She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

097 His City

Scarlett’s POV

“North Dakota?” Adrian shoots over a surprised look, asking as we head to the parking lot, “That’s far from here. How did know your real parents are there?”

The doctor was Adrian’s acquaintance, and at his promise, we left the doctor’s office feeling safe about my secret. I feel bad about hiding this from Sebastian, but before I’m sure I can protect my baby from them, I can’t risk letting any of my “family” know about the baby.

Adrain is the third of the only three people that I can trust my secret with.

I briefly explained to him about my situation and how Jack Fuller always managed to find me in my earlier attempts to run away from “home“.

made my first “friend” at that time, and he promised he could help me run away if “you hate your home that much“. He led me Into the woods and after a few turns he left me there alone. I didn’t know how to get

back home either.

I found out that my “first friend” was Ava’s “first mate” in bullying people, Ethan Turner. They laughed at me together about how

I

without money or power, I could never escape. My plan was to wait until I graduated from high school, because legally the Fullers are my foster parents, and the system is on their side. But once I graduated, they won’t help Jack Fuller on searching for me. Besides, I would be able to get a job. I had it all planned out, and that was why I got straight As in school, not

died

to go if they summon me,” I tell Adrian, waving my phone briefly, Especially if I want to escape. I can’t afford to let them get

catch me, besides, he got Sebastian, his powerful soon–to–be–son- In–law. But with Adrian on my side, I might have a chance. I need to keep everything low–key, and disappear on them when they

the buttons in the elevator in silence, thinking. The air in the small cube

silence.

a long breath, his pretty eyebrows furrowing together, “That’s like… the other side of

certification,” I shake my head, feeling unsure about the information myself, “Ava had a slip of the tongue once, the time when she ‘accidentally told me that I was adopted. She said I was a bastard HER dad brought back from a

you that you were adopted???” Adrian raises his eyebrows in shock,

leaning back on the elevator, “I’m not sure how much of that I could trust either. But that’s