She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

175 Proof Of His Heart

Scarlett's POV

"I appreciate your trust," This is the first words from Sebastian on our way to the Fuller's.

"I'm not letting you be with Ava alone," I fold my arms and look away.

He lets out a slight laugh.

I do trust him. I trust that he doesn't lie, and I trust that he thinks he has been doing the right things. But that's it. I am not trusting him with a lot of things, even with things about Ava aside. He doesn't know about my conncections with the Vanderbilt, and he doesn't know about Ava's lie, and...our baby.

"--" I hesitate, weighing which secret might be the slightest to tell, "What changed your attitude toward me, all of a sudden?"

I want to know if I can trust him with any of my big secrets.

He glances at me in the rare view mirror, and a bitter smile crawls onto his lips with a shade of irony.

""What?" I frown.

"Nothing," He looks straight at the road, answering as if he is in an interview, "I guess I have always felt like I was forced to be with you, but the divorce lifted that dark shadow that has been blinding me from my true feelings. I started seeing things from different angles, and I realized how wrong I have been."

So all I needed to do was to leave?

force your

he would say yes. Because that would give the past five years a little sense -- I only did that because I saw no other way to expose Ava's lie to him at that moment.

don't know,"

What

tell the truth.

now," He laughs, darting his sight from the road to me

mad at your lie!" I roll my eyes,

jealous?" He leans over to search for my eyes, and I dodge all the way to the other side, "I said I don't know because that if would never be true. I married you, and I fell in love with you. That's what happened. I don't live in regretting the past because regret can't change the past. But the future

stare at him, can't help his charm coming back to life in my mind. We don't necessarily share all values about life, but he always surprises me with his, making me think and grow with him. Only it wasn't always this

"I'm with your baby", but it's truly not the time for it.

to assure me.

uncomfortable again -- Ava is waiting by the gate out of the

alone," Ava folds her arms with a reluctant tone when I get out

glance at the villa behind her. Looks like the Fullers are having some guests over. "He won't be joining our conversation," I add when Ava's eyes dart to Sebastian.

nods lightly

pouts at him, tears coming out instantly but she forces them back. That's

for a while now. She did this in the first years of our marriage, when she wasn't

been.

changed his attitude toward me, it's her timidness right

"Well, you--" can't.