She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

Chapter 25

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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?”

—

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

eyes, feeling so stupid when that memory pops up in my mind. I knew he didn’t love me, I knew he only agreed to that because

of humiliation on all my memory of

it?” I take a gulp of my lemonade, hiding the tears welling up in my eyes. I have promised myself to not cry for him again. I

just need

and Aurora exchange a

starts, “It’s doesn’t

know,” I cut her off, “I don’t care about him or

when the word “lost” left

never 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

My wedding day.

her eyes; the day when the few quests that came all looked at me with judgy eyes; the day, when

hugging me tight as I cry out loud, the first time in so long. Aurora joins us and that just makes me cry

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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

the truth that…!”

with me. “But

too shocking that I even forgot

was the constable of the Villa area at that time, right?” Lilith

is a