She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

092 A True Angel

Scarlett’s POV

“Why? I can’t revenge a FRIEND against a bunch of heartless bloodsuckers?” Adrian rolls his eyes like a capricious child, “The happiness of my love life is in your hand! I’m at your command, my master!”

I laugh at his Assassin’s Creed tone, and he smiles with me. It’s amazing to spend time with Adrian. He just has a bright energy to get laughs out of me, making me feel like no dark cloud in life matters, like light

magic.

“Actually, I do want to-”

“Glad to see you up and alive so soon after the kidnapping,” A knock on the door raises right before the owner of the voice opens my door.

My jaw is on the ground: “Granny?!”

Of all the people, I didn’t expect to see HER here. How did she even know I was here? And most importantly, did the doctors tell her anything about the pregnancy?!

I grab Adrian’s arm in panic, and instantly he understands my fear.

“I’ll leave you two to some girls‘ talk then,” Adrian grabs his suit before bowing at Granny jokingly with my test results hiding under that suit, heading to the door, “Ladies.”

snort, keeping her cold look up until Adrian

door.

sit by my side, tipping my

I raise my arms to show her, “Not a

shaken up? Granny squints her eyes suspiciously, “I doubt that would make Sebastian not dare to come himself, but to order my old bones around just to take a

my eyebrows in

fight, but he didn’t “dare” to come? Sounds like he

Granny starts and I lower my eyes,

Granny to know about our problems. But she did. I didn’t want her to know about the divorce. But she saw through us. Now?

but not loving me? It’s not a crime. Just,

tell you something.” Granny

“What?” I blink.

tilts her head to search for my eyes. I don’t care to know. I dare not to meet the wisdom in her eyes

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up instantly. I close my eyes, dreadful of this conversation, I didn’t want her to draw the line between us, too. She is the only family who cared for me

“family“, and that’s why I wasn’t really pushing Sebastian on the divorce papers. Once he

but loving tone: “…but I don’t want to

at her words,

Not everyone who says they care about you is heartless and lying, but I guess you have met your share of