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 ruining

down at Ashton in my arms. “We

not tell his father about his great

not like Ash could actually

daddy surprised us with?” I smiled

down or push

I busied ourselves watching movies on

to fix the roses out of the way and

of them, and even though his penthouse was huge,

last rose bouquet in the

chest wondering if it was Aiden who

say he’d call a

to the coffee table, trying my hardest to not knock down the glass vase with the roses on my

lip when I saw the

right. It was

pushed to the front of

act with him now that I’m

one really is to

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

and picked up the phone at the

a shaky hand

do you sound so breathless mama bear?” He

the shuffling of papers in

you I was trying to clean up a hundred roses to make room so you’d be able

main reason for me being breathless was because of my anxiety of knowing I have to keep Sergio’s sudden visit away from his

ordered a hundred. What you want to do with them is

bottom lip

it work?” He whispered, his voice going from

romantic bone in

I’ve come to realize I’m someone different when it

skipped to the roses and plucked out one