079 Dear Father
Scarlett’s POV
Warmth calms.
I never understood why in movies the victims are all given an orange blanket even if they aren’t wet. Now I know. At the moment of shock, a blanket can work magic, and calm your jittery nerves.
But after calmness, embarrassment hits.
I hug myself, sitting in the back of the ambulance, feeling my ears burn.
What did I just do?!
I cried and snuggled in the arms of a basically stranger! Who is going to be my boss that I would meet on a daily basis?
Can I
“Here,”
it now…?
A warm cup touches my cheek lightly, and I look up startled, only to see Adrian’s chuckle. In his hand a small cup of hot milk,
How did he even get milk here?
Mumbling thanks, I take the milk from him and lower my eyes, having no courage to look at him. But I didn’t miss the slight tremble of his arms.
“Sorry about that,” I land my eyes on his shivering hand, “I should have walked down
on my own.”
Adrian raises his own hand, staring at it for a second before he sighs with a self- mocking laugh: “They were shaking more heavily than this when I went up.”
I open my eyes wide at his words, dare not to think into what they mean.
They are not shaking at tiredness…but out of worry…about…me? I can’t even begin to imagine how that feels like and how that could be true.
I just pretend I didn’t get it and keep my head low. He doesn’t press on, either.
“Back off,” Adrian suddenly says, his voice gentle but his tone icy cold. I look up, only to see Sebastian stopping in front of us, a few steps away, “This is her ambulance,
nt of us, a few steps away,
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go get your own.”
“I just want to come and check…” Sebastian mumbles in a small voice, his eyes on me with cheap worry, “Scar, how are you feeling-?”
“Scar…” He sighs with a resigned look, but then he softens his tone the next second, I just want to check if you are alright, nothing more.” Is that special treatment for being the victim of his beloved?
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