She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

156 The Yellow Dress

Scarlett’s POV

In his sorrowful gaze, I shake my head subconsciously. But I can’t utter the word “no“. It’s hard to lie, especially when the lie won’t trick anyone. Not me, nor him.

With a bitter smile, he lets go of my waist slowly.

He was the one who pushed me away. He wanted it so badly, and finally, when I did it, he was also the one giving me this sorrowful look, making me feel guilty as hell.

“Action!”

Just at the moment where I’m dying of awkwardness, James Deep shouts. I quickly turn to the scene, and Sebastian walks up to my side.

Samuel and Aria — Sebastian and Ava – talk in the hallway just like how they used to in my memory. Except this time, she isn’t the one stealing such a moment from a dark, jealous sister, but the actual girl who was saved–

Samuel walks in with his football pals in laughter and talks, his eyes bright and his smile clean. When he passes Aria, she lowers her head and dodges his eyes. He stops, staring at her with a curious look.

“Do I know you?” Aria finally asks, her face blushing a little. Amilia gives him a polite smile, but her sparkling eyes shout out her secret – she just ran into her long–time crush on the first day of high school, a senior hot guy who is still in his football outfit.

girl with a

you tell me,” Samuel lands his long arm on the top of the locker, bending a little to look at the girl on the same level, his eyes clean with a shred

He laughs at himself right after the blunt question, “What an odd question

an odd question alright,” Aria smiles at him, leaving with her books, “and yes, I do

an eyebrow, staring in the direction where

mean sister. Instead of a vicious face, she looks more sad and pitiful as

The scene ends.

I open my mouth to no words. I can’t object to anything. The scene is perfect, including the

you there?” Sebastian

Except it wasn’t his reunion with Ava first day

me telling him about the dress, but Ava telling him that I was the mean

156 The Yellow Dress

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despise in the following

on a harmless smile, mocking.

No, I meant the dress,” Sebastian grabs my wrist in haste, his tone anxious as his eyes search for the truth in mine frantically, “How did you know about

a secret that only he and Ava