124 He Cooks

Scarlett’s POV

“Did you know that–”

“Sebastian! Sorry about the farce…” Ava’s pitiful yet bright voice cut off my pronunciation class. I pull my wrist hard and of course this time he lets me go.

“Scarlett,” Ava calls after me and I almost tremble at her voice. I take a deep breath and turn to look at her. She glances at Sebastian timidly before she hooks her fingers: “I’m sorry I made a fuss about it. I shouldn’t have told you about your mom, and I hurt you. I deserve losing my room if that could make up for anything…anyways, what I’m trying to say is, welcome home.”

“Yeah, sure, whatever,” I mumble as I go and sit at the furthest seat. ́

Ava stares at me, a bit surprised. I’m not arguing with her nor trying to expose her lie out of guilt, yes. But I wouldn’t have anyways even if I didn’t break that doll. Like I told her in the hospital, the Fullers are HER family, and the Romeo over there is HER prince charming. I know better now than to demand “fair” from her army.

a shy smile: “Thank

my silence can be her weapon of staining my

cocoon of lies herself, and the more she is trapped, the more she has to lie just to cover it up. She can make me look

pout because he is not taking her side fully today, “I will try to keep her away

already–” Ava blurts, only to purse

Ava’s line. She said half, only to realize that her complaint just might push Sebastian to work harder on “taking me home“, and that

almost burst into

next to the main seat of the long table,

gloats at me where Sebastian can’t see. And with an enjoying smirk, she sits down on the seat he pulled out for

Controlling her facial expression to the extreme just to

me???

he is not

but I don’t hear the spoiling in

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+25 BONUS

124 He Cooks

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