The Girl He Craves

Aiden’s pov

Something was very familiar with this woman. The way her bottom was shaped. The way she stood.

I stumbled out of the elevator when a thought slammed into my head.

No, it can’t be her.

What would Sophie Bell be doing in New York? Especially at Harrington.co?

She was probably sitting in her dorm room in college, talking to her roommate about weird s**t.

This woman wasn’t Sophie. She couldn’t possibly be her.

Besides Sophie had brown chocolate hair and she had less hips. Though those legs were long just like hers…..

I shake my head while watching the woman enter the elevator. When the doors close behind her, I’m convinced that I was going mad.

Was I still so obsessed with Sophie that I was now thinking a stranger was her?

| grunt and decided to forget about this mysterious woman. She was no one, she was not Sophie. And if she was, I wouldn’t care anyway.

Sophie Bell has been dead to me for three years.

I stormed my to Bernard’s office, frustrated that I even thought this woman was Sophie.

“Mr. Xavier,” Bernard’s secretary, Alice rose from her seat. She looks shocked to see me, or perhaps it was the invisible steam coming out of my ears that had her so stunned.

I ignored her and went straight for Bernard’s office without knocking.

As soon as I enter. I’m hit with a familiar scent. It was a floral scent, but the scent was very faint. It reminded me of…..her.

What. The. F**k.

I shook my head. I was really going mad today.

Bernard lifts his head from the mess of paperwork on his desk. He raised a brow. Of all my employees, Bernard was the only one who didn’t cower under my cold stare. I could give the old man props for that.

“Aiden

I glared at him and he stops. He knows how much I hate when he calls me by my given name. That name was only supposed to slip past the lips of those close to me.

Not because Bernard has been working for Harrington.co and was a trusted employee as

Sergio has mentioned, meant we were close.

“Mr. Xavier. What do I owe the pleasure

” Here are the reports I want you to look into.” I slam the file on his desk, frustrated that the light floral scent was still troubling my nose.

“Mr. Xavier

“Have them done by tomorrow.” Usually, I would have a more than five minute talk with him about the finances concerning the company, but I found myself itching to get out of the room and away from that scent.

I stormed out of his office.

“Mr. Xavier,” Alice nods when I stormed by. I don’t acknowledge her, needing to get out of where quickly

When I entered the elevator and pushed in my floor number, 38, I sighed in relief.

LE

As soon as the doors slide back close, I could finally breathe. But the frustration was still there.

Sophie Bell.

It was clear she was still haunting my mind to this day.

Igroaned. I slept with so many willing women to forget about her and it takes one mysteri ous woman that reminded me of her to have my entire composure crumbling at my feet.

I felt like that same high school boy who was so obsessed and in love with her that I’d do anything.

I was no longer that boy. I refuse to be that ‘boy’ again.

of my mind. No matter how long and how many women it

I was sure Sophie Bell forgot

to call me

want to think about her

elevator dings open and I walked

at her desk, her red lipstick is one of the first things you’d

I’ll finally put her

hears me approaching, her gaze sweeps up quickly and her eyes hold that glint of desire

She’s quick to stand up and follow

she was desperate to get on her knees

Bernard’s pov

stormed out of in confusion. He

and Alice enters. “Saw Mr. Xavier storming out. Is something wrong?” She

file he placed on the desk. “Not that I know of.

devil we’re talking about. It doesn’t take much

right, Mr. Xavier is always p**ed off,” Alice

Bernard, you were right about Sophie. She’s very hardworking and can grasp anything quickly. She’s the right fit

job. Alice utta

daughter a lot. Almost the exact replica. They could even

the photo frame on my desk,

my wife. We took that photo at a resort, not knowing that it would be the last time our daughter would

five years

back memories I shared with my daughter. It was

dear even though the girl wasn’t my biologi cal

does, doesn’t she? The

if she actually was your long-lost daughter you

Alice. I had only one biological daughter. And even conceiving her with my wife was

love those.” | squealed lowly as I pushed small chocolate cupcakes inside the foam

eyes dance around the

canteen and I was proud to say that I found it in five min utes. But maybe that was because I

foam container with endless desserts knowing I’d have to share with

should really

trail on my bottom lip when my eyes fall

I eat healthy when they showcase all those unhealthy foods here? I

pleasant aroma and even more pleasant looking food. I will not be tempted today

refuse to

chair, smiling awkwardly when some work ers who were eating around a circular table turned to

a new face here, but was one look not

sides of my head, hoping it wasn’t the little flyaway hairs

I have something on

maybe they saw me gawking at the endless sweets and desserts seconds

tear my gaze away from

my back earlier before entering the elevator.

on my lips as I remembered how tingles brushed on my skin quickly when

only reacted

person

inwardly. I was s**id to

was in jail for

Sophie’s pov

Sophie!” Alice said and waved at me

I called out just as a taxi pulled up

and walking over to my old car. I winced at the mustard col or that stood out. I had been meaning to

can finally just say screw it and buy a new car that wouldn’t stop on me or refuse to start. And keep me hostage with

was starting to see through those rose

you.” My hand patted the mustard color hood as I made my way to the

little droplet on my cheek, I lift my head to the sky. I closed my eyes and smiled as the rain belt over me. I even removed that tight bun in my hair and let my hair down. I was

crazy to stand in the rain. But

.

were showering me with

was getting a bit see through. There was no way I’d have anyone see the

I put my seatbelt

Harrington.co.

help but

ever be

in on

get a good paying job like this. Not when I didn’t have