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.

up at me,

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

agreement. But

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

and picking up the document. She glances over it,

an NDA. What's it for?" she

I explain. "For an additional service I'd like you to

her eyes to the contract, blinking in shock at the large number

eyes again. "What do

evenly on the desk, bringing

to be my

like she's unable to move or

breasts, her legs

willing to pay handsomely for

can't help but enjoy seeing her react like this, frozen in the chair

has fallen

against the desk, avoiding the ridiculous urge

she'd react like this, of

NDAs, and I'd treated our relationships in

never started a

times with this girl-that disaster of an interrogation in the basement, punching

I had never meant for it to go

her, had

since the beginning that my wolf wanted her. Maybe even

it was the answer, but I

It was just another way

would win either way in this situation-if she refuses me, I'd have put her in her place. But, on the rare chance

Two birds with

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

I assure her, holding her gaze. "Almost as good as

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