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.

can’t risk Sergio

Ashton in my

telling my toddler son to not tell his father about his great

not like Ash

we smell more of those roses your daddy surprised us with?” I

down or push

I busied ourselves watching movies

I tried to fix the roses out of the way and

least a hundred of them, and even though his penthouse was huge, they covered the

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

chest wondering if it was Aiden

did say he’d call a bit

hardest to not knock down the glass vase with the roses on my

when I saw

was right.

to the front of my

him now that I’m holding yet another secret

this time around, this one really

natural and stop thinking about Sergio or you’ll feel even more

up the phone at the last second before the ringing could

out, raking a shaky

you sound so breathless mama

the shuffling of

so you’d be able

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

hundred. What you want to do with them is your

bit into my bottom lip to

whispered, his voice

I voiced it out. “Yes. You really did. Didn’t know you had a romantic bone in

I’m someone different when it comes to you Soph.“” He whispered with

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