Chapter 147 – I Can Take Care of Myself
Earlier, Aiden waited at the party, determined to talk to Violet, though he already knew what the outcome would be. Unfortunately, Bennette did not leave Violet again like the last time.
Aiden waited until the couple left before he left the venue. As soon as he sat in his car, he received the report on the information he requested concerning Bennette after his phone beeped.
The email was very detailed, and Aiden took his time to read it all. As soon as he got the key elements he wanted, he dialed Alex’s number, though everything inside him at that moment wanted him to call Violet on the phone.
"Alex, I was right all along," Aiden said. Alex was confused. "Right about what?" he asked from the other end of the line, gazing in Joanna’s direction concerning the outcome of her paying Nora and her friends’ bills.
"Violet’s boyfriend is a jerk," Aiden said. Alex shook his head, sensing his best friend’s jealousy.
"A jerk like you, I guess."
Aiden was perplexed, wanting Alex to be serious rather than teasing him. "Alex, I might be a jerk, but I never hurt any woman."
The words from the end of the line sounded rather hypocritical to Alex, though they were coming from his best friend.
"That is true because I never heard you talk about any woman, but your treatment of Violet makes you no different than her boyfriend, copy that."
Honest words from a best friend could go deep, either making a correction or creating a greater level of hurt.
In Aiden’s case, it rather resurrected the guilt inside of him. "I don’t know what got into me, man. But the man she’s dating is married. I hope you wouldn’t like your wife’s best friend banking another woman’s husband."