She Accepted Divorce He Panicked (Scarlett and Sebastian)

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"They are not coming!" Ava hisses at Jack Fuller, darting her eyes around in haste, couldn't keep calm for more than 3 seconds at a time.

She can't wait to get rid of Scarlett permanently from her life. She didn't know Scarlett was pregnant when she tripped her downstairs, but it didn't mean she wasn't happy about the outcome. She got Scar into prison; she got Z-House, a money printing machine; she got the title of Mrs. Knight. Though she and Sebastian wasn't quite like before, but that now seems a much simpler problem compared to Scarlett the psycho coming after her.

Ever since Scar showed up on the homecoming party, Ava hasn't been sleeping well for a single day. She knew Scar wouldn't let it go easily this time, and she knew her old army -- her Mom, her Dad, her Sebastian -- didn't have power over the Scar now. Even her pure bully of a brother is hiding somewhere that no one knows after Scar raised a fuss at home.

She can't wait for Scar to be contained, and that, Johnny Vanderbilt would do.

No man at that level would allow an infamous daughter like Scar to act out. Sure, Scar hates her, but even the police couldn't pin her for what happened that night. Ava is not afraid of Scar telling on her to her dear daddy. Besides, if that dear Daddy really cared about Scar, he wouldn't have reached out to Scar by now.

The only reason Ava sees fit for his absence, is that he doesn't want to claim Scar either.

Jack Fuller shakes his head slowly, hinting the boxes sticking out from the second floor. Heavy scarlet curtains hide their huge windows, all three of them, giving whoever sitting behind there a shade of mystery.

"Who gets to sit there?" Ava whispers to Jack Fuller, staring at the windows with green eyes. She has a feeling that she won't like the answer.

"Ten million spent at the auction," Jack Fuller says without moving much even his lips, sitting calmly, "...per year."

Not like they don't have that kind of money, but they definitely can't put all their liquid on luxurious at this kind of auction for fun. Not to mention, everyone around them is at least a millionaires. But there are tiers between riches. The distance between the benches down here and the windows up there is one of them.

Ava has always known that the life behind those curtains belongs to her. That's why she wanted to be Mrs. Knight. She didn't hate Scar, per se, but she couldn't watch the little rich boy paying attention to the little sister who looked nothing like her--

That was why she told Sebastian she was the little girl he met, even though she knew it was a misunderstanding from day one.

She lived that lie her whole life. She can't stop now.

"The next item," The host lands his gavel lightly, announcing, "A ring designed by the famous artist Johnson McConaughey who's known for his delicate work with amethyst -- Frozen Night! Starting at 50,000 dollars!"

Ava temporarily forgets her worry.

"Daddy, that's the ring I want!" Ava shakes Jack Fuller's arm, her eyes nailing on the big screen, showing that one-of-a-kind ring.

"60,000!" The host points in Ava's direction at Jack Fuller's plate.

Amethysts are known for their faint purple reserved in clear stones, but that's why this ring is so unique -- the color trapped is so thick that it almost looks black without light. But even a dim light brings out the deep thick iron purple so visible that it shines under just the starry night. Hence its name.

McConaughey also caught the

unique feature of the stone, and he

added that into the design by building a cage" that traps the stone to the ring with an X shaped "cage"

made of black iron with a liner

pattern and a single scarlet

buried in the core of the iron,

e line

showing only part of its color here

and there.

Pretty, yes. But that's not why Ava wants it. She wants it because, it's the ring Sebastian designed for Scarlett --

Will, for the little girl he saved from the woods.

Sebastian designed the ring himself,

when he was majoring in

architecture in college, for the little innocent girl trapped in the dark woods, just like the special stone in the iron cage. He designed it to trap the little girl as his bride, but he never gave it to Ava because they never got together. He had his own love interest, and she had boys around her, too.

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When Scarlett forced Sebastian's hand into marriage, he sold the ring as his goodbye to his secret wish that he could never have. Ava knew of the ring only on the night of Sebastian and Scarlett's wedding, the night when she pulled him away from Scarlett by threatening to take her own life. That night he got drunk, and he told her about his feelings and the ring and said goodbye to her, telling her they were never meant for each other.

So why can't he just love her like that, now that she gave him the marriage he wanted all along? Why can't he just go back to that night, and reverse the regret he got drunk over? Why did he keep her as his little dark secret in his heart all these years, if he would just push her away when he could finally have her?

She was so close to having him. She had his heart for years. Then she got his attention and help and care. Then she got his last name. He was supposed to be hers.

But now, she's sitting here, bidding for the ring that was supposed to be on her finger with a ridiculously high price, and he is not even by her side.

"100,000!" The host's sudden exclaim freezes the whole room, including Ava, "To the gentleman on the second floor!"

Ava wheels around, to see Sebastian's cold face behind the window on the left.