NovelEnglish097 His City
Scarlett's POV
"North Dakota?" Adrian shoots over a surprised look, asking as we head to the parking lot, "That's far from here.
How did know your real parents are there?"
The doctor was Adrian's acquaintance, and at his promise, we left the doctor's office feeling safe about my
secret. | feel bad about hiding this from Sebastian, but before I'm sure | can protect my baby from them, | can't
risk letting any of my "family" know about the baby. Adrain is the third of the only three people that | can trust
my secret with.
| briefly explained to him about my situation and how Jack Fuller always managed to findin my earlier
attempts to run away from "home".
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It started with the twhen Sebastian foundin the woods. | just made my first "friend" at that time, and he
promised he could helprun away if "you hate your hthat much". He ledInto the woods and after a
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtfew turns he leftthere alone. | didn't know how to get out, and I didn't know how to get
back heither.
Later | found out that my "first friend" was Ava's "first mate" in bullying people, Ethan Turner. They laughed at
After that | tried several times to run, only to realize without money or power, | could never escape. My plan was
to wait until I graduated from high school, because legally the Fullers are my foster parents, and the system is on
their side. But once | graduated, they won't help Jack Fuller on searching for me. Besides, | would be able to get
a job. | had it all planned out, and that was why | got straight As in school, not because | was a nerd, but because
| needed to be able to support myself.
My plan died at Sebastian's proposal.
"Anyways, the point being, | have to go if they summon me," I tell Adrian, waving my phone briefly, Especially if |
want to escape. | can't afford to let them get suspicious about my pl
Jack Fuller has a whole army trained to catch me, besides, he got Sebastian, his powerful soon-to-be-son- In-law.
But with Adrian on my side, | might have a chance. | need to keep everything low-key, and disappear on them
when they would least expect it. Adrian pushes the buttons in the elevator in silence, thinking. The air in the
small cube freezes in his
silence.
"But North Dakota...?" He finally lets out a long breath, his pretty eyebrows furrowing together, "That's like... the
other side of the world...how did he even apply for such an adoption from here?!"
"Ohh, that's not what's on my birth certification," | shake my head, feeling unsure about the information myself,
"Ava had a slip of the tongue once, the twhen she 'accidentally toldthat | was adopted. She said | was a
bastard HER dad brought back from a trip to North Dakota."
"It's from Ava?! Wait, she told you that you were adopted???" Adrian raises his eyebrows in shock, That's- so
fucking messed up and so much to unpack...I don't even know-"
"I knoww..." | sigh with a nod, leaning back on the elevator, "I'm not sure how much of that | could trust either.
But that's the most | got about my parents so far..."
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It's not like | had anything to look into. Jack Fuller doesn't even ittouch my adopted file.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAva's outburst at that tsounded like a genuine angry outlet versus a strategic lie. Besides, of all people, she
is the one who doesn't wantto leave the most. | don't think she has any motive to lureout of the city,
unless that's information she registered as true in her brain, and it just slipped out. "Can you..." Adrian hesitate.
"Maybe stay for a while longer? We need to make a plan. It's a long shot for you to go over there with this little
going on."
| can stay longer. But my baby can't hide safely insidefor that long.
"Even so, it's better than staying, just..." | turn to Adrian, feeling guilty, "I'm just sorry about the movie. But it's
not like | deserved that chance anyway. You totally gavethat chance because you were intoat
that time."
"I wasn't lying when | told you | see value in your story, and I'm not asking you to stay because of the movie,"
Adrian shakes his head, looking atwith a serious tone, "At least letlook into it first. I'll help you locate
your family, and you can make a better decision then."
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"| can protect you better here," Adrian offers, worry in his kind eyes, "In MY city."
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