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.

understand. No parents want their children taken, no matter at what age," Sebastian nods slowly, looking at Ava right in the eyes, "You

my body from snorting coldly at that. The only thing that saved me was

room.

Yeah, right. Only Sebastian would believe 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 and that wouldn't diminish his

herself. She has the cocooned look

was healed. Before she thought she could have a

staircase and sneak back up. She said she didn't know. Whether a lie or truth, she doesn't have

been

I enter. He pulls me inside the room,

Fuller guards his safe like a dragon with his mountain of gold. He spends most of his time there. 132 The Emperor's

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Lucas smirks, pulling a thing from behind his

A

necklace

case in the safe?! You got

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