this adorable outfit just magically appeared in my room after my shower, complete with a wide-

is gone, Aden has no plausible deniability anymore. We both know

he has

pretty," Hudson says, looking at me from the corner

you," I say, and feel Lena

come downstairs ready to go. He hadn't said

had liked

Aden was sending us with two guards each to keep an

us.

the guns strapped to their hips. "Is there any reason

down at me

was responsible for that won't pull that move

Aden had put a hand on my

said, glaring at our guards. "My guys will make sure of

confirmation and then we

of the city, heading away from the stables and towards the beach. I can already smell the salt

I always have, despite my lily-white skin and my tendency to burn as red as a lobster. Most wolves stick to the woods and the mountains, where they can lurk

also, to

the indicated spot, and Hudson puts a hand on

the guards climb out of the front seat and the car behind us, sweeping the

nod from them, Hudson and I climb out and I look around,

be taken to a beach

private beach far away from any buildings. The shores are rocky, and there's a bonfire

the sea, and it's really very, very

around. Some I recognize as family members whom I had met at the party. Others, though, are

wolves, but

man in particular

or just a little older

is eye-catching about him is that he's

all black

casual, sporty attire, and I can tell-even from a distance that each

considered and finely done.

at him, he turns and looks directly