After the Divorce: Crushed on My Lawyer Ex-wife

#154 “Aren’t You A bit Cocky?”

Alexander returned to the table with two glasses in hand. He handed one to Sophia. He gently kissed her forehead before settling into his chair.

“What was so secret Michael had to say?” Sophia asked, a playful smile tugging at the corners of her lips.

“Why did you think it was a secret?” Alexander sneered, his eyes holding a trace of the weight of the revelation.

“Why do you always forget that you’re talking to a lawyer? Seriously, ‘Come and get drinks with me’.” Sophia tried to imitate Michael’s voice. “That’s so obvious, Alex,”

“I really like it when you call me by my first name,” Alexander replied smugly, a subtle acknowledgment of the intimacy between them.

“Don’t twist the subject.”

“My father is back according to Michael. He also has concerns that he is up to something.”

Sophia’s expression shifted from playful to contemplative as she took a sip of her cocktail, the cool liquid contrast to the warmth of the news.

“And he decided to warn you?” Sophia’s surprise lingered in her eyes.

“The only thing Michael hates more than me is our father. I would do the same,” Alexander replied, his nonchalant shrug belying the complexity of the family dynamics.

“What could it be…”

“Let’s not mention my father tonight. Michael was more than enough for me anyway.”

a soft and understanding

We won’t mention it.” she

their intimacy. As

the unspoken connection, wondering if her body would ever cease to react so profoundly whenever Alexander was

on Sophia’s face as she

replied,

“And what about us?”

We were married, but it wasn’t until we got

that a confession?” Alexander grinned, a playful glint in

what?” Sophia, confused, turned

“That you love me.”

and hesitation. Carefully choosing her words,

love me, but you’re afraid to admit

you a

a childhood story, everything. And I think you would never have sat and told if you hadn’t started to realize that you were falling in

for you,” Sophia

think you’ve admitted it to yourself. Because if you say it out loud, you will be completely unprotected and give me the power to break

“This is not…”

heart. But if you’re not ready yet, I understand. But I give you

He smiled at her stunned expression, his eyes

melting into a delicious blend of desire and vulnerability as Alexander continued to kiss her. His lips were a gentle caress, yet there was an underlying insistence that made her feel like the air he needed to breathe. The intimacy

pulling her in for a more intense kiss. Sophia responded eagerly, her fingers digging into his hands as her controlled exterior crumbled in the wake of their shared passion. With Alexander, she found herself in a state of blissful chaos, a realm where control slipped away,

momentarily parting. “Do you want me