Scarlett’s POV“Not couldn’t, just didn’t, at first,” Aurora explains patiently.Lilith looks vexed at herself.“You were already planning the wedding, so we thought there was no need to let you know that he proposed to Ava.” Aurora continues, “That would only plant a bump in your marriage. It won’t do good to anyone.”“We only found out that he went to propose to you on the same day later,” Lilith adds with a devastated look, “I tried to tell you again, but I couldn’t, seeing how happy you were in those days.”Yeah, the happiest days of my life were the few days after Sebastian agreed to marry me...until the wedding started my five-year-long nightmare.“It’s okay, it’s not like I didn’t know that he loves Ava...”“No, you don’t get it,” Lilith cups my face, looking into my eyes firmly, “It’s not about him loving Ava. The Iron Lady threw Ava out! She forbade Sebastian from marrying Ava! They wouldn’t have gotten married even if you didn’t marry him. You, didn’t, break them up!”What..
Scarlett’s POV“Yep,” Aurora grins at Lilith, “I was shocked, too, three days ago. If I didn’t see her floating out of the Fuller’s Villa like a ghost, I wouldn’t have believed that she’s over that jerk, either.”That was hellish of a day. I didn’t know I was having a low fever until Aurora found me sitting by the pool. I wouldn’t have had any strength to walk out if she didn’t go in to look for me.“No need to trash him. He has the right to not love me,” I shake my head, “I was the one at fault, and I learned my lesson now.”“Sure, but he didn’t have to torture you!” Aurora grunts, rolling her eyes, “Besides, he is the one agreeing to the deal, and HE didn’t deliver his end! It’s totally not worth it!”I laugh at the ranting Aurora, suddenly feeling so much better about this whole thing. She is wrong, but it IS a pleasure to be favored without reason. No wonder Ava likes it.“Wait, what’s not worth it?” Lilith gasps, staring at Aurora, “Scar finally told you about the deal?!”They on
Scarlett’s POVI laugh, rolling my eyes: “There really isn’t. The technique is pretty mature now. You just feel some mild discomfort for about a week, and a bit tired for a while, but that’s it. So long as you don’t donate multiple times within 6 months, it’s totally safe.”Lilith stares at me, and so does Aurora. I drink my lemonade, playing calm. I’m a really bad liar. But I don’t want to describe the real pain to them. What’s the point, it’s over now.6 months is the safe period for a reason. For up to several months after the donation you can feel fatigue, weakness and sometimes obvious pain and discomfort, which varies by people.“Does it leave a scar?” Lilith leans in and tries to look down my shirt.“No!” I shrill with laughter, grabbing my collar as I dodge her, “This is a bar, pervert!”“Exactly,” Lilith puts on an evil smirk, “isn’t striping what people do in a bar?”“Aurora! You just sit there and watch her bully me?!”Aurora sips her drink and watches us wrestle for a whil
Scarlett’s POVLong after Damon left, I’m still standing on the street corner with Aurora, showering in the no-longer-too-warm breeze of the end of summer because she is staring in the direction where his car has left.“Someone is smittennnn,” I tease when I have to rub my arms to keep warm, “do you want me to call 911 to arrange a date for you?”“What?!” Aurora snaps out of it, exclaiming, “What are you talking about!”“Umm, the elephant on the street???” I follow her as she strides in to dodge my eyes, “Since when?!”“I’m not into him!” Aurora shouts with red ear tips, “You--”She suddenly stops, and I giggle as I follow her sight to look, only to freeze where I am.Sebastian, leaning against the wall elegantly beside the elevator. He bends his swan neck a little, his soulful eyes landing on the ground as if in deep thought. His hands are in his pants pockets, and he has one leg curled up a little with the tip of his shining shoes pointed at the ground.Damn peacock. He has to look
Sebastian’s POV“Why? Did something go wrong with Ava?” Scar frowns with a shrug, folding her arms.She is not even trying to be sarcastic, and that’s the most sarcastic.I thought my words would make her happy, like before. I know she is really hurt this time, but I thought her eyes would light up with sparkles even though she would try to maintain a cold face to fish for more comforting words from me, like before.But there is none.I never knew her watery purple eyes could be so cold like dry ice. It stings to look at her eyes like that.You really want a divorce? I dare not ask. She would only say yes, even just to hurt me.My mind has been in turmoil since Adrian messed it up. I can’t imagine Scar asking for a divorce for real, but she hasn’t been home for almost a week now, and she is not planning to any time soon. I’m not used to this. The whole house feels different now.It’s no longer a home. Just a house.I used to think it was silly for her to stay up for me when I got home
Scarlett’s POVDid I hear him right?!The man who never treated me like his wife, who kept a relationship with my sister on the side when married to me, who tormented me like I was his enemy for five years, is now accusing ME of treating marriage too light?!What is our marriage to him anyway? Nothing but trash!“Fake marriages, yes!” I suppress the urge to shout at him, but I can’t help my tone turning cold, “Still heavier than you have been treating it though.”“Is that how you justify you and Adrian?!” He lets out a disbelieving laugh as if I’m being ridiculous.Adrian??? I sent that guy ONE message and now I’m the one cheating?!“No! How about I justify it with my fucking husband kissing my sister behind my back?!” I finally did it. I didn’t want to bring it up to add to my humiliation, but he just had to force it out of me.I thought I could put it down, but it fucking hurts!He doesn’t hate me saving his Ava over and over, he doesn’t hate me when I stay up with some snack for h
Scarlett’s POVThis time he pays attention: “You asked me to marry you--”I raise my hand again. This time he catches me before I could slap him: “Enough is enough, Scarlett Fuller! What are you trying to say!”“The deal, was that I give Ava all the blood and bone marrow and any other parts that she wants from me,” I look right into his eyes, speaking as my throat hurts like a knife is cutting in, “and you, my secret crush for years, will give me a chance to win your heart.”“You are the one who came to me with a proposal, Sebastian Knight. Remember?!” I finally said it, and my tears poured out as I finished my condemn with a broken voice, “You are the one who didn’t deliver the deal!”His eyes open wide in shock, and he stumbles back two steps with a disbelieving face.“I--” He stumbles on his words, too, “I thought that’s what you wanted...”“You knew I was in love with you, and you KNEW, that you could just slap me with a marriage on paper and still get my end of the deal,” I say
Scarlett’s POVWho says bitching is lame and you should always take the high road?I took the high road and all I got was humiliation, pain, and a late “thank you”. I didn’t want to bitch about it, but it surely felt great!After the night where I lashed out at Sebastian, I have seen a new light in my life. My heart doesn’t hurt every damn second for him, and I can finally focus on my own life with a fresh view. I wasn’t ready to move on when I signed the divorce papers, but I am now.I feel like I was given a new life.I thought it would take long before I could get used to him being with Ava after the divorce, and I thought it would hurt until I could finally be numb.Turns out, all I needed was to speak up and get it over with. Maybe this is the “closure” people talk about.“Miss Scarlett?” The reception at the Dunn Corp’s headquarters comes to me with a flattering smile, “The CEO is ready to see you if you follow me, this way.”I don’t sign my last name unless I absolutely have to