132 The Emperor's New Necklace

Scarlett's POV

"I don't know," Ava blurts almost Instantly without thinking, then her tone turns suspiciously, "...why are you asking?"

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"Why do you think?" Sebastian lets out a light laugh, but if I'm not mistaken, the laugh does not reach his eyes. I have never seen him treat Ava with such an attitude.

Ava pouts her lips, staring at Sebastian with her deer eyes wide open, her tone timid like a tamed sister-in-law: "You are asking for...her? Are you two...getting back together?" Sebastian glances in my direction again: "Yes, hopefully soon."

Ava lowers her eyes.

"I thought she might forgive me if I helped her locate her biological parents," Sebastian continues as if not seeing Ava's bothered look.

"Daddy doesn't want anything to do with that family," Ava murmurs with a scared face, "says the junkies will strangle us like vines if they found out that their daughter got adopted by rich people..."

Or maybe they would try to save me from him.

Good story, Jack Fuller.

age," Sebastian nods slowly, looking at Ava right in the eyes, "You will help me though, right? You always said you wanted

from snorting coldly at that. The

room.

such a lie. If I felt pity for her seeing herself as Pinocchio before, I no longer do. She lies when she doesn't even need to. She could just outright say that she was jealous

the cocooned look on her face right

she thought she could have a normal life with

Ava's attention on him, I turn for the staircase and sneak back up. She said she didn't know. Whether a lie or truth, she doesn't

been waiting

the moment I enter. He pulls me inside the room, checking oût both

"Why did you even want it? It's not like we can enter his safe all the time." Jack Fuller

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smirks, pulling a thing from behind his

A

blue velvet necklace

shock, "The necklace case in the safe?! You got it after Ava

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