105 Jack Fuller’s Compromise

Scarlett’s POV

His men haste up their steps and surround us, all in straight faces with their eyes hiding behind cold. sunglasses, “…Adrian…?” My voice is shaking.

“Take the tickets,” Adrian puts them in my hand, standing in front of me, “You will be okay. Nobody can touch you today, so long as I’m here.”

“Mr. Dunn,” Jack Fuller nods at Adrian with a smile, “Fancy seeing you here.”

“I guess I can say the same to you,” Adrian blocks me with his body, “Where are you traveling to, Mr. Fuller, if I may ask?”

curves his lips scornfully, but then he answers tamely: “North

here for me, and he knows what I’m up to. I knew he was crafty with a black heart, and I just watched how he

could never get out

took a side step, looking at me right

I won’t, never again.

such a calm conversation about it: “Ava is

gentle: “Scarlett, I’m not doing this just for

if Jack Fuller

the next moment, all the warmth in

for does not exist,” He says, his voice cold as

looking for my real parents who would love me. I’m looking for a home that shelters me because of me, not for

brain sounds the alarm but I refuse to listen. Adrian shoots

away.

point arguing with him, If you really care about my welfare

he is really, really angry. I used to shiver at that look when I was little, but I’m not the little orphan girl that

father! I want MY father,

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