She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

138 Scar’s Pilgrimage

Scarlett’s POV

It can’t be Lucas if we are going through the door instead of the window. It has to be me. Even if anyone sees me, it won’t be a crime.

“What took you so long?!” I hiss at him when he drags me to a dark corner. In his hand is an old bronze key of a weird shape. The gate of the villa uses a fingerprint lock, but Jack Fuller’s study still uses one of those old–school locks with a complicated physical key.

What’s he hiding in there?

“This kind of lock is very expensive, one lock with only one key, and the key can’t be duplicated,” Seeing my confusion, Lucas explains, “And to answer your question, it’s because you gave me the wrong password for the phone.”

“What?! It’s not Ava’s birthday?!” I exclaim, “I swear I have seen him using that.”

was, but now it isn’t,” Lucas

know

hand, “I don’t

was so nervous that I could barely keep

Lucas continues, looking at me

him a weird look. Then why ask at

care, and not to tell you if you still care about him,” Lucas grins at me mischievously, “I don’t know

case tight in my hand. What did I say? Never again? Not after one minute and I’m breaking

meet in five minutes by the lake. Even if she returns right after she gets there, it is 15 minutes for you,” Lucas glances around with a resigned look, “But I can do it if you

get him into trouble. Jack

it’s a showdown between

part was actually

layout. A thick carpet with ancient patterns covers the whole floor, several floor–to–ceiling bookshelves around the room. One of them is behind the huge desk in the middle. By that bookshelf

is the

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