088 The Limping Wolf

Scarlett’s POV

What did I ever do to deserve this? I know it’s wrong to accept it, but it doesn’t make any of the joy of this

moment untrue.

“As much as I believe you,” I try to choose my words more wisely than last time, “We only met a week ago, Mr. Dunn, I don’t think-

1 understand your concern, and that’s why I wanted to take it slowly,” Adrian cuts me off with a kiss on the tips of my fingers, “but I don’t want to do that anymore. You let me in on the pregnancy to warn me off, no? You don’t have to. I will love your child as my own, and I will take better care of you than anyone ever will.”

such a confession from the hero who

I’m merely a human!

his words. I’m just surprised because I never painted him as the “love–for–life” type. According to Aurora, he is nothing but a playboy, a womanizer that

that night? You were like a shooting star when you passed me on that mountain road, bright and dazzling. I held that first prize for years on that road, and the first time you came, you broke my record. You didn’t just leave your name on the top of that mountain, you left it branded

is Aurora?! The one

now this is

I purse my lips, feeling awkward, but more importantly: “How did you

“fun” that day, I think

and to our surprise, the “prize”

– neither of

throw away?” Adrian chuckles, his eyes shining at that memory, “That’s the special honor for the first prize. It has always been mine, and when you pour it to

not. It was true.

tilts his head with a bright smile, “I guess I deserved it. I did

the story behind the old coaster in

think I was trying my

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