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 Sergio ruining

bit my tongue and then looked down at Ashton in my arms. “We don’t speak about this,

his father about his great grandfather coming

like Ash could actually

I smiled warmly at my son and tried to distract myself from

down or push me into

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

to fix the roses out of the

hundred of them, and even though his penthouse was huge, they

and puffing while tucking the last rose bouquet in the

up, my heart slamming against my chest wondering if it was Aiden

did say he’d call a

hardest to not knock down the glass vase with the roses

when I saw the caller on the

right. It was

the

act with him now that

time around, this one really

come on Soph just act natural and stop thinking

and picked up the phone at

I breathed out, raking a shaky hand through

sound so breathless mama bear?” He

could hear the shuffling of papers in

to clean up a hundred roses to make room so you’d be able to walk through the area

me being breathless was because of

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

bottom lip to stop from

work?” He whispered, his voice going

you had a romantic bone in you body.” I joked, swapping my

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

I literally skipped to the