She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

081 A Gamble On Life

Scarlett's POV

I wouldn't even know that he didn't sign the papers if the policeman hadn't found the folder in Liam Ryan's belongings and checked the content.

Sebastian raises his hand, and I hand it over, only to notice that both our hands are shaking visibly.

"Are you alright?" Sebastian takes my arm instead of the folder, his other hand. holding my shoulder, "You are freezing! Did you take the hot cocoa-?"

His eyes land on the milk beside me. I only had a few sips.

"I haven't had anything for more than a day, what did you expect?" I push him away, sitting down at the back of the ambulance, seeing black spots in front of my eyes as I try to adjust to my dizzy head. I was too shocked by the near- death experience and the medical staff suggested a short rest first.

Talking to Sebastian is not a rest. It boils my blood at the price of my little remained

energy.

know you are not feeling well right now, and I know you are mad at me," After a hesitation, Sebastian says in a low voice, "I just want to let

you looking for from me? To say that you didn't do anything wrong? That you should choose Ava Fuller at

Sebastian looks like he wants to explain, but he just apologizes again, "You have every right to blame me, and I know you are scared.

you love her, and if you choose to let Ava die, Liam Ryan would have done it without hesitation," I nod, shaking my

him too well. I know his

voice raised with pleasant surprise," Thank God, Scar! I

fucking understand!" I cut him off coldly. The fury in my chest burns brighter and brighter as I look at him, the

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isn't a way to

that he needs to make a choice.

understood while you failed to, is that you risked my life to gamble for hers, and

keep my voice down but failed at that, "You "THINK' your strategy can keep the both of

Ava? You barely caught her chair from where you were. Did you honestly think you could have caught mine if Liam Ryan

from Sebastian's face, and that gives me the vicious sweetness of revenge. I don't care if I'm not being reasonable right now. I don't fucking

want to talk about the truth?! Then let me fucking tell you the truth! The truth is, if you had at least been fair on taking my blood for her, then I wouldn't be so desperate that I'd be lured to Ava at midnight for a faint hope of leaving the city! The truth is, if you hadn't paus Ava by enjoying your intimate time with her in public, and you