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.

him, my voice a whisper. "Colsen was there, his car in the road. Lucas was

to put yourself

went to tell him not to come any farther, and he said he wouldn't if

his pockets and slowly walking over to my place by the

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

my enemy, the wolf dead set on bringing all of

me, his feet spread wide in

down at my feet, feeling the

then. A

day at a bar. Laughing, kissing," he chides, leaning

up my head glaring at him. "We didn't

scratches his chin. "You were seen today. Did you know that? That place he took you -it's a gathering place. Filled with shifters and the underworld

course. I had noticed the other wolves 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.

pale at

me someplace personal and private, to a place where we

comprehending that the damage is just as bad as Aden says it

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

meet Aden's eyes, feeling ashamed but also defensive. "I do care about Hudson," I spit out. "I-I'm

know that

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

again fallen for

I not been kind to

Aden says coldly.

you your horse, given you your sister back? You have everything you need to live a life,

help myself as I raise my head to

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

me every morning, participate in the approved activities you

me to, when you

to?

pick my food out for me, plan my meals? Cut my meat on my

places a hand

takes," he murmurs, a cruel smile playing on his lips, "to get you

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