She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

064 A Smart Snake Scarlett's POV

When I woke up, everything was dark. For a moment, I thought it was still at night, only to see that I'm in a dark room when my eyes got used to the darkness.

My mind is like a mush, and it's adjusting even slower than my eyes as if someone. injected fog into my brain.

What happened? Where am I? I was in a car...? The last thing I could remember was Ava's scared eyes.

Ava!

My memory of last night rushes into my mind as that name wakes them up, also is waking up is a throbbing pain in my temples. I frown, trying to rub my temples, only realize that my arms are tied to the arms of a wooden chair.

Now I remember.

I didn't want to go out to meet Ava when I got her message. She never reaches out to me, ever. She has got an army to do that if she ever needs me. Nor was there anything for us to talk about. The last time she "talked" to me, she showed the video of Sebastian when he I replied with a sticker of rolling eyes, but Ava instantly replied - [I can get Dad to let you go, if you give Seb back to me.]

Then before I could even reply, she sent another message: [Now can we talk?]

I was tempted.

I didn't think Jack Fuller would indulge such a request easily, not even for Ava. But if anyone can get me my freedom, it's her.

And on top of that, I got the divorce papers right in my hand. I didn't trust Ava's words 100%, but that was definitely the moment closest to my freedom.

[Fine, where are you?]

downstairs. Next, she gave a long string of instructions directing me to a car stopped parked with its butt stuck in a narrow alley. I stopped far from it,

064 A Smart Snake

1. me.

pair of hands covered my nose with a wet cloth

fucking liar, but I really thought her desire for Sebastian was genuine. I never thought

Ava could possibly want from me. What's she isn't getting from her army that she has to

"Scar!"

a dark corner, Ava's voice

out her figure. The window is letting in nearly no light. It's either super dark out there, or the window doesn't open to

raises, "You are awake! Thank

her mean

1. US.

than her. I'm not sure why

back, "I'm a victim in this,

eyes, remember that she can't see, "except you

to tell

the police when she notice that I didn't go home last night.

look around. In the dim light that my eyes are used to, I see an almost empty room. The door is missing - or, there never was

of a roughcast house. A messy table in the corner with several things on it, including my phone. No way to tell whether it's on or off. "Hey, Siri?"