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.

voice a whisper. "Colsen was there, his car in the road. Lucas was going shoot at

you decided to

I knew Colsen wouldn't hurt me. I went to tell him

pockets and slowly walking over to my place by the door. "With that

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

"You thought that the best response to my enemy, the wolf dead set on bringing all

he comes to stand before me, his feet

I murmur, looking down at my feet, feeling the redness on my

me then.

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

glaring at him. "We didn't kiss,"

know that? That place he took

there in that darkness. Wolves, members from all the families and packs saw you there. Remington was the one who called

pale at

personal and private, to a place

the damage is just as bad as Aden says it

continues. "How you've embarrassed me. How you've embarrassed Hudson,

eyes, feeling ashamed but also defensive. "I

didn't know that we'd be

had liked me. But now, realizing that he brought me there just so we'd be seen, so Aden

fallen for

been kind

Aden says coldly. "Have

you your sister back? You have everything you need to live

help myself as I raise my head to

what I'm supposed to do?" I spit out. "Follow the

morning, participate in the approved

to,

to?

continue my tirade. "What's next, Aden? Are you going to pick my food

all quiet control, and places a hand beside my head on

his lips, "to get you in line.

together tightly. "And if I disobey?" I ask, my voice angry. "What