She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

161 A Second Chance

Scarlett’s POV

I stop, but I don’t know how to turn around.

For a long moment I pause there, and for a long moment, he waits patiently behind me.

How great it would be, if he had asked me this question at ANY POINT in our marriage? If he had doubted Ava just a little bit in the long time window when I kept hope, I would have jumped to tell him the truth. If I had even a shred of confidence that he would have belleved me, I would have.

But now…

I turn around, only to find him standing on the green grass when I’m already off on the cold blacktop. A hard line between us, like the five years that we can leap over. He looks at me with too complicated a look that I can’t quite read. In his eyes are hope, struggle, hesitation, and…fear.

me being the girl he saved? Or

I can look into his eyes, “Do you WANT me

Ava ONLY because of that girl, or was your love for her also because of who she was? For ten years she has been a mean girl but you could never see that. Just like how for ten years I have been the girl who had a crush on

a glance of

sky. I maintain my smile as I count the seconds, giving myself a time limit as I wait for his

more than you loved Ava, if you choose me over Ava before the

the corner where the sun can’t shine

them, smiling at the sky. The story of my

wet touches my lips. Startled, I open my eyes as I flinch,

close my eyes and accept the kiss. It ended anyway, so why not?

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