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?"

the day Sebastian came to me and said "he agrees to my deal for his hand. I thought it was his

I close my eyes, feeling so stupid when that memory 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

my eyes. I have promised myself to not cry

just need to

and Aurora exchange a worried

don't need to know," Lilith starts,

care about him or his secret. I just want to know

word "lost" left

that day, and it all comes out at my first poke. It's like I was back to the worst day of my life, the one I lied to myself saying that I

My wedding day.

trip to Egypt to 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 first time in so long. Aurora joins us and that just makes me cry even more, feeling like a

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know!" I pent, try to talk between the gaps of my sobbing, "1-1 broke them up and-and the whole world turned their back on me! I deserved that! I just thought-I just thought he would see..see the truth

cries with me. "But that's

words are too shocking that I

the Villa