Page 60 of Bad Little Bride

I look down at my bare finger and back up at him.

To be honest, I forgot I took it off, but he doesn’t know that, so I tuck my hand behind myself as if I was caught red-handed. Or, well, bare-handed, considering.

Enzo’s glare doubles and he scoffs, backing up a step. His large hand comes up, fingers running through and messing up his hair as he paces back and forth twice, three times, only to get right back in my space. His jaw is set in stone, teeth clenched as he hisses in my face. “I will make your life miserable.”

“You’re off to a good start, congratulations,” I deadpan.

His eyes crinkle at the edges. “If you’re going to speak, you will answer my questions.”

“I asked mine first. How did you know?”

“I made it my business to know. Now your turn.”

“That’s not an answer!”

“I hired someone to find any and all things related to you. It wasn’t fucking hard considering the asshole wasn’t exactly quiet about his desire for you. Now answer mine.”

“Which one?”

“All of them.”

“You asked a lot.”

“Woman, I swear to you…”

“Which one is the most important?”

“Why is your ring off your finger?”

“Because I took it off.”

His pulse tics in his jaw. “When?”

“When I got changed.”

A slight narrowing of the eyes tells me he was expecting a different answer.

“So not at the event?”

“I said when I got changed.”

He cocks his head, probably wondering if he can believe me or not. If he’s as smart as I think he is, he wouldn’t.

I’m not above a good lie.

“How did you find out about Philip’s offer?” He watches me closely as he asks this.

“It’s really not as interesting a story as you seem to think.”

“Boston.”

I contemplate letting his stress mount a little longer, but the murderous look in his eyes is brimming with something deeper. Something I can’t quite read but feel the need to smother.

“Gorgio insinuated to a deal being on the table, and I remembered what you said. It didn’t take a genius to figure it out.”

He studies me. “And you didn’t speak of it with him?”

Not sure which him he’s referring to, so I say, “I asked my father why he never told me.”

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