She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

098 Room To Breath

Scarlett's POV

Is there a kinder soul in this world? I look at Adrian, envying Aurora secretly because she is being loved by such a good person.

But I can't. "I want to be your friend, Adrian Dunn," I shake my head, feeling pity in my chest, "So I can't be such a burden to you. You understand, don't you?" Adrian looks at me plaintively. He understands, I know Talking to him has been so easy

"You are insulting me by implying that it takes a lot of me to protect just one girl," Adrian says half- jokingly, "I can't protect you well if you leave, especially to a place that far away. But here I can promise that they can't get another drop of blood of yours if you don't want them to."

That's really sweet and generous, but I can't put such a weight on Adrian. I feel guilty enough taking so much of his help as it is. Out of a misunderstanding no less. It's not right.

"I can take care of myself now," I say as Adrian holds out his arm to block the elevator door for me. He definitely did that on purpose! I laugh at him, "Including holding my own door!"

"Exactly," Adrian laughs with me, "I know you can, but it doesn't mean I can't do that for a lady, right?"

sigh. He doesn't know the Fullers, not well enough. I don't want to drag him into this mud

walk to his car, and he pulls it open for me,

I wish he can give me a good solution, because I surely don't have one, "The last time Ava

with Ava. So I let her stay.

dark memories of her

of me that day," I say as that dark day resurfaces in my

is so horrifying. The powerless, the suffocation woke me up

that night when I almost fainted at home all alone. I dare not to, because I don't know if anyone could

the first birthday I spent with Sebastian, and also,

angry as he grunts:

rather, how simple his life

098 Room To Breath

But not for me.

won't fall. The low, dark ceiling of the parking lot looks exactly like that day, a day when my whole world crushed down