She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

105 Jack Fuller's Compromise Scarlett's POV

His men haste up their steps and surround us, all in straight faces with their eyes hiding behind cold. sunglasses, "...Adrian...?" My voice is shaking.

"Take the tickets," Adrian puts them in my hand, standing in front of me, "You will be okay. Nobody can touch you today, so long as I'm here."

"Mr. Dunn," Jack Fuller nods at Adrian with a smile, "Fancy seeing you here."

"I guess I can say the same to you," Adrian blocks me with his body, "Where are you traveling to, Mr. Fuller, if I may ask?"

Jack Fuller curves his lips scornfully, but then he answers tamely: "North Dakota."

My stomach drops. He is here for me, and he knows what I'm up to. I knew he was crafty with a black heart, and I just watched how he tamed Ava. But still. Never have I been more frightened by this man I once called Dad than at this moment. I feel like I could never get out of his grasp.

"Scarlett, come home with me," Jack Fuller took a side step, looking at me right in my eyes, "This is for your own good, trust me."

I won't, never again.

I'm actually surprised that when it comes to it, we can have such a calm conversation about it: "Ava is all but cured. Please, you don't need me anymore."

his eyes, something soft and gentle: "Scarlett, I'm not doing this

don't believe Ava, but if Jack Fuller

all the warmth in his eyes

for does not exist," He says, his

parents who would love me. I'm looking for a home that shelters me because of me, not for my blood or sweat or

Adrian shoots me a worried look, and I dart

away.

point arguing with him, If you really care about my welfare as you said, then

means he is really, really angry. I used to shiver at that look when

He is NOT my father! I want MY father, a father

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105 Jack Fuller's Compromise

long, Jack Fuller realizes his magic is not working today. He lets out a sigh and asks: "Do you really have to do it this hastily? You don't even know where to look. How about you come home, and make a

family really making a compromise to me? If budge, could I really keep up a harmonious surface

first, then you would let me go?" I ask

Fuller nods,