From Zero to Shero (by Tessa Wallen) novel Chapter 32

Chapter 32

Natalie held onto Vincent’s arm. I’m sure Josie still remembers how good you guys were to her. She’s just mad right now and lost sight of it.

“Tell me how did she used to get along with you all? What’s she most scared of? What does she care about most?”

“I know,” Vincent said, shaking her off and walking faster. “She cares about Aiden the most. She always listened to him. The only reason she’s this angry is that Aiden took your side and didn’t back her up.

“If Aiden just talks to her calmly, she’ll come around. She’ll stop being mad at us. I’ll go talk to Aiden.”

Natalie stood there watching him hurry off, and her face turned cold. She almost found it laughable-in a bad way.

Back when everyone thought Josie was in the wrong and Natalie was in the right, it felt great. But now that Josie had quit, suddenly everyone forgot what she had done wrong.

Natalie thought Vincent was an idiot. Instead of figuring out what dirt he had on Josie to keep her under control, all he could think about was getting Aiden to play nice.

Aiden was the golden boy-the student government president, the one everyone loved. Natalie didn’t think someone like him would bother being nice to someone like Josie.

Natalie rushed after Vincent. She couldn’t let Aiden be nice to Josie. Aiden was hers. He wasn’t allowed to care about any other girl-not even a little.

When she caught up, Aiden was already pissed. “If she doesn’t want it, let her be. Why are you so hung up on this? It’s not the first time. Don’t you know how she is by now?”

“Don’t be mad, Aiden,” Natalie said softly, pressing a hand to his chest to calm him down.

She handed Aiden a bottle of water. “Vincent’s just nervous. He’s worried Josie will join another team and stop being close to us. I was thinking, since this all started because of me, maybe I should go say sorry to her.”

Aiden slammed the water bottle down on the table. “Don’t. She’s the one who screwed up. She apologized, sure, but now she’s acting like this again. To be honest, I didn’t think she even understood what she’d done.

“I was only gonna talk to her because I was worried she might do something stupid after quitting, especially with everything people were saying online. But if she’s not gonna listen or care that we tried to be nice, then forget it.”

By now, it was clear to everyone that Josie wasn’t coming back. They were just bitter about how cold she’d been.

“But don’t stress too much,” he added. “Josie’s never stayed mad at me for more than three days. She’ll come apologize within three days, like always. When she does, I’ll put in a good word for you.”

Vincent brightened. He figured Aiden wouldn’t actually let Josie leave for good. “Thanks, Aiden.”

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