NovelEnglish096 Deadly Trap
Scarlett’s POV
Bumping into Sebastian was a surprise. | 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 question.
I don’t know how to answer, and frankly speaking, | 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 lostthe second day he saved me, when he took the princess as the little dragon he
saved.
| guess | knew the marriage was dead way before this. It died in one of those long, lonely nights when | sat in our
bed, imagining my husband being on another woman's bed. | just thought maybe I could hang on for just a little
bit, and he would caround.
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Love doesn’t hurt the most, hope does.
It was the slight glimpse of hope that “if he could fall foronce, then he would again” that draggedon the
path of thorns through all these years. Every tit hurt, every t| wanted to quit, every t| looked up
divorce lawyers, it was hope that kepton
What a deadly trap hope can be.
It stopped hurting when | stopped hoping. | no longer want anything from him, and now he can’t hurt me.
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“I'm okay, | don’t need to be hospitalized,” | shake my head, “I just want to make sure the baby is okay. Did the
doctor tell anyone? Granny? Sebastian?! | 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 | have explained the situation to him. No one can get to your medical record, not even if the
Fullers cwith your birth certificate.”
“I can’t thank you enough!” I sigh, finally letting the breath | was holding out. | was so nervous to let them know
about the baby. I don’t think Sebastian would be cold enough to harm a baby, but | don’t want to bet -on his
choice between Ava and anything.
| have lost too much to that seemingly hopeful bet.
“Now can you go back to your bed?” Adrian says with a light tone, but | 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,” | shake my head, gripping my phone, “-I might need to go...”
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“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.
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