Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father (Brooklyn and Aden) novel Chapter 60

Chapter 60
Brooklyn

Hudson isn’t going to set me free.

Deep down, I know it, and I also know that the choice isn’t his. But I weep bitter tears anyway.

Next to me, I feel Aden slump in his seat.

I turn to look at him then and see him looking out the window then, more pensive than I had expected.

I watch him, his stark profile against the light of the window. He doesn’t move or say anything, but he must know I’m watching.

He hangs his head, letting out a sigh. And, shocked, I note that the lines of his face match Hudson’s.

Is it possible that Aden feels guilt as well?

***

The next morning, I lay in bed and stare at the ceiling for a long, long time.

I skip breakfast and no one comes up to get me, which has never happened before. I guess they’re giving me my space.

I’m grateful, I guess, but overall…I just don’t really care anymore. About anything.

Things moved quickly last night after we got home. The three of us spent the rest of the ride in silence, but when we arrived at the house, everyone was expecting us.

Jayde had made a beeline right for me—not even asking how Aden was doing.

Instead, she had wrapped her arms around me and bustled me up the stairs as Aden got himself patched up and Hudson—well, I didn’t really know what Hudson did.

Jayde had rushed me right to my room and run a bath for me, stripping me of my clothes while I continued shaking. Then she helped me to step into the hot water and sit down.

“That’s all right, Baby Brooklyn,” she murmured to me, using a cup to pour water over my head like a little kid. “Shh, baby,” she continued. “You’ll be all right.”

I had noticed, passively, that the water turned a little pink from the blood washing off of me.

Not my blood, of course. Aden’s. I couldn’t stop staring at it.

After a long time, when the water was growing cool, Jayde helped me out, bundled me into warm flannel pajamas—too warm for the spring, but so, so comfortable against my skin—and then tucked me into bed.