Scarlett's POVThe next morning, I got ready for school. My mind kept going back to Victor. The memory of his hands on my throat. The mark was gone from my skin, but the feeling stayed. I was so angry. So angry at him for using me. For making me wear his dead wife's name. For treating me like his toy.I went downstairs. Jaxon was waiting."Where is Victor?" I asked."He is busy," Jaxon said. He did not look at me."He is not busy. He is avoiding me," I said.Jaxon just opened the car door. "Get in, the driver will drop you off.”At school, I saw Ayden waiting by the gate. He smiled when he saw me."Scarlett! Good morning," he said.I tried to walk past him. "I don't have time, Ayden.""I talked to my father," he said, walking beside me. "He is very interested in you. He wants to meet you properly. I can arrange it.""I don't want to meet your father," I said. "I don't like your family."Ayden laughed. "Why? Because my father told you about Victor's wife?"I stopped walking and turned
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