Hypocrite?
Aiden felt like shaking Athena until her stubbornness cracked—her words piercing into his skin like needles and echoing incessantly in his head.
She had compared him to Ewan, the very person who had allowed his sense of duty to misguide him. How could she possibly draw such a parallel?
Yet, he swallowed his annoyance and chose to admit that he had messed up by keeping their feud alive for days. He should have come around since then, at least.
He should have been the mature one; he should have stepped up to resolve the issue. Seeing they were not just friends but partners, he ought to have ignored her taunts regarding his ex-wife, understanding that she had been riding a wave of unstable emotions.
Yes, he was wrong in that respect, and he should apologize.
