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?”

murmurs timidly

for his decision. I know what his decision would be. Ava knows too. The

on me. I leave. Love is a game big enough for only two, and I no longer want to

is not stopping

all her traces. Almost like she has not lived here. To make me feel at home maybe,

with a unicorn on the pick cover — my taste when I was too young to see the distance in my “parents‘ eyes“. I put my

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most precious memory from when I hadn’t found out the true color of my family,

take

me up. I know I can upset Ava easily now, when Sebastian suddenly is hell–bent on

it’s just

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

as a statement, and going through the album, Sebastian quickly puts

to keep a distance from her, that

look at him: “You think bullying her makes

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