She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked

096 Deadly Trap Scarlett's POV

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Bumping into Sebastian was a surprise. I couldn't imagine anything would be able to pull him away from Ava, especially when she is really hurt this time. He looked like he had something to say, but in the end, he seemed to have changed his mind to a meaningless I don't know how to answer, and frankly speaking, I don't think he was waiting for a legit answer.

When did he lose me? The past months where he made Ava's hospital his one and only home? The true love's kiss he shared with his beloved princess? All the neglection over the years, the mocking and cold snorts? Or our wedding night he spent with Ava? Or maybe, he already lost me the second day he saved me, when he took the princess as the little dragon he saved.

I guess I knew the marriage was dead way before this. It died in one of those long, lonely nights when I sat in our bed, imagining my husband being on another woman's bed. I just thought maybe I could hang on for just a little bit, and he would come around.

al Love doesn't hurt the most, hope does.

It was the slight glimpse of hope that "if he could fall for me once, then he would again" that dragged me on the path of thorns through all these years. Every time it hurt, every time I wanted to quit, every time I looked up divorce lawyers, it was hope that kept me on What a deadly trap hope can be.

It stopped hurting when I stopped hoping. I no longer want anything from him, and now he can't hurt me.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

"Scar? What are you doing here? You should be resting," Adrian is surprised to find me right out of the doctor's office, "I was- are you okay? You look like you have seen a ghost." The ghost of a horrible past.

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"I'm okay, I don't need to be hospitalized," I shake my head, "I just want to make sure the baby is okay. Did the doctor tell anyone? Granny? Sebastian?! I saw him just now in the-

"Calm down, your secret is safe," Adrian grabs my shoulders, and his firm hands soothe me, "the doctor didn't tell anyone, and I have explained the situation to him. No one can get to your medical record, not even if the Fullers come with your birth certificate."

"I can't thank you enough!" I sigh, finally letting the breath I was holding out. I was so nervous to let them know about the baby. I don't think Sebastian would be cold enough to harm a baby, but I don't want to bet -on his choice between Ava and anything. I have lost too much to that seemingly hopeful bet.

"Now can you go back to your bed?" Adrian says with a light tone, but I see the hidden anger in his eyes. He understands my fear, and he is angry at them on my behalf, "I have got something to take care of, but I'll come later-"

"I can't," I shake my head, gripping my phone, "-I might need to go..."

096 Deadly Trap

"Go where?!" Adrian frowns in surprise, "You were just kidnapped for two whole days, and you have had enough for one day. Nothing is more important than you taking your rest right now."

Yeah, Ava is.

I look down at my phone, and the text from "mom" is still glowing at me: [Scar, Ava's situation is not looking good. If you would, please, come for me.]

I dare not to tell Adrian that I might be going to get some blood taken from me, when he spent so much effort to save my ass.

I don't want to go, but I know the consequences. Mom is the one trying first with "carrot", but if I dare to not go, Jack Fuller's "stick" WILL follow. He is not as rich or powerful as Sebastian, but he has enough resources to extinguish any of MY attempts. They raised me to be Ava's blood vessel, and it's not a fate I can get out of easily...

Unless I leave the city for good, and make the cost for Jack Fuller to get his daughter blood higher than the ordinary way. I couldn't do it before, but with someone as powerful as Sebastian, maybe... "Adrian, I...I have a favor to ask."