She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

078 My Hero

Scarlett's POV

Everything happened too fast.

I only closed my eyes for a second at Sebastian's choice, and

the next second he was on the floor, holding on to Ava's chair with her dangling in the air. I didn't see what knocked Liam Ryan over. I just know the moment he turns to Sebastian, he suddenly stumbles to the side, and the next thing I feel is a hard kick on my chair. This is it.

The horrifying fear of the loss of gravity kicks in, and I can't help bursting into shouting to let the burning fear out of my chest.

In that split second, I don't even feel hatred. He loves her, and he chose her. I couldn't expect more than that. At that moment all I feel is an overwhelming of sorrow, the sorrow of knowing that he would find out about his baby dying with me when I hit the ground. Would he be sad over that innocent little one? Or would he not be moved at all?

Either way, it's sad, and that sadness overtook any emotion I could have, and I cried,

under the claw of fear.

I only fell for a

chair just as I began to fall, and the strings rein deeply

me, "You are okay, don't move and I'll pull you up. Are you with

eyes only to a slit, and I'm rising steadily until he puts me down on the floor and cuts

slowly with my soul floating outside of me still, barely feeling the pain the rope left on my arm. My eyes are following Adrian but my brain can't seem to process the

not dead? Why is Sebastian's annoying face stuck so close to mine? How

He pushes Sebastian to the

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tightly, "Are you alright?

very appropriate for me to hug him. I'm still married. I barely know this guy. He was just my boss, and he just risked his life

the safety

gives me. He pats me lightly on the waist, and his other hand rubs the back of my neck like comforting a kitten. In that moment I melt in his arms, and a scared cry

surprise, Adrian apologizes instead, "Did I scare you?

mean to...