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.

fell for a

to fall, and the strings rein deeply into me, but never before has pain given me such a huge

okay, don't move and I'll pull you up.

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

my soul floating outside of me still, barely feeling the pain the rope left on

annoying face stuck so close to mine? How

scared me to death!" He pushes Sebastian to the side and

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and hugs me tightly, "Are

I barely know this guy. He was just my boss, and he just risked his life saving

I can't resist the safety the warm hug gives

grip his suit, feeling the power his hug 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 burst out of me before I can stop myself. I want to apologize, but I can't catch a

sorry..." To my surprise, Adrian apologizes instead, "Did I scare you? I

mean to...