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 the food to the back of the table so that he

murmurs, his eyes

my head away from him and lift my beer to my lips,

note and leans

actually don't know a lot about Hudson," he says casually. "I know he's in school, but he keeps a low profile

I reply with a little bitter smile. "Apparently he's got other things on his mind besides Aden's work and mating

"And what's his style there? Does he have lots of girls

realizing that he's pressing me

have information on Aden's heir-dangerous information that very few

it. Hudson is still my friend; his

this is a sore subject. "Not

he

yel

I didn't mean

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my lip, deciding to push this a

still, waiting

looking down at my beer. "I know that the dive bar that

me, and it caused a real rift between me and

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

crazy good actor

myself. like you, maybe a lot? But I don't know if I can trust you, or if any of this is

of his nose and looking down at his feet. He gives a

right," he sighs.

done that. It was...a

for me, to be able to

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