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

at Ashton

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

like Ash could actually tell

with?” I smiled warmly at my son and tried to distract myself from Sergio’s

not let them weigh me down or push me into

busied ourselves watching movies on the huge flat

tried to fix the roses out of the way and give more room to

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

tucking the last rose bouquet in the

up, my heart slamming against my chest wondering

call a bit

table, trying my hardest to not knock down the

my bottom lip when I saw the caller on

was right. It was

the front of

to act with him now that I’m

one really is to his

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

at the last second before

raking a shaky hand

breathless mama bear?” He asked

the shuffling

was trying to clean up a hundred roses to make room so you’d be able to walk through the area better,” I said in half truth

because of my anxiety

hundred. What you want to do with them is your choice. I just wanted to impress you,”

into my bottom lip to stop

his voice

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 around to stare

come to realize I’m someone different when

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