She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

098 Room To Breath

Scarlett’s POV

Is there a kinder soul in this world? I look at Adrian, envying Aurora secretly because she is being loved by such a good person.

But I can’t. “I want to be your friend, Adrian Dunn,” I shake my head, feeling pity in my chest, “So I can’t be such a burden to you. You understand, don’t you?”

Adrian looks at me plaintively. He understands, I know Talking to him has been so easy

“You are insulting me by implying that it takes a lot of me to protect just one girl,” Adrian says half- jokingly, “I can’t protect you well if you leave, especially to a place that far away. But here I can promise that they can’t get another drop of blood of yours if you don’t want them to.”

That’s really sweet and generous, but I can’t put such a weight on Adrian. I feel guilty enough taking so much of his help as it is. Out of a misunderstanding no less. It’s not right.

“I can take care of myself now,” I say as Adrian holds out his arm to block the elevator door for me. He definitely did that on purpose! I laugh at him, “Including holding my own door!”

“Exactly,” Adrian laughs with me, “I know you can, but it doesn’t mean I can’t do that for a lady, right?”

well enough. I don’t want to

car, and he pulls it open for me, his eyes

I wish he can give me a good solution, because I surely don’t have

I let her stay. Later she dragged me into a room and cut her own finger with a magazine, laughing at me

dark memories

day,” I say as that dark

from me is so horrifying. The powerless, the

with her that night when I almost fainted at home all alone. I dare not to, because I don’t know if anyone could find me before I die. The joke is, she didn’t even need that much

the first birthday I spent

as he grunts:

is, or rather, how simple his life is. Maybe for a kid who was loved, it

098 Room To Breath

But not for me.

The low, dark ceiling of the parking lot looks exactly like that day, a day when my whole world crushed