She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

087 His Confession

Scarlett's POV

I don't know how long I slept, but I felt much better when the bright twilight

woke me up.

The ward is empty. No doctor, no nurse....

No Adrian.

I guess the baby did his job alright.

Warning myself that it's stupid to weep over something I never had, I slip down the hard, tiny bed and walk toward the window. The breeze at the end of the fall is no longer warm. It's chill.

I wanted the baby thing to get me out of the awkward talk, so why am I feeling so low?

Anyone in the right mind getting to know that the girl they met a week ago won't stay around in the hope of any romantic whatsoever. He did the right thing. Actually, I wanted him to make this choice.

I don't know how to love again.

heal, but I'm broken right

brave girl who could put love as the center of her world, who could laugh at his happiness and cry at this sorrow. I gave all that to Sebastian, and it's not fair to Adrian if I were to try things with him when I know I can't

me when I was in danger; I wanted a man who would take my side with no condition, and protect me from all the greedy, vile, hurtful normality that is my life. I wanted to be

Sebastian doesn't seem to have enjoyed

I'm the

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want to go on. I got out of danger, only to have it confirmed once again that I had no one. Should I even continue the

Adrian shushes someone as he opens the door, only to freeze

no word. One more word and my

he dashes out of the room, and the next second several men file into the

with color in an instant. The theme of the bouquets is rose, decorated with lilies, my favorite. The annoying smell of disinfectant is replaced by a soothing fragrant, tickling a deep corner of my memory, as if I was once in a room pretty and

what I

suits out with one hand behind his back, his back stiff straight and

answer.

is here for? To

step back, a million thoughts screaming in my

I'm

even have an answer. And besides, I'm really not in the