She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

128 Battle Horn

Scarlett's POV

Sebastian left after my outburst that night. I think I hurt him after all. Rip the band-aid, right? He never comes again after that, and I had a week in peace. No annoying Ex, no Ava, and no news.

In the end, our news didn't make it to the front page. Not even the last page or any page. Jack Fuller secretly reached out to my cameraman. only on the second day, proposing to buy out the video. And though the cameraman raised the price three times after a deal was made, Jack Fuller budged over and over again.

I know because he wasn't just any cameraman, he was one of Adrian's best friends, a veteran from Afghanistan, and now my bodyguard.

My homemade little video was sold at the price of fifty grand. I think I could push it even further than that, but we already got what we wanted -- to test out Jack Fuller's attitude-

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He went out on a limb to keep my name off the news, even though Ava would loved painting me as the worst adopted sister of all time.

My family is definitely still out there, and for some reason, Jack Fuller is afraid of them!

Because he stole me from my family? Or maybe he purchased me from them, and he doesn't want his customer experience tracked.

find out which

chance. Ava is up to something. I know because the whole house has

on the window frame with a leg curved up, Lucas waves his phone at me, "Should I send him the

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the money, but Adrian didn't want the

wipe with a tissue. Then I

waving me the screen:

open my door, and Ava almost falls over because she has her ear on my

out the video with her worst image recorded, but I didn't think she would actually put her ear against my door. "The next time you pull off shit like this, I don't mind making another short movie for you," I

jumps off the window frame quietly, picking up his camera on

Instantly Ava behaves.

having a party at home tonight," Ava folds her

opens the cap of

threatening move, "It's MY party and I can't

begin with," I roll my eye at her, "I'll

didn't have

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