She Accepted Divorce He Panicked (Scarlett and Sebastian)
225 Last Straw

"I will divorce him for a price," Ava adds with a pout, "He owed that marriage to me, and he never lived up to his responsibility as a husband to me."

"The blood we gave him was Scarlett's to begin with. What did you expect when you forced his hand into a marriage?" Jack Fuller sighs, shaking his head slowly with disappointment in his eyes. He has done shitty things, for his wife and his daughter. He thought he was doing all he could to protect his family, but he never expected his daughter to only learn his dirty trick out of those.

"You forced mom and it turned out fine," Ava shrugs with an indifferent tone.

"What did you say to me?!" Jack Fuller raises his hand, and Ava freezes in fearful tears. In the end, his hand didn't land.

Jack Fuller lets a deep, long sigh. He grips his fist to hide the shiver of his hand.

Anna was in love with Johnny Vanderbilt when they got married. He has always loved Anna, so when Anna came to him for a proposal out of nowhere, he took it. He took it knowing Anna did that only because she was hurt by the billion-dollar-wedding Johnny Vanderbilt threw for Emma Green, Scarlett's mom.

But he never knew that Ava would see that as him forcing Anna's hand into marriage. Was this why Ava deemed it was okay for her to threat Sebastian into a marriage? He knew he spoiled Ava too much, which was why all the mess five years ago happened, but he never thought that his marriage was part of why Ava did what she did.

"Your mom came to me with that proposal," Jack Fuller opens his mouth, only to hear how powerless his voice is, "I didn't force her hand--"

"I know!" Ava throws herself onto his arm, swags her body like a puppy as she gives him the deer eyes, "I'm sorry papa, I didn't mean that. I know you love mom and mom loves you, I do!"

Jack Fuller opens his mouth to explain, only to purse his lips when he feels all his energy strained. Ava doesn't mean any of her apology, he could tell. In fact, she doesn't care about it one way or another. And that's what hurt him the most. She knows how to play him. She knows how to get what she wants from men, and she say and do whatever to get it.

At that moment, he couldn't recognize his little girl anymore. Since when did she became this person who doesn't believe in love, who sees people in her life as purely gains and losses, who paints herself an angelic image but actually has no care in her heart? Not even her own parents?

"So how do we get rid of Scarlett, papa?" Ava shakes his arm with puppy dog eyes, "I'm so tired of seeing her face. I hate how she dares come to our house and say all those nasty things to you and mom!"

If before, Jack Fuller would feel warm in his heart when Ava takes the family's side against some common enemies - mostly Scarlett, but right now he just feel blood running through his veins running cold.

"That's why we are here," Jack Fuller tries to put the cold feeling behind, leading the way to their seats which are at the front rows of the auction, "Johnny Vanderbilt has been looking for that daughter of his, and today we will arrange the father-daughter réunion. She will be his problem from here."

"So the necklace is to lure HIM out instead?" Ava cheers with a bright flattering smile to Jack Fuller, "Surely he could put a leash on his own production."

Jack Fuller glances at Ava, not answering. He doesn't even have a leash on his. He knew this day would come when Scarlett is back for blood, and there is nothing he could do to prevent it, not for lack of trying:

Scar lost it right after the incident

five years ago, and that was his best

shot. He sent Ava to provoke Scar, and just like he thought, Scar attacked Ava. He wanted to pin Scarlett down with the attempted murder charge, but Sebastian and Damian managed to minimal the damage. Scarlett pleading guilty her own in the trial was God

performing miracle for Jack Fuller, and immediately he started planting people in the prison. Scarlett wasn't meant to leave the prison alive. But then Johnny Vanderbilt happened. Jack Fuller knew Johnny Vanderbilt way back, but even he didn't expect Johnny Vanderbilt to have the sort of energy to transfer a prisoner at will, first to this city, then to his own facility. By the time Jack Fuller found Scar again, she already crawled out of the dark hell and was able to talk again. He knew he missed his chance - Scar was protected too well there, and Jack Fuller couldn't make a move on her anymore.

He could no longer touch Scarlett, not with Sebastian Knight, Damian and Johnny Vanderbilt on her side. He just wanted peace. It was working for a while because Scarlett was hurt too deeply to trust any of her allies, but then out of nowhere, she found Silco the crazy dog to help her with her crazy revenge.

Right now, he dares not to have any luxurious hope. Not to get rid of Scar, not to even keep sucking blood off Sebastian. All he wants is for Scar to back off with her fully loaded gun and let his family live with the crumbles he could gather for them. And for that, Johnny Vanderbilt's desire of getting back his daughter is his last hope.