Chapter 195: Holding onto Tendrils.

"That girl has it hard."

Inez listened to Scarlet speak through the phone. Now that her new identity was more or less fermented enough, she had little to no qualms in calling her sister. Once she had returned to her lodge, the first thing she had done was to call Scarlet while Killian did his own thing.

"I just don’t understand how someone can be this cruel," said Inez as she applied the last coat of shine topper on her nail paint. "Selene didn’t do anything wrong. She just said no to someone she has no affection for."

Scarlet scoffed as she rolled her eyes; the screen froze a little due to her actions before moving once again. "And here I thought that you would be the one to understand her better than the rest."

A frown settled between her brows as Inez asked, "And what do you mean by that?"

"Come on, Inez. Do you really never see through Dominic’s actions?"

She stared at her for a second too long, her brain switching from ’I know what she is talking about’ to ’whatever the hell she is talking about’. It happened so quickly that Inez was sure that her brain started to lag for a few seconds. She parted her lips and questioned, "Just what are you trying to say?"

"Nessie... I know that you have always been in awe when it comes to Dominic but you really need to step out of your little bubble. Why do you think he put you through all that torture?"

Inez placed the applicator of the nail topper on the small bottle before turning to look at Scarlet. She scrunched up her brows before stating in a low voice, "isn’t it because he wanted to hurt me?"

it," she muttered with a scowl on her lips. "Inez, he did that for a reason. He did it because

were not exaggerated at all. Dominic actually, sincerely wanted to crush her spirit until she was nothing but a hollow shell

that she went through flashed in her mind, she knew that there was no point in rejecting the truth. And that thought became even more assertive when she saw Scarlet’s

be a motive behind his actions but I never thought — no, no," she scowled before adding, "In fact, I knew why he did that and what his intentions were; maybe I was

didn’t want to admit

expected it to be. "He was someone I looked up to—my best friend ... the one man I fell in love with—my mate." Something got caught in the back of her throat

favour by stopping you from telling the truth to Dominic. Maybe if you had told him the truth, then his obsession with you would have been much worse." Inez watched her

played anyone. He has at most

spoke with a teasing

"I am not—"

of knocking caused Inez to halt; the two sisters turned around and looked at

are you in

Their Mom.

when she heard the voice of her mother but she still called out,

out—Luca and Blake are here. They want

mother, her eyes widened in alarm. "Scarlet,

with a hint of

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