NovelEnglish078 My Hero
Scarlett's POV
Everything happened too fast.
| only closed my eyes for a second at Sebastian's choice, and
the next second he was on the floor, holding on to Ava's chair with her dangling in the air. | didn't see what
knocked Liam Ryan over. | just know the moment he turns to Sebastian, he suddenly stumbles to the side, and
the next thing | feel is a hard kick on my chair. This is it.
The horrifying fear of the loss of gravity kicks in, and I can't help bursting into shouting to let the burning fear out
of my chest.
In that split second, | don't even feel hatred. He loves her, and he chose her. | couldn't expect more than that. At
that moment all | feel is an overwhelming of sorrow, the sorrow of knowing that he would find out about his baby
dying withwhen | hit the ground. Would he be sad over that innocent little one? Or would he not be moved at
all?
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Either way, it's sad, and that sadness overtook any emotion | could have, and | cried,
under the claw of fear.
But | only fell for a second.
Someone caught my chair just as | began to fall, and the strings rein deeply into me, but never before has pain
givensuch a huge feeling of safety.
"Scar?" Adrian's voice rises above me, "You are okay, don't move and I'll pull you up. Are you with me?"
| open my eyes only to a slit, and I'm rising steadily until he putsdown on the floor and cutsloose gently.
Trub my freezing limbs slowly with my soul floating outside ofstill, barely feeling the pain the rope left on my
arm. My eyes are following Adrian but my brain can't seem to process the information. 1
Am | not dead? Why is Sebastian's annoying face stuck so close to mine? How is Adrian even here? Did he just
save me-?
"You scaredto death!" He pushes Sebastian to the side and pullsinto his firm
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arms and hugstightly, "Are you alright? Scarlett?"
| don't think it's very appropriate forto hug him. I'm still married. | barely know this guy. He was just my
boss, and he just risked his life saving me.
But | can't resist the safety the warm hug gives me.
| grip his suit, feeling the power his hug gives me. He patslightly on the waist, and his other hand rubs the
back of my neck like comforting a kitten. In that moment | melt in his arms, and a scared cry burst out of me
before | can stop myself. | want to apologize, but | can't catch a breath to do so.
"I'm sorry..." To my surprise, Adrian apologizes instead, "Did | scare you? | didn't
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mean to...
He slowly lets go of me, but | don't want to leave his warm hug. Feeling my reluctance, he lets out a relieved sigh
and pullsback into his arms, firm but gentle this time-
"You are okay now. Lettake you downstairs, hmm?"
| bury my face in his neck and nod.
| don't care why he is doing this for me, and I don't care. | just want to hide in a safe hug that is for me. | have
made few friends, but never have | felt such safety from any men in my life. My "dad" didn't care about me,
Sebastian didn't care about me. All my life, | never had a hero to count on.
From the moment the Ryan guy called Sebastian, | knew that he would be coming for Ava. It doesn't even hurt
hero, would be coming for me. In Adrian's arms, the desperation I felt since | found myself in this abandoned.
building is finally dissolving, slowly.
"You are okay now... You are safe...| have got you..."
Feeling my shiver, Adrain mumbled comforting words as he carrieddown the stairs, one circle after another.
It was only later did | realized | just hung on to his neck and let him carrydown seven-TEEN floor! He must hit
the gym pretty frequently...is all think of cuddling in his arms.
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