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

at Ashton in my arms. “We don’t speak about this,

toddler son to not tell his father about his great grandfather

like Ash

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

not let them weigh me down or push me

hours Ashton and I busied ourselves watching

the roses out of the way and

his penthouse

tucking the last rose bouquet in the corner, away from the entrance

my chest

say he’d call a bit later

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

my bottom lip when I saw

was right. It was

pushed to the front of my

am I supposed to act with him now that I’m

time around, this one

act natural and stop thinking about Sergio or you’ll

up the phone at the last second before the ringing could

breathed out, raking a shaky hand through my

you sound so breathless mama bear?” He

shuffling of papers in the

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

the main reason for me being breathless was because of my anxiety of knowing I have to keep Sergio’s

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

bit into my bottom lip to

work?” He whispered, his voice going from

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.”

someone different when it comes to you Soph.“” He

beat and I literally skipped to the roses and plucked out one and brought