That night, Daren decided to stay at Aiden's apartment until the next morning. While there, he kept trying to keep his distance from Aiden but instead they became close again after chatting about a few things.
Although at first Daren thought that Aiden wasn't as bad as Victor said, he tried to dismiss that thought after remembering what the man had done.
'This is what it's like when he talk intimately with him. No wonder Mike was so influenced by him that he came to the guy's apartment and they make love,' Daren thought at the time.
Daren knew his childhood friend was easy to befriend, especially since he was someone like Aiden who had a way with words.
But what he didn't understand was why Mike's alpha instincts didn't tell him what a threat this one was.
"I don't want to talk about Victor for now. Let's talk about something else," Deren said.
