Chapter 45

045 A 30 Grand Piece

Scarlett’s POV

“So, you are saying that I bought a knockoff, is that it?”

The handsome stranger does not let Lilith go, but looks up at the group of mean girls with a nod. Suddenly all his moves are elegant in my eyes, a pleasure to watch for

some reason.

I think Lilith feels the same because she is looking up at him with a smitten slash stunned look from his chest.

“I-“The mean girls all look at the one standing in the middle, Olivia Keen, Ava’s best friend. She hems and haws, “I mean…”

Eyes darting to Ava, she’s too nervous and she needs instructions from her master.

“I’m sorry, who are we talking to?” Ava clears her throat and steps up, her tone polite and her voice pleasent. It’s the voice she uses when she wants to impress. Guess it’s universal that the stranger is considered handsome. Or Ava just evaluated the tailed suits on him well.

The stranger cocks his eyebrows with an amused look as if pleasantly surprised.

I’m nervous again. If Ava wants to come off as charming, she can. It takes time to see her true color. Or, in Sebastian’s case – takes forever.

“Does my name have anything to do with my accused crime?”

gave her question a gentle rejection. I have never seen that

in any way,” Ava’s bitter smile is just perfect. A poor little thing that is wronged but remains polite, with a tad of sorrow in

believe her if I didn’t know

nervous eyes between Ava and the stranger,

“Relax,” Granny s

my back gently, whispering,

confident in

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curves her lips

what’s with the proud

back at Olivia: “I paid 30 grand for this piece, and you thought it smart to humiliate me with

My heart sinks.

Even their ordinary designs are close to six figures, not to mention a customized,

her elegant celebrity role well, only making a slightly surprised look. But

I

cover of the Times, but that was it.

zeros right of the original! It’s 300 THOUSAND, my love, and certainly something you can’t afford! I know

shoots a smirk at Ava, and Ava lowers her

looks up with a worried look, also shocked:

nailed on the mean girls with a cold, dangerous look when they burst into

you picked up? They said

helping me,” Lilith pushes him lightly, and he lets her go this time, “I’m really grateful for your help, both times. I’m sorry I got you

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