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.

of what? Of me being the girl he saved?

a deep breath just so I can look into his eyes, “Do you

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 you when you could only see me

see how such a strong love could only come out of a

his eyes dims together with the sky. I maintain my smile as I count the seconds, giving myself a time limit as I wait for his answer

you choose me over Ava before the sun goes down, then I will be brave for

the corner where the sun can’t shine on, Sebastian lets out a resighed laugh, “the harm is done, and the truth so

smiling at the sky. The story of my first love ends here, but, for what it’s worth, it has

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

ended anyway, so why not? This is the only kiss shared between

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