204 Queen Scarlett

She doesn't have to wait for him. Or. She didn't get to wait for him. Sebastian beat her to it.

No one approached Ava when she got out of the car, not even Olivia Keen. When your title depends on a husband who shows how little he cares about you, you get little respect accordingly. That's how the circle is.

Ava was hoping that she could turn that around today.

"Olivia!" Ava quickly spots her long-time friend. After Sebastian made it clear that she was no longer under his wing, most "friends" in Ava's circle left her.

Don't get it wrong. Olivia was one of the first to abandon the ship. But that's how Ava knew Olivia would be one of the first to turn with the wind if she could turn Sebastian around. And that's happening tonight. "Who is this?" The guy standing by Olivia's side asks tauntingly, apparently knowing Ava's face.

"And who are you, if I may ask?" Ava tries to restrain the vile in her voice.

"This is my husband. He is a director, working for the Nest." Olivia shrugs with a wave of her hand casually, introducing, "Nick, this is Ava Knight, your boss's wife...I believe."

words were about. The "boss" part?

in the sense that it's not a platform where people share their lives with the world, but being a chat app,

Z-House 2.0 with more -- well, fine, --

stings especially after Ava ran Z-House into the

so this is the famous CEO of Z-House, huh?" The guy Nick smirks as if he has been waiting to say

just laughs with Olivia, apparently not expecting her

this when she was still "Sebastian's gir Except she

an emergency meeting," Ava says her line she prepared all the way here, "let me know

some cake somewhere. But this is the announcement of her coming back as the queen of

Olivia lets out a

believe I have heard your name before. New in this field, are you not? I can introduce you to Sebastian

condescending tone, "I think I stand a higher chance

did you just say?!" Ava could no longer hold her temper. Sure, she is not exactly having her days recently, but since when does

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