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.

my lips pursing as I look away from him.

think

his eyebrows

in my chair, my mouth

"On, like, Saturday? I'll take you out somewhere nice..." He runs a finger along my forearm, which I

staring at him.

back in his chair.

eyes wide and

Hudson, who is still

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

around in my bag and then slide my engagement ring back on my finger. I hadn't wanted to risk it slipping off and getting lost in the

his face going a little pale when he sees the

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

of the corner of my eye, someone else

I say, and then I blink in surprise to see that it's the guy

I blush. I scowl, really wishing

friendly smile. "Apparently you're the

I look around at all of the guys.

guy says, laughing. "Your dad invited all of these guys here to

his eyebrows at me, confirming that he

I

laughs at that and then

his dismay when your fiancé showed up, too. Luckily, he got

say, shocked, my eyes going to the volleyball game where I see Hudson and

head. "They get 'em young, in this world," he says. The very real ridiculousness of it all hits me, and I burst out laughing. Suddenly, the two

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say, leaning back in my chair and resting a hand against my

my new friend says, smiling at me gently, "that he has a very pretty

see her

since birth, apparently-an arrangement my

that he suddenly wanted me

cocking my head to the