CHAPTER 91: Rely On Us

  Scarlett's POV

  I was helping Ryder in the bathroom with the injuries when I heard Aria and Dylan laughing heartily. For some reason, I couldn't hold my laughter back I started laughing as well.

  What was it about?

  I didn't know.

  Listening to my daughter laugh like that triggered some sense of safety in me. With Ryder, the strong man by my side, I knew I could be myself and I just started...laughing.

  "Oh...why was that even funny...?" I asked in the air.

  "Maybe because...we are out of danger. This is our body celebrating for us, I guess." Ryder said.

  He always struck me as someone wise and calm. Gentle Giant was the perfect way to describe him, as Dylan keeps saying.

  I stared at Ryder who was looking down at the big gash in his palm.

  I didn't know why I felt like it, but I got on my tippy toes and pressed a kiss on his lips.

  "Thank you...for being there. You saved us." I said.

  "I must be punished for having followed you here, Scarlett." He said.