She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

185 His Words

Scarlett's POV

Sebastian puts his phone between us, on speaker.

Quietly, I hug my knees, and curl my toes so they wouldn't touch his phone. He shoots me a meaningful glance as he answers Ava: "I'll call Jack before sending a doctor over. Take some rest if you can, or you won't be able to attend your own birthday party--" Ava burst into crying and I flinch away from the phone.

Sebastian takes his phone and puts it on the side away from me. He sits a bit closer to me and puts his warm hand on my shin, kneading slowly with a gentle force. I wrinkle my nose at him, typing on my phone: [You are just doing this for the baby's sake!]

He almost laughs out loud when I show him my screen, and he has to clear his throat to cover the laugh.

"Sebastian?" Ava's wronged murmur comes through, urging when he doesn't reply in time.

"Sorry, what did you say?" Sebastian blinks at his phone, totally absent-minded. I didn't notice either.

"--" Ava hesitates, her tone unsure with a shred of shock, "Am I on speaker...?"

"Yes, my hands are busy," Sebastian answers with a straight face, but at the same time, he puts my foot on his curled leg and kneads my leg with both his hands.

Where did he even learn to do that?! I want to laugh. Not every pregnant woman has swollen legs. Besides, the baby is barely eight months old. The last two months are the toughest.

exaggerated pout through the phone, as if she is being bullied when other people's

Sebastian would go without hesitation. I wish he wouldn't, but I don't want to fight for that anymore. I used to, and

my chin

hitting his hand, but he dodges with a smirk, and before I can initiate more attacks he says to the phone: "Ava, I'm not a

breath, my heart pumping in my chest as I stare at

what I wanted. Happiness could have been so easy for us. Is this what he really

her voice is so hurtful

know how she

me for her. Every time I had to see the coldness in

"Please, Sebastian..." Ava snivels,

her words as she try to squeeze more between her gasping weeps, "please, I have got only you now..please...you were there

eyes to Sebastian, and he is looking at me with a look that says he knows I don't trust

don't. I lower my

been good recently, but it's not something I can

now," Sebastian picks up his phone, saying in a heavy, slow voice, "I'm sorry, but I can't be yours at the same time. will use my resources to keep you safe, but that's all I can give you.

happiest person in the world. Not when he looked

to look up even after he hung up, feeling like I'm the

that not what you wanted?" Finally, in the end, he breaks the

answer with questions, "Because