Chapter 16

Violet POV

I stood there awkwardly for a while, wondering what to do next.

The most logical option would’ve been to turn around and quietly walk out the front door, pretending I hadn’t just witnessed a heated argument between two people I barely knew existed until a few days ago.

But logic and I had never really been friends.

I sighed. I couldn’t just leave.

Cassie had called me her friend, and Elijah… well, I wasn’t sure what I was to him. A complication, maybe. A debt. A reminder of something he wanted to forget.

Still, both of them were probably stewing alone in their rooms right now, and the silence that hung over the mansion felt too heavy to leave untouched.

“I’m gonna regret this,” I muttered and made my way towar