Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father (Brooklyn and Aden) novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55
Brooklyn

Louisa turns her eyes to me as soon as I am seated, the baby in her lap staring at me curiously.

“Hello, Brooklyn,” she says, her face cold.

But hey, at least she’s talking to me.

“Hello,” I say, giving her as much of a smile as I can manage. I can’t stand her, and she has been nothing but unkind. But I can’t afford to make her even more of an enemy. Not only is she mated to my biological father, she’s mated to a powerful Alpha. Which means she holds power.

Logan peeks around her to give me a happy wave, which I return.

My father, on Logan’s other side, turns to me as well. “We wanted to apologize, Brooklyn, as a family. For the events at our house yesterday.”

“Oh,” I say, waving a hand to dismiss it, even though it was a disaster. “I understand that it’s…awkward. That I’m a new addition, and that I screwed up some of your plans. I’m…sorry about that, by the way.” I look into Louisa’s face as I say it.

“Not a new addition, Brooklyn,” my father says, looking at me steadily. “A loved one returned to us after a long parting.”

“Yes,” Louisa says, her voice low and rehearsed. “You are a member of this family.”

Her eyes flick to Aden and Hudson then, and I wonder why.

The rest of the dinner proceeds blandly. The food is good, the chitchat a little dull.

I get a lot of family history, then, with Lennox showing me pictures of my grandparents and telling me about their journey to America from Italy. They wanted to find a different pack life for themselves, and wolf shifters in America were more accepted at the time.

I look at the old photos curiously, trying to see pieces of my features in their faces. I’ve never really considered, before, that I’m actually Italian.

I never thought much about my ethnicity, but with my red hair and pale skin, Italian had never popped into my mind.

I glance quickly at Aden and Hudson—with their dark skin, thick black hair, and Roman noses, they look Italian.

“Thank you so much for showing me these,” I say to Lennox, handing the pictures back to him. “I’m learning so much about myself lately.”