She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

Chapter 25

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Scarlett's POV

"I was mad at you for loving him when he was a total jerk to you, but that's not the main reason why! couldn't talk to you in all these years." Lilith starts with a nervous look.

I did not see that coming. I really thought that was the reason.

"....I know a secret, sort of, of Sebastian's, I didn't want to tell you because it would only hurt you, but i don't know how to face you when I know I'm keeping such a secret from you, so..."

Her blurt is baffling but I sort out a lead, somewhat-

"Okay, so what's this big secret?"

Taking a deep breath, Lilith looks like she is preparing herself for her death sentence before she say slowly:-

"May 21st, five years ago, do you...remember?"

said "he agrees to my deal for

pops up in my mind. I knew he didn't love me, I knew he only agreed to that because of Ava, but mannnnn, I was elated. I thought for once I had a chance at what I wanted for a change. He left such a deep brand of humiliation on all my memory

my lemonade, hiding the tears welling up in my eyes. I have promised myself to not cry for him again. I have to carve him out

need to start

exchange a worried

know," Lilith starts, "It's doesn't matter now, not

cut her off, "I don't care about him or his

word "lost" left me, and I burst

first poke. It's like I was back to the worst day

My wedding day.

cheer her up; the day my best friend walked out on me with disappointment in her eyes; the day when the few quests that came all looked at me with judgy eyes; the

loud, the first time in so long. Aurora joins us and

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to talk between the gaps of my sobbing, "1-1 broke them up and-and the whole world turned their back on

Lilith cries with me. "But

too shocking that I even forgot

how Damon was the constable of the Villa area