Forbidden Temptation My Mafia Fiance's Alpha Father

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.

he puts his plate of tacos back down and pushes all of the food to the back of the table so

murmurs, his eyes drifting down to my

him and lift my beer to my

note and leans back a

a lot about Hudson," he says casually. "I know he's in school, but he keeps a low profile

"Apparently he's got other things on his mind besides Aden's work and

"And what's his style there? Does he have lots of girls who he sees for a short time,

blink at Colsen in surprise, realizing

Aden's heir-dangerous information that very

still my friend; his secrets

talk about something else?" I give Colsen a sad smile that I hope suggests this is a sore subject. "Not easy to talk about the fact

he

yel

I haven't been the most tactful tonight, have I? I didn't mean to pry...I'm just," he shrugs

QUMS

lip, deciding to push

waiting

the dive bar that you took me to was filled with people from all of the underworld

"That was embarrassing for me, and

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

He's either a crazy good actor or...maybe

I can trust you, or if any of this is real, or if you're just using me to

looking down at his feet.

right," he

that. It

me, to be able