She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

058 The Fencing Gemini

Scarlett’s POV

I do not see the “devil” Aurora paints Adrian Dunn as, at all.

It was actually a huge pleasure talking to him. When I first reached out to Adrian, all I knew about him was his “throne” of being Sebastian’s nemesis, AND the million. complaints on how “mean and petty” he was from Aurora.

Apparently she was in a play and he made fun of her make–up. He messed up her hair, and she fell when she tried to get back at him. Of course that made him laugh at her even more, and then he became Aurora’s enemy, and made it on every one of her blacklists.

I guess he grew out of the mean boy he was, opposite to Sebastian.

But the better he is to me, the more guilty I feel toward Aurora. I came to him because of our common enemy, but he wasn’t.

“You and Sebastian were best friends?!” I exclaim, my jaw on the ground. I never knew! Me! The biggest fan of Sebastian throughout these years, and yet I didn’t know! How?!

“We had a fall out…some years ago,” Adrian takes a shrug, looking indifferent, “that’s when the rumor about us being nemesis started. I mean, you know media. Between good friends grew apart and good friends turning into enemies, of course, they’d prefer the latter.”

on Sebastian since I was 7, and that’s like, more than a decade ago! What he said

Adrian hums, only to “forget” about the question. He could

narrow my eyes at him suspiciously,

relieved when I explained my question, “I don’t want to be seen with him, not after he

“?” I blink.

know? He suddenly dropped fencing and started playing football,” Adrian rolls his eyes when he mentions Gabriel’s name, “We were the

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out on me all

Ava.

understood. Sebastian started playing football because of Gabriel, and that was when he suddenly became

after he saved

Sebastian

besides Sebastian and Aurora’s views of him, and I like what I’m seeing, is definitely still proud for being friends with Sebastian. I stared at his proud smirk when he

still that proud little boy who cared about his friend enough

too.

that Gabriel is starting a company? Footballer.” He says that

stupid name that Gabriel

really care to know anything about

you feel compelled to warn him if I tell you that he is in danger?” He