Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 83

Chapter 83

Brooklyn

I'm not sure what to do.

I'm sitting across from Colsen, the youngest up and comer in the drug trade.

The one who I was told tried to have me killed.

And I had no idea he was this handsome.

"I have heard of you. And I have to say, it has not all been good things."

"Oh, come on," he says, cocking his head to the side. "It can't have been all bad."

I raise an eyebrow at him letting him know that, yeah. It's all been bad.

"What?" he says, joking. "Nobody told you about my striking good looks or my sense of style?"

I shake my head slowly, fighting the smile on my lips. I can't help it-he's terribly charming.

"Well," he says, giving me a sexy half-smile. "Now you know."

Colsen catches the eye of a waiter and holds up a hand. "Two shots of tequila," he says.

"What-" I say, my eyes following the waiter as he goes. "No, I can't-"

"Oh, come on, Brooklyn," Colsen says, leaning back in his chair.

"Relax. I can tell you've just had the surprise of your life. You need a little something to settle the nerves." The waiter returns, and Colsen takes the glasses him, sliding him a folded bill and giving him a wink.

I can tell by the waiter's pleasure that it's a nice tip.

I hesitate, then take the glass from his hand. The truth is, I could use a little bit of a relaxing right now.

If I'm the unwitting bachelorette in my father's little setup, then I'm not sure I want to do it sober.

the edge of the glass

me slowly lick the salt from the rim of the

my throat, and I can't help it as my whole body

Colsen laugh

he says. "Bite

some relief, the acid of the lime chasing away

again, meeting Colsen's smile with my own. He gestures to the waiter

then-a feeling that's becoming oddly more familiar as the weeks pass. The Brooklyn of a few weeks ago would have run screaming when she found out that she was doing shots of tequila with the wunderkind head of

With Aden's worst enemy.

today? Honestly, I'm

closer to me. "You're already more

people in the circle at all of my suitors, apparently. The waiter comes and delivers our second shot of

his glass. I smile and raise mine along with him. "The most eligible bachelorette

He winks.

of us." When we're finished, I settle back

I say, relaxed, looking at

Pelkon

boy get mixed

says, smiling at me indulgently and leaning

paying rapt attention to Colsen's story for the

interesting. A self-made guy, climbing up through the ranks

v

so he had to make his own

Despite myself, I'm impressed.

all of this I had thought I liked the Prince

eyes rove over his muscles and his tattoos...I wonder

My mind flashes-unwillingly-to

He doesn't have any

none that I can see. But otherwise, these two

similar...

bringing my attention back to

for a moment as his eyes flash to my front teeth pressed lightly against the red flesh of

that. I like that, maybe, a

hell is

in my seat, looking up at the fire-lit person standing in

a little sweaty from all the volleyball. "Hudson," I say,