Chapter 127

Scarlett's POV: Alicia walked over and sat down on the single sofa, crossing her long legs encased in leather pants. She pulled out a pack of ladies’ cigarettes from her coat, lit one with a lighter, and took a drag. Her neatly manicured fingers held the cigarette as she lifted her eyelids and looked at Eleanor. “It’s just an amateur hobby of mine.” Eleanor seemed utterly charmed by her seamless routine, covering her mouth with a low gasp. “You are hands down the coolest woman I have ever seen smoking! I think I’m turning lesbian…” At those words, Davis’s eyebrows twitched. He cleared his throat with a loud cough. “Eleanor, please refrain from making dangerous remarks.” “How is that dangerous?” Eleanor shot him a sideways glance and snorted. “Things are different overseas. People aren’t too rigid about personalities!” “…” She stared at him and suddenly challenged, “What? You like Alicia? Why else would you be so flustered?” “Cough, cough—no, no, no!” Three denials in a row… that meant