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.

wrong. I just need

room.”

straight through my teeth and honestly I had a feel- ing Aiden knew that I was not telling the truth with the way

don’t take heed of and

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

tell me

flips that had me almost queasy. His lips are still brushing my ear

are in no rush to leave

teeth, clenching my eyes tightly while I prayed that I can

ten on the paper had me remembering why I shouldn’t be feeling

out through my nose and then peeled my eyes open. “There’s nothing wrong with me

only hardens and he grumbles. “I know when something is wrong with you Sophie. Do you really think that I am

to be exact. Now if you don’t want pee on your

because if he held me any longer, my heart and mind would go back to

away with my head held high and my fist clench- ing at my sides. I didn’t even want to pee, this was a tactic to not talk to him for longer

in his presence right now when I was so d*mn angry with him when

wrong way.” Aiden’s gruff voice mut- tered loud enough

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

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

the bathroom, I rush to the sink and open the faucet. I let the water run for a little and clench the edge of the counter while staring at myself in the

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out and cupped my hand under the running

knows how long until I heard

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