novelxo Chapter 197
Naomi's chest tightened once she looked at Scott. She had no idea how long Scott had been staring at her, but his gaze was as dark as the night. She shuddered, not expecting such intensity from him. Belle was still talking on her phone. "Dylan is always lying to me. I don't trust him anymore. Dylan said that the woman likes Scott a lot and that it's really troublesome, but what does that have to do with him? Even if it has to do with Scott, it should be Scott drinking with that woman, not Dylan. Isn't he just lying to me?"
Naomi came to her senses after hearing Belle's frustrated rant. She looked away and said, "I don't think Dylan is lying to you on this matter."
Naomi paused for a while before saying what she said. She was hesitating whether she should tell Belle. After all, it had to do with Scott. After some thought, she decided to tell the truth.
She did not care where Scott went the night before, nor did she care about who the woman was. She only knew that this matter had affected Belle and Dylan. This was more serious.
While Scott suffered no backlash from this, Dylan did. Naturally, they had to make things right.
If what Belle had said was true, then Scott has caused trouble for Dylan. She would have to explain.
Belle's sobs paused when she heard what Naomi said. Although she only knew Naomi for a few days, she trusted Naomi immensely. She liked Naomi a lot and thought Naomi was a great person. That was why Belle trusted what Naomi said to her. Was it true, then? Was it a misunderstanding?
Also, something seemed a little off...
Before Belle could continue with her thoughts, Naomi said once more, "Dylan likes to joke and fool around, but he isn't always like that. He knows when it's appropriate to do so."
Using a friend as an excuse while fooling around with another woman, clearly disregarding the effect it would have on that friend's marriage, was not something Dylan would do. Belle finally realized what was wrong.
Naomi could still remain so calm after hearing what Dylan said. She was not angry at all.
Belle panicked. She had done something terribly wrong. At that moment, she no longer cared about herself or whether she should trust Dylan. All she could think of was whether Naomi would get angry and quarrel with Scott.
Thus, she clutched her phone tightly and carefully asked, "N-Naomi, are...you not angry?"
"What?" Naomi did not understand what Belle meant.
Belle continued. "I mean... Dylan did say that the woman he was drinking with liked Scott. Aren't you angry? D-Do you not think anything about that?" Angry?
Naomi was a little stunned. Then, she blinked. She understood what Belle meant.
Belle assumed that Naomi and Scott were husband and wife. Any wife would be worried when they heard what Belle said.
However, she and Scott were not in a relationship at that moment, she was surely not in that mood. Even if they were still married, she would not get angry at all when she heard such a thing.
It was only normal that other people would like the outstanding Scott. If she were to get angry because someone liked him, she clearly had nothing better to do then.