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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.
edge in his voice, his arm
bit more vexed by my body’s response to
Aiden snapped, his head dipping so they could level
up this time around.” He hissed, water droplets from his brows
nose.
to the edge of the pool until my back was
her at the hospital but yet
I felt betrayed.
what she was to him away from my knowledge. Even though we were not a couple when I first met Lillian,
and the
hair. Strand by
you because she was not worth it, she’s nothing to me. But I see now that I should’ve. I’m sorry Sophie. I should’ve told you sooner.
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
blue flickered between my brown pools, searching for something I wasn’t
the day at the hospital. I was stunned to see her because
didn’t leave
his eyes away from mine to
stopped even though I should’ve expected
my veins. “Of course you two
hand wrap around my wrist, stopping
I want to. Lillian came to talk, I spoke back to her
slits of
were photographed together? Any explanation as to why you two were so close and why she had
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