She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

Chapter 33

033 The Old Coaster

Scarlett’s POV

Who says bitching is lame and you should always take the high road?

I took the high road and all I got was humiliation, pain, and a late “thank you“. I didn’t want to bitch about it, but it surely felt great!

After the night where I lashed out at Sebastian, I have seen a new light in my life. My heart. doesn’t hurt every damn second for him, and I can finally focus on my own life with a fresh. view. I wasn’t ready to move on hen I signed the divorce papers, but I am now.

I

I feel like I was given a new life.

I thought it would take long before I could get used to him being with Ava after the divorce, and I thought it would hurt until I could finally be numb.

Turns out, all I needed was to speak up and get it over with. Maybe this is the “closure” people talk about.

“Miss Scarlett?” The reception at the Dunn Corp’s headquarters comes to me with a flattering smile, “The CEO is ready to see you if you follow me, this way.”

sign my last name unless I absolutely have to. Not that I would want to, but it’s one of the “lessons” Gabriel taught me with his fists.

the folder in my hand, not following her before taking a

got Adrian’s reply on the

know where my

give him for that. But I didn’t expect such a decisive approval, and I was the one having doubts. I took a few days to go over my script again, making sure it was ready as I was before I

I NEED this.

and boring, with the scene of

the two very different

waits by the door, waiting for me to knock with a polite smile. I have no choice but to take a long, deep breath in front of her, checking my tight. blouse for wrinkles and my black skirt

The old Coaster

+25 BONUS

I

after I sneak in a

on in,” A clear, light

Adrian Dunn. We went to the same high school, but we never spoke once. in school. The first and last words we exchanged actually happened after graduation. Well, not even “exchanged“. He said “Nice car” when I was about

that encounter plays a huge role in my nervousness

the receptionist leaves with a swift turn, and I twist the doorknob with a drumming heart, and open the door to a huge,

expansion from the desk he used when he started his business with his “guys“. They

Dunn Corp is

the city view. Though this piece of land is crowded with