Page 100 of Truth or Dare

I smirked. “I’d rethink your decision because you don’t know what I have.”

His face went pale. “You have shit, and I’ll make sure everyone knows what a pathetic little virgin you are. One who broke into my house with her loser friend.”

I put my hands on my hips, not intimidated. “Three things wrong with your statement. One – I don’t give a fuck that everyone knows. Two – I’m not a virgin. I haven’t been for months and three – Hudson is not my friend, he’s my boyfriend.”

He ground his teeth. “Fucking cunt. He’s your boyfriend who will be in jail but then again, so will you. Breaking and entering is a crime. But you know what I don’t understand – why did you do it?” he growled.

He took a couple of steps toward me and fear curled in my belly. Evan was huge compared to me. Even sick, I wouldn’t be able to fight him off. I skirted around, putting the coffee table between him and me.

“Evidence,” I said, hoping to buy time. I could make it to the front door before he got to me if I was fast enough.

His eyebrows slammed together. “What evidence?”

“About what an asshole you are,” I said as I made a run for the door.

He was right behind me, and I managed to get the front door open before he grabbed the hood of my jacket. I twisted out of his grasp and ran down the sidewalk to my car. He didn’t follow as he bellowed my name. I had what I needed but now came the hard part.

Hudson’s fingerscircled my clit in slow, teasing strokes, but no matter how skilled he was, my body refused to cooperate.

A frustrated sigh escaped his lips, and he leaned back, searching my face. “Pres, what’s going on?”

I buried my head against his chest, my voice muffled. “I don’t know.”

His touch fell away, and he brought his hand to his face, inhaling the scent of me. It was an intimate gesture, one that usually left me flustered. But tonight, it made me feel exposed.

“By now, you’d be begging me to fuck you,” he said softly, but the hint of amusement in his voice quickly faded.

Tears burned the back of my throat, just as they had for days. I blinked rapidly, willing them away. “I’m just… not into it tonight.”

Hudson adjusted himself, his erection a painful reminder of how deeply I’d shut him out. “It’s fine,” he said gently, though I caught the flicker of disappointment in his eyes. “I enjoy having you here. Especially now that there’s no competition.”

I shook my head, swallowing hard. “Huddy, there never was.”

He tipped my chin up, forcing me to meet his gaze. His hazel eyes were sharp, searching for the truth. “It felt like it.”

I couldn’t hold his stare. I rolled out of his arms, sitting on the edge of the bed. My hands fidgeted in my lap. “Hudson… did the police ever get any leads on your dad’s murder?”

He froze. “Why are you asking that?”

“I just—” My voice cracked. “I just wondered.”

The weight of what I needed to say pressed against my chest, making it hard to breathe. Hudson shifted closer, his hand gripping my shoulder.

“Pres,” he murmured, his tone more serious now. “Is that why you’re acting so weird?”

I stared at the floor, unable to meet his eyes. “I know who killed your father,” I whispered, my voice barely audible.

The bed creaked as he sat upright. “What did you say?” he barked.

Tears spilled over as I grabbed my phone with trembling fingers. The screen lit up, and I pulled up the photo I’d taken of Mrs. Braddock’s confession. Without a word, I handed it to him.

Hudson’s sharp intake of breath was followed by a guttural, feral noise. He shot to his feet, his fist slamming into the wall with a sickening thud. The drywall cracked, and his knuckles split, blood trickling down his hand.

“Hudson, stop!” I cried, rushing to him.

But he wasn’t done. His fist met the wall again, harder this time. The force left a deeper dent. I grabbed his arm, my voice trembling. “Huddy, please!”

The phone slipped from his other hand, landing on the carpet. He didn’t need to say anything. The words on the screen had already shattered him. His father’s name was there,scrawled in Mrs. Braddock’s handwriting, alongside every detail of the accident.

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