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Sophie’s pov
When I thought about ways this could end, I never thought I’d be submerged in cold water.
One of Aiden’s arms wrap around my midriff and I kicked up my legs together with his until we emerge out of the water.
I take a huge gasp of air, coughing as I lift my hand to move the wet strands plastering to my face.
“You okay baby?” Aiden asked with worry on his tongue.
I’m still coughing, trying to move the water out of my lungs. Opening my eyes only to fall into the trap of his stare.
His eyes are warm, not stormy at all….warm and filled with
concern.
The stare had me tearing my eyes away dropping them to his wet shirt that clung to his skin.
“Let me go,” I whispered, my palms landing on his hard chest and trying yet failing to push him away from me.
My body was also betraying me and was reluctant to move away from him.
But I had to hold it together, I was still after all angry at him.
said with a stubborn edge in his voice,
vexed by my body’s
head dipping
not screwing up this time around.” He hissed, water droplets from
nose.
of the pool until my
moment you set your eyes on her at the hospital but yet refused to tell me your relationship with
I felt betrayed.
what she was to him away from my knowledge. Even though we were not a couple when I first met Lillian, it still
so close and the way Lillian smirked at the camera taunted
and pull out her hair.
nothing to me. But I see now that I should’ve. I’m
at me fixedly and deeply as he confessed. “Lillian Muralo is the woman Sergio chose as my wife. Her father is one of our business partners and Sergio thought it would be a good idea to merge the two companies to gain more
brown pools, searching
her for months until the day at the hospital. I was stunned to see her
furrowed. They didn’t leave on
mine to keep them on
heart stopped even though
as my heart stopped, fury began to boil in my veins. “Of course you two did. Were you catching up
wrap around my wrist,
nor did I want to. Lillian came to talk, I spoke back to her coldly. There was nothing going on in that office,” Aiden gritted
narrowed like hot slits of anger
Any explanation as to why you two were so close
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