She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked

The fateful night five years ago, Sebastian almost lost the two people he cared about the most. His wife, and his unborn baby that he didn't even know existed. He spent all the time he could spare after taking care of the baby and Scar on tracking the person who broke in,

and he knew as much as the police if not more. That's why the policeman didn't arrest Ava --

It wasn't her.

Ava didn't cut her wrist when she was taken to the hospital. She did sneak out of her room and back in through her window. All of that was true. Scar accused Ava of being in the house, and provided detailed evidence about when she heard noises in the house and what happened after that, and the police did look in that direction. It was actually easy to find out how that person broke into the house without triggering the security system--

Ava's fingerprint was used as the last guest, exactly at the time when the break-in happened.

But it was exactly Scar's testimony that proved Ava's innocence--

Ava was captured by the hospital's security camera more than half an hour earlier than the time when her fingerprint was used to enter the house. There was simply no time for Ava to be in the house, chase Scar with another accomplice, push her off the stairs cut her wrist, and still make back to be captured by the hospital's camera.

In fact, the time when Sebastian broke into Ava's hospital ward and saw Ava with his own eyes, was actually around the same time Scar fell off the stairs.

He didn't want to tell Scar that it was her testimony that freed Ava, and he tried his best to pin Ava down for the crime. In the end with all the evidence piled up together, he had to admit that Ava didn't do it.

Someone else used Ava's fingerprint.

It doesn't change the fact that Ava lured Scar to attack her, and put Scar behind bars with that; nor does it change Ava's lie, or the fact that this mysterious person was able to do it only because he trusted Ava with access to their house.

He wanted to punish Ava by returning everything she did to Scar. He even thought about letting Scar do whatever she could to Ava if that helps Scar. But his plan doesn't involve Silco.

The mysterious man complicates everything.

"You want to hurt me? Then deal with me. Let me be your partner in your revenge," Sebastian closes his eyes, burying the tornado of pain deep into his soul and gazing at her with only calming gazes, "I'll hand you my everything, and I'll let you use my hand however you want. Anything Silco can offer, I can, too."

"You can barely survive from his snipe on your own!" Scar laughs with despise, nodding at the card, "Who do you think that card is from?"

"I don't need his help," Sebastian glances at the card, shaking his head slowly, "If I survive this crisis on my own, would you consider leaving his side?"

"Why does it matter to you who I associate with?!" Scar snaps angrily, glaring at him, "He treats me better than any of you combined! And you think after everything, I would choose you, Ava's minion, over the one guy who ever treated me nicely?!"noveldrama

Sebastian flinches at the word minion. He never thought he would one day be associated with this word, but he can't seem to be able to find any objection either.

"Scar..." Sebastian finds his voice so hard that the words seem to cut his throat, "I...I'm only trying to protect you--"

"Then don't!" Scar cuts him off coldly, "We both know what happened last time you said that to me."

The bloody night from five years ago emerges in front of his eyes as the dark memory grabs him.

"You ever thought about why

someone as powerful as Silco who could pull two billion out of his pocket easily won't let you put Avazin prison? Sebastian demands determinedly, "Why would he only let you attack the Fullers when he could easily get you the revenge you want? Because he can't. He is using you--"

"I fucking know that he is using me!" Scar snaps angrily, feeling wronged so much that her buried emotion overwhelms any reason she has left, "What choice do I have when the whole world is hellbent on crashing me? had no money and no power! I only had a family who wanted to eat me alive and a husband who served me up to the monsters! I had no one!"

"You have me! I'll get you anything you want, when he's only using you to get what HE wants!"

"I want Ava to pay for what she did!"

"Scar..." Sebastian sighs heavily, "It wasn't Ava five years ago, and Silco is tricking you to do his dirty works for him--" Slap!

Scar's palm lands on Sebastian's face, knocking his head over to the side.

"Did you seriously just say that?" Scar picks up the card with

side?

trembling hand, anger making her voice shake, "She fucking murdered YOUR child, and you are still taking her side?! You don't want help? Fine! Bury your damn company with her because I'm here to fucking claim her life!"