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.”
it was, but now it isn’t,” Lucas has
know
“I don’t
nervous that I could barely keep
birthday,” Lucas continues, looking at
a weird look. Then why
you didn’t care, and not to tell you if you still care about him,” Lucas grins at me mischievously, “I don’t know what happened
hand. What did I say? Never again? Not after one minute and
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
don’t want to 138 Scar’s Pilgrimage get him into trouble. Jack Fuller is not the
a showdown
entering part
A thick carpet with ancient patterns covers the whole floor, several floor–to–ceiling bookshelves around the room. One of
it is the
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