138 Scar’s Pilgrimage

Scarlett’s POV

It can’t be Lucas if we are going through the door instead of the window. It has to be me. Even if anyone sees me, it won’t be a crime.

“What took you so long?!” I hiss at him when he drags me to a dark corner. In his hand is an old bronze key of a weird shape. The gate of the villa uses a fingerprint lock, but Jack Fuller’s study still uses one of those old–school locks with a complicated physical key.

What’s he hiding in there?

“This kind of lock is very expensive, one lock with only one key, and the key can’t be duplicated,” Seeing my confusion, Lucas explains, “And to answer your question, it’s because you gave me the wrong password for the phone.”

“What?! It’s not Ava’s birthday?!” I exclaim, “I swear I have seen him using that.”

“Well, maybe it was, but now it isn’t,” Lucas has a weird look on his face, “do you

want to know what it is?”

“It’s okay,” I wave my hand, “I don’t plan on stealing his phone all the time!”

stolen anything in my life. I was so nervous that I could barely keep my attention on whatever “conversation” we had. Never

birthday,” Lucas continues, looking at

look. Then

to tell you if you said you didn’t care, and not to tell you if you still care about him,” Lucas grins at me mischievously, “I don’t know

in my hand. What did I say? Never again? Not after one minute and I’m breaking

if she returns right after she gets there, it is 15 minutes for you,” Lucas glances around with a resigned look, “But I can do it if you are

a deep breath

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138 Scar’s Pilgrimage

and to think he put the highest security in his safe and study, it can

a showdown between

entering part was

A thick carpet with ancient patterns covers the whole floor, several floor–to–ceiling bookshelves around the room. One of them is behind the huge desk in the middle. By that bookshelf is a painting hanging

it is the

times, but only a handful without Jack Fuller in it, and never before at night. I’m only returning

not be a monster, but he didn’t leave a father’s image in

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