She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

172 A Question For An Answer Scarlett's POV

I shiver at his words.

Sebastian catches me by my waist, rubbing my cold limbs before he turns to Damian Vanderbilt like a pissed-off lion. I pull his suit and stop him.

I deserve it. I chose the baby over Lilith when I should have gone with Jack Fuller's men. She was tough, but she was still just one woman who boxes as a hobby. She could have been hurt if Sebastian wasn't here.

"I'm sorry-" I mumble, but Damian Vanderbilt wouldn't hear it.

"You should be!" He grunts coldly, "Next time deal with your own shit instead of getting others in harm's

way for you!"

Though I know I was at fault, I can't stop my eyes brimming and my ears burning when his words sting so harshly. Oliver Scott comes out of the crowd, standing between me and his friend with a sad look. He is not saying anything, but his existence magically cools the air down a little.

"Mr. Vanderbilt, please!" Lilith lifts her head from his arms. Her tone is gentle but firm: "It's MY decision and she is MY friend. Please don't blame this one on her. It wasn't her fault that these people tried to hurt her."

Damian Vanderbilt tightens his hugs around Lilith. He glances at me and I dodge his look. I can tell that

he was startled when he saw Lilith getting hurt. I was startled, too. I didn't know he cared about her so much.

turns to Jack Fuller's

under his feet, his tone almost cruel, "I'm pissed right now, so you better not

his daughter, all means necessary!" The guy shouts in extreme pain, the icy aura of Damian Vanderbilt makes

burying my face in his neck, "I'm sorry I was late. I won't let him hurt you again.

trembling hard. I wouldn't have cried, but his gentle words hit me harder than all the things added tonight, and

of a man who is legally my dad, who can give an "all means necessary" order; I'm scared of a real billionaire who is my biological brother, who hates me to the guts right now. I'm scared of the rich, powerful world around me

the baby. To tell him that he is about to be a dad, Do I dare to trust him with our safety now? If

in a horrifying groan, the guy pulls out his

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he gives it to

puts the phone to his ear in a sullen look,

a sudden, he snorts before he drawls coldly: "He can't speak. He's at my foot

silent moment, all eyes kept on

issue," Still in that lazy tone, but somehow you know you are in danger if you are facing him, "Your men hurt one of mine. I'd love to hear what you think would be

from

Damian Vanderbilt snorts coldly, tasting my name in a bloodthirsty way as