Scarlett POV
I knew I was being unfair.
But who wasn’t?
Could anyone genuinely maintain the same expectations for themselves that they set for everyone else?
I’d been stupid enough to fall for Jaxen once. I’d already paid the price for that mistake.
He didn’t need to keep reminding me.
“Sorry,” Jaxen apologized immediately. “I’ll be more careful next time.”
“You said that last time.”
I wanted to forget basic manners and unload every insult I could think of, but we were standing in a public area. I still had some dignity to protect.
“If there’s a next time, I really will poison you until you can’t speak.”
“Then I’ll be waiting.”
He clearly knew I was only venting.
He didn’t believe I would actually do it.
If anything, he seemed to hope I would be the one to come lookin
