Chapter 25

025 The Iron Lady

Scarlett’s POV

“I was mad at you for loving him when he was a total jerk to you, but that’s not the main reason why! couldn’t talk to you in all these years.” Lilith starts with a nervous look.

I did not see that coming. I really thought that was the reason.

“….I know a secret, sort of, of Sebastian’s, I didn’t want to tell you because it would only hurt you, but i don’t know how to face you when I know I’m keeping such a secret from you, so…”

Her blurt is baffling but I sort out a lead, somewhat-

“Okay, so what’s this big secret?”

Taking a deep breath, Lilith looks like she is preparing herself for her death sentence before she say slowly:–

“May 21st, five years ago, do you…remember?”

day Sebastian came to me and said “he agrees to my deal for his hand. I thought it was

my mind. I knew he didn’t love me, I knew he only agreed to that because of Ava, but mannnnn, I was elated. I thought for once I

of

I have promised myself to not cry for him again. I

need to start

Aurora exchange a

know,” Lilith starts, “It’s doesn’t

“I don’t care about him

when the word “lost” left me, and I burst

dare to even touch that day, and it all comes out at my first poke. It’s like I was back to the worst day of my life, the one I lied to myself saying that I

My wedding day.

her up; the day my best friend walked out on me with disappointment in her eyes; the day when the few quests that came all looked at me with judgy eyes; the day,

loud, the first time in so long. Aurora joins us and that just makes me cry even

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did wrong, I know!” I pent, try to talk between the gaps of my sobbing, “1-1 broke them up and–and the whole world turned their back on me! I deserved that! I

the truth that…!”

know!” Lilith cries with me. “But that’s exactly the

are too shocking that

was the constable of the Villa area at that time,

is a policeman, not even

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