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

tell her. "You made the right choice. And I'll take care of you. I won't let you

agreement. But

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

and picking up

for?" she

additional service I'd like you to perform. One that

contract, blinking in shock at the

again. "What do you want

the desk,

you to

she's

breasts, her legs crossed neatly in the chair, before dragging slowly back to

willing to pay handsomely for

help but enjoy seeing her react like this, frozen in the chair before me, her mouth

unruly red hair has fallen

against the desk, avoiding the ridiculous urge to reach forward and brush

like this, of course

made all of my previous girlfriends sign NDAs, and I'd treated our relationships in many ways as business

started a

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

kissing her last night-damn, I had never meant for it

kissing her, had

since the beginning that my wolf wanted her. Maybe even

answer, but I realized

wasn't giving up. It was just another way to get

I'd have put her in her

birds with one

at me, completely blindsided, as I lean further forward

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