Chapter 12

GABRIE

I’m not a man who usually listens to any woman, but this one had a hold on me. Not her, but the dress she was wearing. The way it hugged her upper body and then flowed down, showing her leg perfectly. Every time a man in this room looked at her, it drove me insane. It made me want to go up the stage and announce her as my wife.

“I don’t dance. I tell her firmly as 1 stand in front of her on the dancing floor, studying each move.

She pretended to be unbothered by what happened with Arthur, but I knew she heard every bit of my conversation with him, and it affected her.

“I know,” she replied, wrapping her hand around my neck. Her fake smile didn’t quite reach her eyes. “Can you stand here for a bit anyway?”

“Why

“Mrs. Johnson was talking about how we didn’t even dance at our own reception so we should take the floor now. I tried refusing, but she wouldn’t buy it. I was going to come find you after freshening up.”

My eyes reflexively found the sixty year old woman who was looking at us from a corner with her husband, who happened to be my grandfather’s friend. I put my hands on her waist. “So, you’re doing this to keep pretence? Because the contract I made you sign requires you to?”

“Mh-hm.”

I tightened my grasp on her waist, pulling her closer and swaying with her.

She was usually way more talkative than this.

“Penny for your thoughts?”

“Arthur was drunk.”

“He was”

“If you would’ve have been there, what was he planning to do?”

1 stiffened. “I was there.”

She hesitantly looked at me. “But you won’t always be there.”

“I will.” I tell her, my voice promising. “You’re my responsibility, Sofia.”

“Freckles.”

“What?”

She finally smiled. “You call me freckles.”

“I do. I passed her a soft one back and she relaxed, seeming convinced.

Im ready to go home.

“You haven’t eaten.”

She just shrugged, moving away from me and my hands drop from her waist, almost making me wish she hadn’t. She fixed

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her dress while I stared, wondering how pretty that piece of cloth would look on the floor of my.

That thought alone, of removing her dress in my room, my hands all over that perfect skin of hers, made heat rush down and I could feel my pants tighten.

I had to tear my vision away from her and just when I was almost successful in calming my absurd thoughts down, she wrapped one of her hands around my arm, and my breath froze midway again.

had on my self control, I led her towards the exit when someone

who. I didn’t care

you, Sofia murmured, turning back to the

there it was my name in bold letters, under the top 3 biggest contributors of the night’

my head. Wasn’t this supposed to be an

thought you don’t

I rolled

eye to eye while we walked

I paid were worth lifting her mood after

SOFIA

carrying a coat, because it really was chilled outside. While we waited for the valet

a glance. “It’s cold

My teeth

to

know.” I wanted to glare at him. I genuinely thought he

at times, and not

difficult man

to the passenger seat and

got

in.

was switch on the heater, and then the engine

hours later, I was in my room. The time was almost midnight, but I couldn’t sleep. My

bed, feeling too lazy to wake up, but when the hunger pangs became unavoidable, I tip toed down to the kitchen in the silent and

being served here,

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with a dip of some ice cream, I scanned

No luck.

behind me.

in my place when I heard

hands crossed and a questioning eyebrow raised. I gulped looking at him, but mostly the

look away from him. “I- I’m just looking for chips, Or

a shirt and pants. And I always knew he was so good looking, but the way the thin material of

heater in my room on, my hair

He didn’t stop.

stop till he was inches away, forcing me to look back

when I realised I wasn’t wearing any bra and although I wasn’t too blessed in that department, I had enough for my turned

was dark, and I was hoping he couldn’t

him breath.

“Chips,” he said.

lips parted. He had walked this close to open the drawer above me, and I hadn’t even realised it because I was

flushed, I grabbed the pack of unopened

He didn’t move away.

but he put his hand on that side, caging

was

He didn’t answer.

to reach my height. His face was inches away from mine couldn’t even think

over my but it didn’t seem like he was trying to feel me up. They slid downwards, to my

My very bare thigh.

*Hm?” I gulped.

me, and I don’t know how he raised me, but I was

you share them with

“What?”

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