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.

risk

looked down at Ashton

telling my toddler son to not tell his father about his great grandfather coming over and slandering

like Ash could actually

more of those roses your daddy surprised us with?” I smiled warmly at my son and tried to distract

them weigh me down or

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

roses out of the

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

bouquet in the corner, away from the entrance when my

against my chest wondering if it was Aiden who

call a

to the coffee table, trying my hardest to not knock

bit into my bottom lip when I saw the caller

was right. It

pushed to the front of

to act with him now that I’m holding

one really

stop

the phone at the

breathed out, raking a shaky

breathless

shuffling of papers in

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

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

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

my bottom lip to stop from smiling

his voice going from soft

and then realized 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

I’m someone different when it comes to you

skipped to the roses and