127 Lashing Out

Scarlett’s POV

“No, thanks,” Noticing Ava’s stare I add, “I have to go and guard my plunder.”

Jack Fuller left the table when Ava teared up at her prince gulping in sweat. Anna Fuller sat through the dinner with us, mostly out of manner before she left the moment she was allowed to.

But not Ava. She stayed, and apparently, she had words for him, too.

It’s been a long day, and I need to make sure I have a bed to sleep in for the night. I wouldn’t be too surprised if Ava bought Alfred to mess up the room instead of cleaning.

“I’ll walk you to your room then,” He offers jokefully, adding before I could say no, “Or you’d rather talk about our deal here?”

Ava murmurs timidly

know what his decision would be. Ava

eyes on Sebastian, and he nails his on me. I leave. Love is a game big

is not stopping

here. To make me feel at home maybe, he even moved some of the old things in from the attic.

my taste when I was too young to see the distance in my “parents‘

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at my most precious memory from when I hadn’t found out

I take

close my eyes, and Sebastian pulls the album out from under my finger gently. He followed me up. I know I can upset Ava easily now, when Sebastian suddenly is hell–bent on maintaining our marriage; I know if I so much just nod, I can have the man I have wanted for years, at

it’s just

hatred between us. And I’m not that helpless little girl either. I am too broken

through the

told her I need to keep a distance from her, that

look at him: “You think bullying her

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