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 Sergio ruining Aiden’s

bit my tongue and then looked down at Ashton in my arms.

his father about his great

not like Ash could actually

your daddy surprised us with?” I smiled warmly

me down or push me into a

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

I tried to fix the roses out of the way

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

last rose bouquet in the corner,

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

say he’d call a bit later

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

bottom lip when I saw the

right. It was

pushed to the

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

around, this one really is to

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

the phone at

raking a shaky hand

sound so breathless mama bear?” He

could hear the shuffling of papers

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

the main reason for me being breathless was because of my anxiety of

hundred. What you want to do

lip to stop from

He whispered, his

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 at the endless bouquet of

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

literally skipped to the roses and