Flashing Lights (Scarlett X G!P Reader)

Chapter 23

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Your POV

"Miss Johansson. How long were you and my client romantically involved?"

I don't want Scarlett on the stand. I don't want them to ask anything out of pocket to her. I don't want them digging into her private life and emotions, her trauma.

All eyes are on her and while not everyone may be able to tell, I can clearly see the nerves racking her brain. Her fingers are fiddling, thumbs tapping atop her fingers, rubbing her lips together, eyes staring and barely blinking as much as one normally would.

"About a year."

"And during that time, did you and Y/N Rae Mitchell ever have sexual relations?"

My hands ball into tight fists, right leg bouncing with a mix of anxiety and anger. How did I figure that would come up in conversation? Fucking hell, this isn't going to bode well.

Scarlett leans in shakily and glances at me, eyes expressing fear and worry, body swirling with annoyance at the question.

"Once, yes."

"So you cheated?"

I look to Alison and she nods at me and stands up, "Objection, Your Honor."

The judge nods and looks at Colin's lawyer.

"Counselman? Relevance?"

He smiles sickeningly and shrugs, "I'm just trying to show the disloyalty in the relationship. Miss Johansson cheating on my client with Miss Mitchell could be cause for jealousy in her official relationship, could've motivated emotions of anger and desire in Miss Mitchell to get rid of my client to have Miss Johansson all to herself."

"Objection, speculation! There is no fact in that statement," Alison counters and the judge goes to cut in but Scarlett beats him to it.

"Respectfully, what happened between Y/N and I was fully consensual and I have felt safer with Y/N Mitchell than I ever had with Colin."

Alison and Colin's lawyer, along with the judge, stare at Scarlett and I smile sweetly at her, my heart fluttering in my own chest. The look she then gives me a rush of joy and confidence, a blanket of serenity and relaxation over my head and my soul.

She feels safe with me.

And that's all I could ever ask for,

"Your Honor, may I approach?" Alison asks and the judge nods, telling Colin's lawyer to take a seat.

Alison smiles at Scarlett, receiving one back from her.

"Hi Scarlett."

"Hi Alison."

"You said you feel safe around Y/N. The night of the incident...you left the house and drove to Y/N's, is that correct?"

Scarlett looks at me and the emotions that lay behind her gaze is almost unreadable to me. But it brings a warmth to my chest still. Almost like my heart can read the emotions but my brain can't. Like it's unimaginable to the human brain of how powerful emotions like those are but my soul reads into it and embraces it fondly, with care.

I offer her a warming smile and she nods, "That's correct."

"Can you explain what happened? From the beginning of the incident?"

Scarlett begins to tell her story. Explains that Colin came home already angry about the music video. She explains how it escalated and gets choked up, rubbing her neck anxiously and apologizing.

I start to stand up but a hand on my arm captures my attention. Turning back, Lizzie and Florence stare at me, Lizzie's hand on my wrist, both shaking their heads sadly and motioning for me to stay put.