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!”

in my life. I was so nervous that I

Lucas continues,

weird look. Then

didn’t care, and not to tell you if you still care about him,” Lucas grins at me

did I say? Never again? Not after one minute and I’m breaking and entering again!

it is 15 minutes for you,” Lucas glances around with a resigned look, “But I can do it

deep breath and

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he put the highest security in his safe and

a showdown

entering part

is huge with a complicated layout. 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 on the

it is the

study countless times, but only a handful without Jack Fuller in it, and never before at night. I’m only returning something, yet I feel like Jack Fuller will brage in at any moment and arrest

monster, but he didn’t leave

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