The Girl He Craves

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Sophie’s pov

I’m still flabbergasted by what transpired only a few seconds ago.

Feeling Ashton’s small little hands on my cheeks, as if silently reassuring me everything was okay, was what made me finally remove my eyes off the door to stare into his wide blue eyes similar to his dad’s.

They stared at me deeply, as if knowing that I was upset. I smile shakily at him, and hugged him to me.

“I’m sorry you had to hear that bug,” I whispered, kissing his forehead a couple of times before he started to giggle and unfreeze my heart again.

I sighed and looked around the room, Sergio’s words ringing. in my head. I wish things were easier, where there was nothing standing in the way of Aiden’s and I’s relationship.

But it seems we would always go through trials….this one so happens to be the most powerful man in New York.

I chewed on my lips, a cold shiver running down my spine and I had to clutch Ashton more firmly to reassure myself that

everything would actually be okay.

There was a warning in Sergio’s tone when he left. One that should shake me to the core. And it did.

It showed me that he had the upper hand. And would probably always have the upper hand.

I felt sick to my stomach by his words, especially the threat that hanged in the air.

But what could I do?

I could tell Aiden about it, but risk his past being in the media. They’ll slander him, and me. They’ll turn their backs on him.

Like Sergio said, the internet was a very cruel place.

I could only imagine how others would react oustide of the internet.

I shook my head.

I can’t risk

then looked down at Ashton in my arms. “We

not tell his father about his great grandfather coming over and slandering his

not like Ash could actually

daddy surprised us with?” I smiled warmly at my son and tried to distract myself

them weigh me down or push me into a

and I busied ourselves watching movies on the huge flat screen tv,

to fix the roses out of the way and give more

though his penthouse was huge, they

and puffing while tucking the last rose bouquet in the corner, away from the

my heart slamming against my chest wondering if it was

did say he’d call a

to not knock down the glass vase with the roses on

when I saw the

right.

the front of

am I supposed to act with him now that I’m holding yet another secret from

around, this one really is to his

and stop thinking about

up the phone at the last second before the ringing could

breathed out, raking a shaky hand through

sound so breathless mama bear?” He

could hear the shuffling of papers in the

so you’d be able to walk through the area better,”

reason for me being breathless was because of my anxiety of knowing I have to keep Sergio’s sudden

wasn’t thinking when I ordered a hundred. What you want to do

my bottom lip to stop from smiling

whispered, his voice going

“Yes. You really did. Didn’t know you had a romantic bone in you body.” I joked, swapping my

someone

a beat and I literally skipped to the roses and plucked out one and brought it to