Chapter 112

Chapter 113

Brooklyn

I stare at Colsen, trying to decide if he's on to me or not.

"What do you mean?" I ask, trying to keep my voice nonchalant.

If Colsen were to discover that Aden is tasking me with helping him bring Colsen down, he could rip me to shreds right here, right now.

Colsen glances up at me, wiggling the fingers on his left hand.

"No ring," he says, and I glance down at my own hand to realize that he's right-I'm actually not wearing Hudson's ring tonight. "Everything all right with you and your fiancé?"

I hesitate, wondering how to play this.

I actually hadn't left the ring at home on purpose-I just...hadn't remembered to put it on after my shower. But could I use this to my advantage?

Do I want Colsen to know that I'm free? I hesitate, wondering what Jolie would do.

"Sorry," Colsen says, and I look up into his face to see that he really means it. "I didn't mean to touch a sore subject."

"No, it's okay," I respond breezily, giving him a little smile. "It's just... Hudson is having a little...trouble. Being faithful."

I mean, it wasn't a lie. And Jolie said to stick to the truth as much as I can.

"We're engaged, but something has been missing for a while. We don't have the bond I would expect..." "Oh," Colsen says, his eyebrows going up in genuine surprise.

of tacos back down and pushes all of the food

his eyes

him and lift my beer to my

takes the note and leans back a

Hudson," he says casually. "I know he's in

smile. "Apparently he's got other things on his mind besides

his style there? Does he have lots of girls

in surprise, realizing that he's

grasp that I actually do have information on Aden's heir-dangerous information that very few people have. And

still my

smile that I hope suggests this is a sore subject. "Not

course," he nods,

yel

I haven't been the most tactful tonight, have I? I didn't

QUMS

to push this a

goes still, waiting for me

that you took me to was filled

steal a look at him. "That was embarrassing for me, and it caused a real

he found out. Whatever Hudson and I are to each other, I

good actor or...maybe

Colsen," I whisper, the truth spilling out despite myself. like you, maybe a lot? But I don't know if I can trust you, or if any of this is real, or

breathing out of his nose and looking down at his feet.

right," he

It was...a

to be able to

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