079 Dear Father

Scarlett’s POV

Warmth calms.

I never understood why in movies the victims are all given an orange blanket even if they aren’t wet. Now I know. At the moment of shock, a blanket can work magic, and calm your jittery nerves.

But after calmness, embarrassment hits.

I hug myself, sitting in the back of the ambulance, feeling my ears burn.

What did I just do?!

I cried and snuggled in the arms of a basically stranger! Who is going to be my boss that I would meet on a daily basis?

Can I

“Here,”

it now…?

lightly, and I look up startled, only to see Adrian’s

he even

take the milk from him and lower my eyes, having no courage to look at him. But I didn’t miss the slight

I land my eyes on his shivering hand, “I should have

on my own.”

hand, staring at it for a second before he sighs with a self- mocking laugh: “They were shaking more heavily

eyes wide at his words, dare not to

worry…about…me? I can’t even begin to imagine how that feels like and

get it and keep my head low. He doesn’t press on,

I look up, only to see Sebastian stopping in front of us,

us, a

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go get your own.”

Adrian, and for some reason I feel like he is furious. I tilt my head slowly, and I see the source of the annoying cry that has been in the background – Ava, in

get this ambulance just for me? I just

voice, his eyes on me with

donate blood,” I cut him

to see right now. How cruel does one need to be to come demand that from me at such a moment?!

drag me

what I

-just-”

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