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 as
his hand, looking at him coldly to wait for his decision. I know what his decision would be. Ava knows too. The only
me. I leave. Love is a game big enough for only two, and I no longer want to play with
not stopping me
me feel at home maybe, he even
cover — my taste when I was too young to see the distance in my “parents‘ eyes“. I put my finger
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most precious memory from when I hadn’t found
I take a
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
it’s just not the
anymore. There is ten years of hatred between us. And I’m not that helpless little girl
and going through the album, Sebastian quickly puts it down as he explains almost in
her I need to keep a distance from her,
around and look at him: “You think bullying
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