She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

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?”

seen that happening to

you in any way,” Ava’s bitter smile is just perfect. A poor

her if

dart nervous eyes between Ava and the stranger, unconscious of

“Relax,” Granny s

back gently,

so confident in the situation,

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curves her

Then why are you so confident?! And what’s with

stranger throws his question back at Olivia: “I paid 30 grand for this piece, and you thought it smart to

My heart sinks.

Nightingale is a luxury brand. Even their ordinary designs are close to six figures, not

a slightly surprised look. But not her minions. They exchange a shocked

I

I saw it on the cover of the Times, but that was it. I sincerely hope that’s not where he got to

count the zeros right of the original! It’s 300 THOUSAND, my love, and certainly something you

at Ava, and Ava lowers her head modestly.

worried look, also

when they burst into laughter, but Lilith’s words put an utterly surprised look

picked up? They said I’m

lightly, and he lets her go this time, “I’m really