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?”
To my surprise, the stranger gave her question a gentle rejection. I have never seen that happening to Ava. She likes to earn men’s favor, like they are her collection.
“I’m not accusing you of anything, sorry if I offended you in any way,” Ava’s bitter smile is just perfect. A poor little thing that is wronged but remains polite, with a tad of sorrow in her eyes.
I’d even believe her if I didn’t know her.
I I dart nervous eyes between Ava and the stranger, unconscious of my nail cutting deep into my palm.
“Relax,” Granny s
pats my back gently, whispering, “just watch.”
I don’t know why Granny seems so confident in the situation, “Do you know him?”
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045 30 Grand P
Granny curves her lips happily: “Nope!”
…” Then why are you so confident?! And what’s with the proud face when the answer you give is “no“?!!
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