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?"

says, pushing the issue. "Do you want

all of

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

to say yes at the altar," Aden replies,

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

to him, folding my arms over her

don't want to go to my father's house," I say, evading the question of marriage. "I want to

actually marry Hudson-our wedded life isn't what interests him. Instead, it's my

are other ways," Aden says, his eyes drifting down over my body, "of staying in this house. Of proving your loyalty to this

and I try to stand perfectly still

ask, my

territory with this question, with that look in his

Aden says, dragging his eyes

stand it a moment later, he turns away from me, heading back down

but step to the edge of the banister to watch him as he heads back

that his hands are

only thing belying the tension behind that strange question

I

want to marry

the alternatives? Were any of them anything I

you ready?"

his room

so much like his dad

yenet

that I just

at

absolutely no heat between us, between Hudson

But me and Aden...

could start a forest fire if

I

***

early, stretching my arms over my head as I consider my plans for the day. The stables, for sure,

haven't seen my dad in so long, and my visit with Jolie just made me miss him so

climb out of bed swiftly, eager

and Aden had been right. The dress he suggested really had drawn the

that Hudson

just how much of our marriage will be a cozy friendship instead