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.

"Colsen was there, his car in the

you decided to put yourself at

"No. I knew Colsen wouldn't hurt me. I went to tell him not to come

pockets and slowly walking over to

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

not finished. "You thought that the best response to my enemy, the

to stand before me,

murmur, looking down at my feet, feeling the redness

laughs at me then. A

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

at him. "We didn't kiss," I blurt

breath, scratches his chin. "You were seen today. Did you know that? That place he

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

go pale at

had assumed that Colsen took me someplace personal and private, to a

damage is

understand now," Aden continues. "How you've embarrassed me. How you've embarrassed Hudson, of all

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

know that

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

fallen for a

been kind to

says coldly. "Have

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

help myself as I raise my head to

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

participate in the

want me to, when you

to?

"What's next, Aden? Are you going to pick my food out for me, plan

quiet control, and places a hand

that's what it takes," he murmurs, a cruel smile playing on his lips, "to get you in

him, my lips pressed together tightly. "And if I disobey?" I ask, my voice angry. "What are you going to do then? Punish