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.

pushes all of the food to the back of

he murmurs, his eyes drifting down

turn my head away from him and lift

and leans back a

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

of girls who he

at Colsen in surprise, realizing that he's pressing me for

grasp that I actually do have information on Aden's heir-dangerous information that very

it. Hudson is still my

a sore subject. "Not easy to talk about the fact

he nods,

yel

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

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my lip, deciding to push

still, waiting for me

beer. "I know that the dive bar that you took me to was

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

found out. Whatever Hudson and I are to

either a crazy good actor or...maybe he actually cares about how 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 if you're just using me to get a

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

he

that. It was...a

for me, to be able to shove