Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 99

Chapter 99 Brooklyn

Aden doesn't wait for me to climb the steps up to the house. Instead, he goes in ahead of me, leaving me to follow dutifully behind.

I would feel better, frankly, if Aden would just freak out at me. Yell at me, lose his temper. Give me a command.

At least I'd have something to follow or fight against.

But this Aden? The quiet, controlled, considered Aden?

He's the one I'm most afraid of. This is the Aden that Lena is also very unsure of, cowering inside me.

I look down at my feet as I climb the steps, feeling every bit the naughty schoolgirl about to get yelled at for breaking the rules.

The pleasant buzz that the tequila built in my mind gets wiped away by anxiety and adrenaline. It's as if my body knows that I have to be focused right now to face him.

When I walk into the house, I see that his office door is open, a silent demand for me to enter.

I take a deep breath, steeling myself, obeying that command and then walking into the office, stopping just as I cross the threshold.

It's okay, I tell Lena as she whines. We'll be okay.

"Close the door," Aden states, his back to me as he leans his arm against the mantel of the fireplace, staring down into the flames.

I jump into action and push the door shut behind me.

I'm afraid to turn and face him. But I do, leaning against the door, waiting for him to deliver his judgment. Aden just stares at me for a long moment. Then, he begins.

His voice is low when he asks, "What the hell did you think you were doing today?"

I open my mouth, then close it, not really knowing what to say.

Not only do I not know what I was doing, but I apparently don't know how to respond to this question, one that I very much should have seen coming.

So, in the absence of anything else, I just tell him the truth.

a whisper. "Colsen was there, his car in the

to put yourself

me. I went to tell him not to come any farther, and he said

you went on a date?" Aden asks condescendingly, putting his hands in his pockets and slowly walking over to my place by the door. "With that

"It wasn't..." I start.

response to my enemy, the wolf dead set on bringing

before me, his feet spread wide in a powerful

down at my feet, feeling

then. A low,

at a bar. Laughing, kissing," he chides, leaning forward towards

my head glaring at him. "We didn't kiss," I blurt out,

breath, scratches his chin. "You were seen today. Did you know that? That place he took you -it's a gathering place. Filled

there. Had wondered why it was filled with them. "So, it wasn't just you and him there in that darkness. Wolves, members from all the families and packs saw you there. Remington was the one who called me, in fact, to tell me

pale

and private, to a place

hang my head, comprehending that the damage is just

now," Aden continues. "How you've embarrassed me. How you've embarrassed Hudson, of all people. About whom I actually

but also defensive. "I do care about Hudson,"

know that we'd be

had liked me. But now, realizing that he brought me there just

again fallen

I not been kind to

says coldly.

given you your horse, given you your sister back? You have everything you need to live a life, you'd just stay within the

help myself as I raise my head

supposed to do?" I spit out. "Follow the

participate in the approved

want me to,

to?

Aden? Are you going to pick my food out for me, plan my meals? Cut my meat on my plate

forward, all quiet control, and places a hand

murmurs, a cruel smile playing on his lips,

glare up at him, my lips pressed together tightly. "And if I disobey?" I