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?”

scornfully, but then he answers

up to. I knew he was crafty with a black heart, and I just watched how he tamed Ava. But still. Never have I been more frightened by this man l once

never get out of

looking at me right in my eyes, “This is for your own good,

I won’t, never again.

such a calm conversation about it: “Ava is all but cured. Please, you don’t need

a moment there, I thought I saw some emotion in his eyes, something soft and gentle: “Scarlett,

normally don’t believe Ava, but if Jack

all

not exist,” He says, his

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

to listen. Adrian shoots me a worried look, and

away.

fresh start,” I don’t believe him, not even a word, and there is no point arguing with him, If you

that his face twists. Normally this means he is really, really angry. I used to shiver at that look when I was little, but I’m not the little orphan

of “father” anymore! He is NOT my father! I want MY father, a father who would really care

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