Chapter 19

019 Mr. Grumpy Scarlett’s POV “Will you lower your voice?!” Sebastian grunts at the knucklehead.

When you are rich enough, you automatically become a celebrity. Celebrities like Sebastian, their marital status can make a huge impact on their business if it got out the wrong way. I did think about this, and I thought it wouldn’t be a problem, but I shouldn’t have told Adrian, not before Sebastian made the official announcement.

Going to leave, but I stop and add to him: “Sorry I announced it before you could make it official. But you are on a clock now. So you might want to give your lawyer some homework for the night.”

Adrian his nemesis, and Gabriel the knucklehead? They just might be the worst two people to know a secret Sebastian doesn’t want out.

I don’t know if he was delaying out of distrust of the detailed clauses, or he just didn’t take it seriously. It can feel surreal to him, exactly because it has been something he has been longing for. Just like the baby’s news that I have been hiding behind the back of my head. I understand, but I don’t want to talk about it with him again.

So I just pushed it forward on my own terms. It will sink in once it’s done.

Sebastian glares at me, not answering. He does that. Whenever I did something that upset him, he would put up his angry face and make me think until I could figure out what I did wrong myself. I would guess, I would ask, I would go through things that I had done one by one, so I could stop him from giving me that hateful look.

Who was I kidding? He would look at me like that no matter what.

And I’m tired of that.

“Your call,” I shrug off my advice indifferently, turning to leave. And both the men call after me:

“Where are you going?”

I’m not done with you!”

I roll my eyes, having no desire to turn to face the two guys who love Ava the most in this world, especially when I have got blood and alcohol all over me. I really shouldn’t have come tonight. It’s all Aurora’s fault!

“What now?” I ask as I text Aurora after I checked twice that it was the right chat: [Where are you?!!! Ran into code red here and I blame you!]

I glance up from my phone when no one answers. Gabriel waits for Sebastian to go first. And Sebastian, as always, glares at me with a frown.

“What?!” I ask again, getting frustrated, Sebastian rolls his eyes, seemingly more annoyed.

Well, sorry if I sound grumpy but I have got a hole in my neck!

Sebastian clicks his tongue impatiently and looks away, throwing himself onto the sofa hard like a kid throwing a tantrum.

Usually, this is where I go and snuggle him, asking if there is anything I can do better.

+25 BONUS Now I know, there isn’t. Unless I can turn into Ava.

“And you?” I nod at Gabriel.

“Um...” Gabrief looks stunned by Sebastian’s reaction, and seems to have lost his tongue. Sebastian is a gentleman, he doesn’t usually show any negative emotions in public.

I assume that’s sort of a spectacle to Gabriel.

It used to hurt to see my “big brother” bully me for my own sister when he should be protecting me, too. But that pain stopped when I started seeing the reality. Now when I look at Gabriel, I don’t feel wronged. I just see a bully that needs to be put in his place.

I should have let go of the “family” that was never mine a long time ago.

“If you want to continue the topic we were on, I suggest you go and listen to the video you made yourself,” I look Gabriel right in his eyes, “I meant every word, so unless you no longer care about Ava, you better keep a distance from me.”

I should have warned him off a long time ago, if it weren’t for my stupid illusional dream of “keeping a family“.

“Scarlett Fuller!” Not used to my challenge, Gabriel jumps up, pointing an anger–shaken finger at me, “1 dare you to say that again!”

I’d love to–

“Who are you daring?”

I freeze at the cold words raising behind me. I recognize that voice since the first word.

It’s Lilith.