Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 95

Chapter 95

Brooklyn

When I turn and find Aden standing in the doorway to my bedroom, I nearly jump out of my skin.

"Oh!" I say.

"Going somewhere?" he asks.

I nod. I'm standing in my bedroom mirror, holding two dresses.

"Out, actually. Hudson just came by and asked me if I want to go to dinner."

Aden smiles at me, just raising the little corner of his mouth.

"You should go with the black dress, then," he says, nodding towards a little minidress still hanging in my closet. "That's better for a city dinner."

I consider the dress, which is really just a scrap of fabric.

"You don't think it's too..." I say, hesitating and looking up at him, a little embarrassed. "Well, slutty?"

Aden laughs a little at this, leaning against my doorframe.

"The whole point of going to a chic restaurant in the city is to wear a dress like that and make your boyfriend jealous when all the other men stare at you. That's why a dress like that exists."

I look back at the dress, surprised and a little excited. I had never thought about it that way.

I sneak a glance at Aden, still leaning there in my doorway, wondering what he'd think if he saw me on Hudson's arm, in this dress, the hem riding a little too high on my thigh.

Then, I take it off the hanger and lay it out on the bed, the question decided.

I start to move over to my vanity but stop dead in my tracks at his next question.

"Do you want to marry Hudson?" Aden asks, blunt.

I just stand there, blinking at him, totally confused.

"What?"

issue. "Do you want to marry

all of

take a moment to plan my next words. "I didn't realize that I had a choice," I say,

will force you to say yes at the altar," Aden replies,

when I realize that this isn't a real question about what I want. This is

folding my arms over

of marriage. "I want to

whether or not I actually marry Hudson-our wedded life isn't what interests him. Instead, it's

says, his eyes drifting down over my body, "of

shallow, and I try to stand perfectly

I ask, my voice a timid

territory with this question, with

imagination," Aden says, dragging

can't stand it a moment later,

step to the edge of the banister to watch

see that his

white. The only thing belying the tension behind that strange

frankly, I

want to

alternatives? Were any of them

ready?" Hudson asks,

his room

much

yenet

I just stare

at me,

realize that there is absolutely no heat between us, between

But me and Aden...

could start a forest fire if we

hell was I supposed to

***

get up very early, stretching my arms over my head as I consider my plans for the day. The stables, for sure, but...well, I hope that if I can catch Aden early, maybe he'll let me go visit

my dad in so long, and my visit

of bed swiftly,

had been right. The dress

Hudson

for me just how much of our marriage will be