A Question For An Answer Scarlett’s POV I shiver at his words.

Sebastian catches me by my waist, rubbing my cold limbs before he turns to Damian Vanderbilt like a pissed–off lion.

I pull his suit and stop him.

I deserve it.

I chose the baby over Lilith when I should have gone with Jack Fuller’s men.

She was tough, but she was still just one woman who boxes as a hobby.

She could have been hurt if Sebastian wasn’t here.

“I’m sorry–” I mumble, but Damian Vanderbilt wouldn’t hear it.

“You should be!” He grunts coldly, “Next time deal with your own shit instead of getting others in harm’s way for you!” Though I know I was at fault, I can’t stop my eyes brimming and my ears burning when his words sting so harshly.

Oliver Scott comes out of the crowd, standing between me and his friend with a sad look.

He is not saying anything, but his existence magically cools the air down a little.

please!” Lilith lifts her head from his

firm: “It’s MY decision and she is

this one

wasn’t her fault that these people tried to hurt her.” Damian Vanderbilt

glances at me and I

he was startled when

I was startled, too.

didn’t know he cared about her

to Jack Fuller’s

almost cruel, “I’m pissed right now, so you better not test my patience!” “Jack Fuller! Our boss is Jack Fuller! He sent

Sebastian hugs me, burying my face

him

comforting words, I realize I was

but his gentle words hit me harder than all the things added tonight,

I’m scared.

the target of a man who is legally my dad, who can give an “all means necessary” order; I’m

rich, powerful world around me when I can’t even promise the safety of my

about the existence of the little life in me, I haven’t felt such an urge to

us safe from the hell that I’m in? “Call him,” Damian Vanderbilt twists his foot, and in a horrifying groan, the guy pulls out his

his ear in a

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