She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

Chapter 55

055 The Perfect Crime

Scarlett's POV

I would have given everything for such a speech from him, five years ago.

Hell. I did give everything, when I asked for exactly what he is offering me today. If only he had been less cruel to me anywhere in the past five years; if only he believed Granny and did not let his emotion cloud his judgment. But life has no "if only". I'm not there anymore. I'm not excited, or happy. I'm just tired.

I just want to live my own life without them keep on hurting me.

I can't go back, not for Granny's wish, not for my coming baby, not for a Sebastian who still doesn't see me.

He still doesn't know that it was me who he saved in the woods, not Ava.

I only found out about this misunderstanding five years ago. When Ava came

bragging to me with a recording of Sebastian saying the three scared words to her, promising that he would have no one but her as his wife in this lifetime.

video, Sebastian looked into Ava's eyes, and said that all he wanted to do was to

the most innocent, brave, cute little with a touch of rebellion that he had ever

confused, angry, panicking. Everything

knew he

was brave, and innocent with a touch of rebellion. I WAS all those things,

that he ignored all Ava's faults and disadvantages because of "his feelings for that little girl", but what I felt was

who I was, and he never

either.

+25 BONUS

said no. She thought he would

down, I WAS touched, at that time. And that one shred. of bittersweetness, became

wanted, for the first time. I didn't know what else to do. If I went to him to tell him "the truth", he would hate me even more and deem that a Ava knew, and that was why she dared

still took the bet. I bet that if he could love a vicious snake as evil as Ava for so long just because of that

I should have known.

with Ava even though she was nothing that he "loved", then it's Ava who he loved, not

Not me.

sorry for what he did, he still can't see me with basic fairness. He can't see me over Ava's horrible lies about me and see that I have

Fool me once.