Chapter 234: She's Hiding Something

I cross my arms matching his stance. "First off, don't threaten me, and secondly you can't leave. Let's not forget you're being paid to be here."

"I can tell Ridge to send someone else," he lobs the threat in my direction and then smirks like he thinks he's won.

But Hudson doesn't have Marissa for a best friend. "What? You'll tell your boss you can't handle a white girl from San Francisco?" If there's one thing Marissa has taught me in our years of friendship, it's when in doubt go for their manliness.

His face falls, and he doesn't comment.

Thought so.

"You're hiding something, Amanda."

"You've known me for less than a month. You don't know me." Okay, that was a little childish but sometimes the truth comes out like a two-year-old. Doesn't make it not the truth.

"I can't protect you if you don't tell me what happened."