She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

082 Miss Serpent

Scarlett's POV

Just great. I guess I have to meet with everyone I hate before I can get some peace.

Panting in a cold sweat, my sight is gradually coming back. But seeing Ava clearly with her hanging on Sebastian's arm, I'd rather I had just blacked out.

"What are you doing here? Go back to your stretcher," Sebastian frowns at Ava, worrisome pouring out of his eyes.

"I was worried about you..." Ava puts on a wronged, innocent tone, murmuring, "I heard shouting...are you okay?"

Now that her arms stopped bleeding, the queen of acting is back, too. I have never seen Ava lose her cool in front of Sebastian like that when the knife cut her, but what impresses me the most is how she can put her act back on as if that didn't happen. Nothing matters to her more than her fragile life, yet Sebastian would take her words when she shouted she never wanted my blood.

guess she can do so because it can trick Sebastian.

You can't wake up someone who fakes to be asleep.

voice, mimicking Ava as he hands me a cup: "Have some water, you poor little thing." I almost burst into

a peevish little girl.

man is stupid or blind enough to buy your gross acting," Adrian pulls me into his arms, and rubs my shoulder when he feels my freezing cold skin. His warm action does not reduce the coldness in his voice as he keeps on at Ava, "I'll be sure to let the chief know about your part in

taking my side, but the secondhand embarrassment is too much to take, and I have to lower

water.

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+25 BONUS

082 Miss Serpent

being so

on Adrian's hand that's rubbing my shoulder, but gripping the folder in

Adrian, realizing he is. not her prey, but she manages to keep up her manner for

kidnapped because you showed intimacy with other people's husband," I remind her coldly,

with wronged tears twirling in her eyes. That's how she demands punishments on me from

her, but says with a heavy tone, he doesn't look at Ava, but looks at me with

and I was wrong. I never acted