Chapter 87

087 His Confession

Scarlett’s POV

I don’t know how long I slept, but I felt much better when the bright twilight

woke me up.

The ward is empty. No doctor, no nurse…

No Adrian.

I guess the baby did his job alright.

Warning myself that it’s stupid to weep over something I never had, I slip down the hard, tiny bed and walk toward the window. The breeze at the end of the fall is no longer warm. It’s chill.

I wanted the baby thing to get me out of the awkward talk, so why am I feeling so low?

Anyone in the right mind getting to know that the girl they met a week ago won’t stay around in the hope of any romantic whatsoever. He did the right thing. Actually, I wanted him to make this choice.

I don’t know how to love again.

Maybe one day I can heal, but I’m broken right now, I know.

I gave

the other side

who could throw himself after me when I was in danger; I wanted a man who would take my side with no condition, and protect me from all the

I guess that’s wrong, cause Sebastian doesn’t seem to have enjoyed

the

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after a near–death experience, but I suddenly find myself so drained that I barely want to go

I even continue

as he opens the door, only to

open my mouth but utter no word. One more word and my

dashes out of the room, and the next second several men file into the

is replaced by a soothing fragrant, tickling a deep corner of my memory,

me back to reality. I blink, and my heart races like a broken

what I

tie — his tie?? Was he wearing a tie before? He sorts his suits out with one hand behind his back, his back stiff straight and his look a bit nervous, like the cute,

answer.

that what he is here for? To

million thoughts

if I’m standing

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