Chapter 162

I like that I am finally talking to Chad, I feel like I should have done this sooner. Talking to him feels nice and refreshing. We have been talking for about half an hour and he has not even mentioned Jen once or asked how she is doing.

I believe that he may still be hurt by their exchange a couple of nights ago, so I am treading carefully, trying not to mention Jen.

“I want to invest the rest of the loan money in a business,” I tell him over the phone and he chuckles.

“Why are laughing?” I ask him and he quiets down before speaking.

“You did not loan that money, Robert,” He says to me and I feel my heart sink. How in the world did he know that?

“And who told you that?” I ask him as I laugh nervously.

“It’s no use playing dumb, I saw the check. It was not the bank you took the money from, the lady who bought your company gifted you the money,” He explains and I am left speechless. 

“How long have you known?” I ask him after a couple of second