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

all of this coming

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

at the altar,"

isn't a real question

folding my arms over

don't want to go to my father's house," I say, evading the question of marriage. "I want to stay here." Because that, I think, is what this

know, could care less about whether or not I actually marry Hudson-our wedded life isn't

eyes drifting down over my body, "of staying in this house. Of

I try to stand perfectly still as he looks

are they?" I ask, my voice a

to some tricky territory with this question,

says, dragging his eyes up to

it a moment later, he turns away

step to the edge of the banister

see that his

white. The only thing belying the tension behind that strange question

frankly, I

want

alternatives? Were any of them

ready?"

room in a

much

yenet

just

at

I realize that there is absolutely no heat between us, between Hudson

But me and Aden...

could start a forest fire if we weren't

I supposed to do

***

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 sister and my dad

seen my dad in so long, and my visit with Jolie just made me

out of bed swiftly, eager to get

had been really nice, and Aden had been right. The dress

that Hudson really

much of our marriage