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?]

in a narrow alley. I stopped far from it, struggling to run immediately, but then Ava rolled down the window and

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1. me.

a pair of hands covered my nose with a wet cloth

was a fucking liar, but I really thought her desire for Sebastian was genuine. I never thought the spoiled little princess, the one who knew only how to frame me in front of everyone, wo committing a real crime just

she

"Scar!"

corner, Ava's voice

nearly no light. It's either super dark out there, or the window doesn't open

scared whisper raises, "You are awake! Thank

God? Ava is not using her mean face, meaning

1. US.

this, Ava? Where am I?" I ask in a lower voice than her. I'm not sure why she's keeping her voice low, but I'd rather not test

Ava hisses back, "I'm a victim in this,

remember that she can't see, "except

I'm deciding whether to tell the police about

other place to go. She would call the police when she notice that I didn't go home last night. The question

are used to, I see an almost empty room. The door is missing - or, there never was one.

the color of a roughcast house. A messy table in the corner with several things on it, including my phone. No way to tell

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