Chapter 8

“Why are you calling me Lucas?” Scarlet asked, immediately she picked the phone. Her fingers gripping the phone tightly to her ears.

“You stole from me, Scarlet. I let you go, I allowed the divorce, I even gave you my card which you returned claiming you have no need for it, yet, you stole from me?”

“Lucas! Is this another cheap blackmail of yours again? Is this another stupid gesture to get me hurt again? Why would I steal from you?”

“Don't get me wrong, Scarlet. You were the only one who had access to that black card, no one else did. So now I need to know, how a million dollars got missing from that account?”

“A million dollars?”, Scarlet sneered, “Aren't you bigger than that, Lucas? Why should a million dollars bother you?”

“You took it, didn't you?”

“You know what Lucas? You are an annoying scumbag, we'll meet in court.” Scarlet said angrily, cutting the call on Lucas.

Lucas groaned, hitting his fist on the wall. He hated the new guys Scarlet had. She was no longer the naive you