The Girl He Craves

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Sophie’s pov

My stomach knots and my throat hurts. I swallowed the lump tickling in my throat and stared at his arrogant face.

He’s looking at me with a raised brow, his eyes growing confused when I hadn’t answered him right away.

Did he c*m inside her too?

Did he stare into her eyes like he did me?

Did he moan her name?

I tore my eyes away from him and cleared my throat while rising to my feet. “If you’ll excuse me I need to use the bath- room.”

I moved around the desk ready to walk away from him but fingers warm and long wrap around my upper arm and stopped me.

I keep my head away from his face, not wanting to look into the eyes I’ve drowned into many times.

His eyes are piercing through the side of my face and I hold in my shiver. I gnaw on my lips and waited with battered breath to see what he would do or say next. With Aiden, things were a bit unpredictable.

He steps closer to me, his stomach brushing against my upper arm. I stiffen, my heart skyrocketing. “Sophie,” He breathed out my name above my head.

His grip around my arm tightens. “What’s wrong?”

I clenched my eyes tightly, coaxing my heart to stop beat- ing so quickly for him, and then answered while peeling my

eyes open.

I just need to use

room.”

I had a feel- ing Aiden knew that I was not telling the truth with the way

His tone has a warning to it. One I don’t take heed of and pull my arm out of his grasp. He

I murmured lowly, my back to my neck filling with goosebumps when his head dips and

you tell me

me almost queasy. His lips are still brushing my ear and his breath feathering against

in no rush to

tightly while I prayed that I can

thong and the words writ- ten on the paper had me remembering why I shouldn’t be feeling this way

peeled my eyes open. “There’s nothing wrong with me Aiden. Now

is wrong with you

I do take you as a fool. A really big one to be exact.

sighed and after a few seconds peel his hand off me. I’m relieved because if he held me any longer, my heart and mind would go back to fawning over

fist clench- ing at my sides. I didn’t even want to pee, this was a tactic to not talk

didn’t want to be in his presence right now when I was so d*mn angry with him when I know I shouldn’t

gruff voice mut- tered loud enough for

open. Turning to face Aiden I asked tightly. “Would you mind pointing me in the right direction of the bathroom

when I called him Mr. Xavier and then nods stiffly.

I let the water run for a little and clench the edge of the

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one bit.” I gritted out and cupped my hand under the running water and bend down to throw it over my

how long until I heard the

voice fluttering in. “Sophie. Are you okay in there?” Aiden asked with a surprising hint of concern in his