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

at Ashton in my arms. “We

not tell his father about his great grandfather coming over and

Ash could actually tell

us with?” I smiled warmly at my son and

down or push

I busied ourselves watching

tried to fix the roses out of

a hundred of them, and even though his penthouse

the last rose bouquet in the corner, away from

slamming against my chest wondering if it was Aiden who

he’d call a

hardest to not knock down the glass vase with the

into my bottom lip when I saw

was right. It

the

now that I’m

this time around, this one really is to

on Soph just act natural and stop thinking about Sergio or you’ll

up the phone at the last second before the

a

do you sound so breathless mama bear?” He

hear the shuffling of

to clean up a hundred roses to make room so you’d

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

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

my bottom lip to

He whispered, his

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

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

a beat and I literally skipped to the roses and plucked out one and brought it to my nose