Chapter 195

“That girl has it hard.”
Inez listened to Scarlet speak through the phone. Now that her new identity was more or less fermented enough, she had little to no qualms in calling her sister. Once she had returned to her lodge, the first thing she had done was to call Scarlet while Killian did his own thing.
“I just don’t understand how someone can be this cruel,” said Inez as she applied the last coat of shine topper on her nail paint. “Selene didn’t do anything wrong. She just said no to someone she has no affection for.”
Scarlet scoffed as she rolled her eyes; the screen froze a little due to her actions before moving once again. “And here I thought that you would be the one to understand her better than the rest.”
A frown settled between her brows as Inez asked, “And what do you mean by that?”
“Come on, Inez. Do you really never see through Dominic’s actions?”
She stared at her for a second too long, her brain switching from ’ I know what she is talking about’ to ’whatever the hell she is talking about’. It happened so quickly that Inez was sure that her brain started to lag for a few seconds. She parted her lips and questioned, “Just what are you trying to say?”
“Nessie… I know that you have always been in awe when it comes to Dominic but you really need to step out of your little bubble. Why do you think he put you through all that torture?”
Inez placed the applicator of the nail topper on the small bottle before turning to look at Scarlet. She scrunched up her brows before stating in a low voice, “isn’t it because he wanted to hurt me?”
“You really do not understand him… or maybe you do. You just don’t want to accept it,” she muttered with a scowl on her lips. “Inez, he did that for a reason. He did it because he hoped to break you.”
The realisation that she had been ignoring all this while hit her like a punch to the gut. Those thoughts that she used to have were not exaggerated at all. Dominic actually, sincerely wanted to crush her spirit until she was nothing but a hollow shell which could be manipulated at will.
No, no. She was thinking too much. There was no way Dominic would do such a thing—but as the horrors that she went through flashed in her mind, she knew that there was no point in rejecting the truth. And that thought became even more assertive when she saw Scarlet’s expression.
“I mean She blinked a few times. “I knew that there had to be a motive behind his actions but I never thought — no, no,” she scowled before adding, “In fact, I knew why he did that and what his intentions were; maybe I was just too —”
“Much of a fool that I didn’t want to admit the truth,” deadpanned Scarlet.
“You are right,” she admitted and her voice was stronger than she had expected it to be. “He was someone I looked up to—my best friend… the one man I fell in love with—my mate.” Something got caught in the back of her throat and Inez ended up turning quiet.
Scarlet studied her through the screen for a second before sighing. “I cannot understand how you even stayed alive this long with that naive personality of yours, Nessie. In a way, I believe our mom did you a favour by stopping you from telling the truth to Dominic. Maybe if you had told him the truth, then his obsession with you would have been much worse.” Inez watched her take a sip of her tequila before continuing. “It’s a good thing that Alpha Sokolov is a nice guy; it’s a pity that he is a player.”
“He is not a player,” Inez spoke before she could stop herself. “He has never played anyone. He has at most kept people at bay but Killian has never hurt anyone.”
“And you are already protecting him,” Scarlet spoke with a teasing look in her eyes.
“I am not—”
The sound of knocking caused Inez to halt; the two sisters turned around and looked at the door of Scarlet’s room.
“Scar, are you in there?”
Their Mom.
Scarlet frowned when she heard the voice of her mother but she still called out, “I am here; what do you want?”
“Come out—Luca and Blake are here. They want to talk with you.”
When Inez heard the response of her mother, her eyes widened in alarm. “Scarlet, don’t go—”
“I have to.” Scarlet turned and glanced at Inez with a hint of determination and wildfire in her eyes. “I am not hiding from those bastards.”
And before Inez could say anything else, she ended the call and scrambled to her feet.
Scarlet crossed the room and then pulled open the door; her eyes flickered as she looked at her mother, who seemed quite satisfied. She knew that this was all due to the constant visits of the alpha and his hellions.
“What?” Scarlet barked.
“Did you not hear me?” Mrs Sinclair spoke with a frown on her face. “Luca and—”
“I heard you just fine the first time. What I meant to ask is why you are disturbing my sleep for them? Do I resemble their pet bitch? That I need to start wagging my tail whenever they call me?”
Mrs Sinclair shot a look of horror downstairs before turning around and looking at Scarlet as if she had uttered a really bad word. She lowered her voice and said to Scarlet, “What nonsense are you saying? Is this how I taught you to behave?”
“No. You taught me how to be someone’s bitch but I resisted those genes with all my willpower,” Scarlet scathingly retorted.
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“WHAT!?” and Scarlet raised her voice even higher, making the woman flinch. Seeing the look of wide disbelief in her mother’s eyes, Scarlet sneered, “I am sorry to remind you of this, mother dearest. But I am not Inez.”
Scarlet then walked past Mrs Sinclair wanting to see what those two idiots wanted from her.