Chapter 79

079 Dear Father

Scarlett’s POV

Warmth calms.

I never understood why in movies the victims are all given an orange blanket even if they aren’t wet. Now I know. At the moment of shock, a blanket can work magic, and calm your jittery nerves.

But after calmness, embarrassment hits.

I hug myself, sitting in the back of the ambulance, feeling my ears burn.

What did I just do?!

I cried and snuggled in the arms of a basically stranger! Who is going to be my boss that I would meet on a daily basis?

Can I

“Here,”

it now…?

A warm cup touches my cheek lightly, and I look up startled, only to see Adrian’s chuckle. In his hand a small cup of hot milk,

How did he even get milk here?

thanks, I take the milk from him and lower my eyes, having no courage to look at him. But I didn’t miss the slight tremble

land my eyes on his shivering hand, “I

on my own.”

second before he sighs with a self- mocking laugh: “They were

eyes wide at his words, dare not to think into what they

begin to imagine how that feels like and how that could be

I didn’t get it and keep my head

I look up, only to see Sebastian stopping in front of us, a few steps away, “This is her

of us, a

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go get your own.”

at Adrian, and for some reason I feel like he is furious. I tilt my head slowly, and I see the source of the annoying cry that has been in the background – Ava, in a

just for me? I just thought it came with

and check…” Sebastian mumbles in a small voice, his eyes on me with cheap worry, “Scar, how

blood,” I cut him

cruel does one need to be to come

she didn’t drag me into this in

I meant,”

-just-”

know you are shaken

calmly, can’t help but smirk coldly. He

are here?” I ask him slowly, tasting those words as they make me laugh, “Why are you

with a resigned look, but then he softens his tone the next second, I just want to check if you are

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