132 The Emperor’s New Necklace

Scarlett’s POV

“I don’t know,” Ava blurts almost Instantly without thinking, then her tone turns suspiciously, “…why are you asking?”

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“Why do you think?” Sebastian lets out a light laugh, but if I’m not mistaken, the laugh does not reach his eyes. I have never seen him treat Ava with such an attitude.

Ava pouts her lips, staring at Sebastian with her deer eyes wide open, her tone timid like a tamed sister–in- law: “You are asking for…her? Are you two…getting back together?”

Sebastian glances in my direction again: “Yes, hopefully soon.”

Ava lowers her eyes.

“I thought she might forgive me if I helped her locate her biological parents,” Sebastian continues as if not seeing Ava’s bothered look.

the junkies will strangle us like vines if they found out that

would try

Good story, Jack Fuller.

slowly, looking at Ava right in

body from snorting coldly at that. The only thing that

room.

Sebastian would believe such a lie. If I felt pity for her seeing herself as Pinocchio before, I no longer do. She lies when she doesn’t even need to. She could just outright say that

cocooned herself. She has the cocooned look

thought she could have

him, I turn for the staircase and sneak back up. She said

has been waiting for

pulls me inside the room, checking oût both sides before he closes the door behind

confusion, “Why did you even want it? It’s not like we can enter his safe all the

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pulling a thing from behind his

A

necklace case. It’s

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