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.

is wrong. I just

room.”

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

a warning to it. One I don’t take heed of and

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

until you tell me

had me almost queasy. His lips are still

no rush

clenching my eyes tightly while I prayed that I can get a hold of

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

and then peeled my eyes open. “There’s nothing

grumbles. “I know when something is wrong with you Sophie. Do you really

fool. A really big one to be exact. Now if you don’t want pee on your shiny marble floors, I

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

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

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

mut- tered

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

him Mr. Xavier and then nods stiffly. He gives me directions and I leave

I rush to the sink and open the faucet. I let the water run for a little and clench

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of the red thong and the

grit my teeth. “He hasn’t changed one bit.” I gritted out and cupped my hand under the

done, I stared at my reflection for G*d knows how long until I heard the faint sound of knuckles

his voice fluttering in. “Sophie. Are you