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.

back down and pushes all of the food to the

eyes drifting down to

and lift my beer to my lips,

takes the note and leans back

he's in school, but he keeps a low profile

smile. "Apparently he's got other things on

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

Colsen in surprise, realizing

heir-dangerous information that very

it. Hudson is still

sad smile that I hope suggests this is a sore subject. "Not easy to talk

he nods,

yel

tonight, have I? I didn't mean to pry...I'm just," he shrugs a little. "Genuinely curious about your

QUMS

my lip, deciding to push

still, waiting for

at my beer. "I know that the dive bar that you took me to was filled with people from all of the underworld

a look at him. "That was embarrassing for me, and

Hudson and I are

crazy good actor or...maybe he actually cares about how I

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 leg up

and looking down at

he sighs. "I

done that. It was...a little bit

for me, to