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?”

but then he

he knows what I’m up to. I knew he was crafty with a black heart, and I just watched how he tamed Ava. But still.

never get

Fuller took a side step, looking at me right in my eyes, “This is for your own

I won’t, never again.

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

and gentle: “Scarlett,

there, I know!” I insist. I normally don’t believe Ava, but if Jack

Fuller signs, and the next moment, all the warmth

are looking for does not exist,” He

looking for a home that shelters me because of me, not for my blood or sweat or any value I might provide. Even such a request does not exist? What does

the alarm but I refuse to listen. Adrian shoots me a worried look, and I dart my

away.

believe him, not even a word, and there is no point arguing with him,

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 girl that he could bully with the

He is NOT my father! I want MY father,

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