Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

Chapter 104

Chapter 104 Aden

Without hesitating, I pull a pen from a cup on my desk and slide it across the desk to Brooklyn.

Hudson tries to grab it, but she swats his hand away, snagging the pen and hastily signing her name to the bottom of the fourth page.

"Brooklyn," Hudson exclaims, putting his head in his hands. "What did you just do—"

"It's everything I've ever wanted, Hudson," she says matter of factly. "A way to help my family, to stand on my own two feet. And you and I-we can still be..." she hesitates.

She shakes her head, not able to get the words out.

But when she turns to me, her expression is grateful.

"Thank you, Aden," she says, her words sounding genuine. "I'll do everything I can."

Hudson pushes his chair back hard as he gets to his feet, storming towards the door.

"I'll never forgive you for this, Dad," he says, staring at me hard as he yanks the door open. "She was the

only one I had on my side, and you took her from me."

As much as I know this is all just business, I feel the smallest tinge in my heart for Hudson.

My son has never really had anyone who understood him. Certainly not me.

But for a while, he had Brooklyn.

Brooklyn lowers her eyes as Hudson slams the door shut behind him.

"Don't," I tell her, my voice soft.

looks up at

what's right for you," I tell her. "You made the right choice. And I'll take care

agreement. But still, she

drawer of the desk. "We're not finished with our

up the

it for?" she asks,

explain. "For an additional service I'd

to the contract, blinking in shock at the large number that's printed on the

asks, meeting his eyes again.

the desk,

want you to be my

still, like she's unable to move

mouth, her breasts, her legs crossed neatly in

to pay handsomely

seeing her react like this, frozen in the chair before me, her mouth slightly agape, her sapphire eyes wide with

unruly red hair has fallen

my hands harder against the desk, avoiding the ridiculous urge to reach forward and

react like this, of course I'd arranged it

and I'd treated

started

was that I'd lost control too many times with this girl-that disaster of

I had never meant

kissing her, had to

that my wolf wanted

was the answer, but I realized that wasn't

wasn't giving up. It was just

either way in this situation-if she refuses me, I'd have put

birds

staring at me, completely blindsided, as I lean further forward across the

her, holding her gaze. "Almost as good as the one