132 The Emperor’s New Necklace

Scarlett’s POV

“I don’t know,” Ava blurts almost Instantly without thinking, then her tone turns suspiciously, “…why are you asking?”

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“Why do you think?” Sebastian lets out a light laugh, but if I’m not mistaken, the laugh does not reach his eyes. I have never seen him treat Ava with such an attitude.

Ava pouts her lips, staring at Sebastian with her deer eyes wide open, her tone timid like a tamed sister–in- law: “You are asking for…her? Are you two…getting back together?”

glances in my direction again: “Yes, hopefully

Ava lowers her eyes.

locate her biological parents,” Sebastian continues

murmurs with a scared face, “says the junkies will strangle us like vines if they found

maybe they would try to

Good story, Jack Fuller.

parents want their children taken, no matter at what age,” Sebastian nods slowly, looking at Ava right in the eyes, “You will help me though,

coldly at that. The only

room.

charming a happy ever after? Yeah, right. Only Sebastian would believe such a lie. If I felt pity for her seeing herself as Pinocchio before, I no longer do. She lies when she doesn’t even need to. She could just outright say

cocooned herself. She has the cocooned look on her

she could have a normal

staircase and sneak back up. She said she didn’t know. Whether a lie or truth, she doesn’t have

been waiting

He pulls me inside the room, checking oût both sides before he closes the door behind me

even want it? It’s not like we can enter his safe all the time.” Jack Fuller guards his

Emperor’s

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