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

tone is gentle but firm: “It’s MY decision and she

blame this

wasn’t her fault that these people tried to hurt

me and I

startled when he saw Lilith

I was startled, too.

cared about

turns to Jack Fuller’s

sent you?!” He adds force on the broken arm under his feet, his tone almost cruel, “I’m pissed right now, so you better not test my patience!” “Jack Fuller! Our boss is Jack Fuller! He sent us to get his daughter, all means necessary!” The guy shouts in extreme pain, the icy

me, burying my face in his neck,

him hurt

Only at his comforting words, I realize I was trembling

his gentle words hit me harder than all the things

I’m scared.

target of a man who is legally my dad, who can give an “all means necessary” order; I’m scared of a real billionaire who is my biological brother, who hates

scared of the rich, powerful world around me when I can’t

of the little life in me, I haven’t felt such an

safe from the hell that I’m in? “Call him,” Damian Vanderbilt twists his

phone to his ear in

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