My Forbidden Love

Chapter 6

Olivia's Pov:

Alden....... LORENZO ALDEN !!!?

I feel myself sink back into the bed, my breath leaving me.

I stare into the distance dazed.

"No...... are you sure? I can't ....."

Never. I had never really thought about the identity of my biological father, never felt any need or desire to.

There was a picture of me as a baby with my mother, standing next to a strange man, but I never gave it much thought.

My mother? A Mafia mistress?
Me, the daughter of a don?

Suddenly there's a piece of paper in my face.
The DNA results...

I take it from Kent's hand with shaking hands and see confirmation there.

"This is...... this is my blood?"

"You're lucky I found you, Olivia."

Lucky!? I don't see the lucky side of it.
I get harassed by a man in a club and then kidnapped by the man who saved me from the other.

He sees some of the irony on my expression and the corner of his mouth lifts, barely a smile.

"This is valuable information, Olivia. If Dean had been the one to find out, he'd be sending pieces of your DNA - maybe a finger - to Alden as ransom. But Alden is my ally - I'll have you reunited with your father soon... in one piece."

I crumple the paper in my hand, tossing it to the ground.

"DNA doesn't make a father! I don't want to be 'reunited' with a stranger!"

I stand up, trying to get out, but Kent blocks my way.

"You're in my world now, Olivia. And in this world, your DNA means more than anything, family means more than anything. And for me? It's personal."

"How the hell could this be personal for you? My DNA doesn't match yours, thank goodness."

I try to push past him but he puts out an arm to stop me, pulling me against his chest.
Then he wraps his fingers in my hair, tilting my head back, obligating me to look up at him.

"Because, the day she was born, Alden's daughter was promised to my first born son. Looks like it was no mistake that fate brought you to Jack. In a few months time, you'll be married to him."

"WHAT!"
I stare at him as my hands shake.

Does Jack know about this?

"I'm no puppet! You can't force me to marry someone against my will! I will only marry someone who I love and is of my choosing!"
I say, pissed off.

Kent laughs as if I had told him the funniest joke in the universe.

"Oh, Olivia, it's happening if I say it is."

I press my hands against his chest, trying to push him away from me!

"It's 2024! Nobody has arranged marriages anymore - this isn't the eighteenth century!"

"You're in my world now, Olivia. The world you were born to. Do you think laws really matter in the underworld - the bureaucracy you've deluded yourself into thinking it keeps you safe?"

My jaw drops open at his arrogance.

"I will not do this! I have -"

"You have nothing! The only thing that matters is power. Which is money. Which is might. You have none of this. The only thing which gives you anything in this world, Olivia, is your bloodline."