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?"

fiancé will accompany me to the

the stairs, I see Aden out of the corner of my eye,

Apparently, he approves.

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

elbow. "You don't even know what this is about. And it's at the beach!

wrinkles in my blue-and-white striped skirt, which I've paired with a white

say, which Aden has paired with a little white

this adorable outfit just magically appeared in my room after my

is gone, Aden has no plausible deniability anymore. We both know he selects my clothes for

has

says, looking at me from the corner of

and feel Lena preen

when I had come downstairs ready to go. He hadn't said anything, but

had liked that,

Aden was sending us with two

us.

to their hips. "Is there any reason to think it will be like last time?"

had looked down

said. "Whoever was responsible for that won't pull

a hand on my

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

had nodded their confirmation and then we

away from the stables and

burn as red as a lobster. Most wolves stick to the woods and the mountains, where they

apparently, also,

pull up to the indicated spot, and Hudson puts a hand on my arm when I eagerly reach for the

of the front seat and the car behind us, sweeping the area in order

them, Hudson and I climb out and

expected, really, to be taken to a beach house. My father, I've heard,

we're at a private beach far away from any buildings.

us and the sea, and it's really

I recognize as family members whom I had met at the party.

but

man in particular catches

young-perhaps my age, or just a little older

is eye-catching about him is

all black

attire, and I can tell-even from a distance that each tattoo was

considered and finely done.

stare at him, he turns and looks directly at