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 Sergio

at Ashton in my arms.

I’m telling my toddler son to not tell his father about his great

not like Ash could actually tell

I smiled warmly at my son and tried

weigh me down or push me

ourselves watching movies on the huge flat screen

asleep, I tried to fix the roses out of

though his penthouse was huge,

last rose bouquet in the corner, away from the entrance

up, my heart slamming against my chest

say he’d call

trying my hardest to not knock down the

bottom lip when I saw the

right.

to the

now that I’m holding yet

time around, this one really is to his

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

the phone at the last

a shaky hand through my

sound so breathless mama bear?”

hear the shuffling

roses to make room so you’d be

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

baby, I wasn’t thinking when I ordered a hundred. What you want to do with them is your

bit into my bottom lip to

it work?” He whispered, his

that he couldn’t exactly see me, so I voiced it out. “Yes. You really did. Didn’t know you had a romantic bone in you body.” I joked, swapping my tongue over my bottom lip as I turned

come to realize I’m someone different when it comes to you Soph.“”

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