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?”

enough. I don’t want to drag him

he pulls

tell you what happened last time, and you can make a better decision,” I hold the door but not going in. I wish he can give me a good solution, because I surely don’t have one, “The last time Ava went to the hospital, was because she came

her stay. Later she dragged me into a room and cut her own finger with a magazine, laughing at me until she started screaming and got everyone over, saying it was an ‘accident‘, but that

piece of dark memories

got 400cc out of me that day,” I say as that dark

me is so horrifying. The powerless, the suffocation woke me up in the middle

I dare not to, because I don’t know if anyone could find me before I die. The joke

first birthday I spent

eyes wide in shock, angry as he grunts: “You had

laugh at how innocent he is, or rather, how simple his life is. Maybe for a kid who was loved, it was that simple for

098 Room To Breath

But not for me.

look up so the tears won’t fall. The low, dark ceiling of the parking lot looks exactly like that day, a day when my