She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

Chapter 44

044 The Strange Stranger

Scarlett's

POV

I used to argue with Ava, when I cared.

I don't care about Sebastian anymore, and I no longer have any desire to "win" over her, especially in a meaningless argument. She has his heart, end of story. I just want to protect my friend right now.

Ava always wins our battles by making me the bully. She doesn't know how to handle my surrender. Utter speechless, she bites her lips in silence, and her dogs. move away hesitantly.

I grab Lilith's wrist as I turn to Granny: "I'm really sorry...

"Where are you going?"

1 almost run into a guy, and I pull to a sudden halt at his words. He replaced the mean girls group, blocking my way. To think I thought it was fascinating how we shared a rare eye color. Now I just want to hit him in the head when I see his taunting eyes. I KNEW he was part of the evil plan!!!

"You-!" I grip his collar to blow out. He grabs my wrist gently, stopping me from doing more damage, but not hurting me as he cuts me off faster:

"I thought the fuss was about a Nightingale's knockoff?"

hand

his purple eyes narrow

angry tone, like a

to ill-attention directed at me like that's instinct

The guy with purple eyes suddenly puts away his dangerous aura and backs away,

with her eyebrows raised so high they almost disappear in her hair. No one ever dares to tease her like that, but

4 The Strange Stranger

never seen him. The Knight is definitely part of the upper class,

she's in a dress right now, and she pulls back her leg she almost launches onto the

movement seems

The guy does

an angry gasp, taking a swing at the guy. He turns slightly just to dodge her punch, and instead of backing away, he takes another step forward, pushing his body into Lilith's, grabbing her wrist and twisting it to her back, pressing her waist into himself with that

so easily, no one but Damon,

august voice

when I turned to Granny with guilt burning my ears, I realized Granny wasn't shouting at Lilith and the weird stranger, but at Sebastian and Adrian. Looks like Adrian wants to join the circle to help, and Sebastian won't let him.

SHOULD apologize, for panic at your enemy's

What?

to her side, nodding

lightly! Now my ears are burning even more, feeling like a child dispilicined by a

surprisingly warm feeling I had never felt