Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 82

Chapter 82 Brooklyn

My father settles me into a comfortable chair at the center of the group. Louisa, to my right, shoots me a cold smile.

Baby Isa is in Louisa's lap, and she coos a happy greeting to me, so I give them both a warm smile in return.

It's a happy affair, really. Everyone seems eager to greet me, to bring me plates of food, to ask me about my life, my studies, and my career.

Overall, I'm kept quite busy and happy, getting to know my biological family and all of their friends. Almost like last time we saw each other, I didn't have to flee for my life...

I catch a glimpse, as the sun starts to set, of Hudson still playing volleyball. Apparently, his team has progressed to the championship round.

As people start to settle in for the evening and stronger liquor starts to be poured into everyone's cups, I start to notice...well.

That there are a lot of young men around.

I glance around the circle, noting that there are, of course, women-aunts and cousins, many of them.

But I've also been introduced, this afternoon, to a variety of handsome young men. All here alone. And all, seemingly, single.

For instance, the one who is talking to me now-or, should I say, who has been talking at me since he sat down in Louisa's seat as soon as she abandoned it to go feed the baby.

"Yeah, I'm in finance," he is saying, and takes a swig of his beer. He gives me a little smirk. "So, you majored in psych, right?"

I squirm a little in my chair, uncomfortable. "Um, how did you know that?"

"Your dad told me." He uses the neck of his beer bottle to gesture towards my father across the fire. "Or at least, he told my dad. Who told me."

The guy looks at me again. "They, uh...know each other."

This guy is not a wolf; he's human, which means his father is human, too. A regular criminal, not a wolf

one.

say, my lips pursing as I look away from him. Am I supposed to

name again? "So, our dads think it's a

waggles his eyebrows

in my chair, my

"On, like, Saturday? I'll take you out somewhere nice..." He runs

sorry," I say, staring at him.

he says, sitting back in his chair. Then, suddenly,

opening my eyes wide

Hudson, who is still playing volleyball in the fading

the man says, taking another swig from his beer. "If you're engaged, then

then slide my engagement ring back on my finger. I hadn't wanted to risk it slipping

the guy shouts, his face going a little pale when

from his seat and stalks off towards my father. I stare after him, hearing him as he mutters,

break out, I see, out of the corner of my eye, someone else take his seat. "What'd you say to that one?"

then I blink in surprise to see

I blush. I scowl,

friendly smile.

look around at all of the

all of these guys

confirming that

I

laughs at that and then

showed up, too. Luckily, he

volleyball game where I see

says. The very real ridiculousness of it all hits me, and I burst

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and resting a hand against

me gently, "that he has a very pretty daughter, and

her

head. I've been engaged since birth, apparently-an arrangement

that he suddenly wanted

I ask, cocking my head to the side. "Are you one of the