The Girl He Craves

Chapter 35

Aiden’s pov

Something was very familiar with this woman. The way her bottom was shaped. The way she stood.

I stumbled out of the elevator when a thought slammed into my head.

No, it can’t be her.

What would Sophie Bell be doing in New York? Especially at Harrington.co?

She was probably sitting in her dorm room in college, talking to her roommate about weird shit.

This woman wasn’t Sophie. She couldn’t possibly be her.

Besides Sophie had brown chocolate hair and she had less hips. Though those legs were long just like hers…..

I shake my head while watching the woman enter the elevator. When the doors close behind her, I’m convinced that I was going mad.

Was I still so obsessed with Sophie that I was now thinking a stranger was her?

| grunt and decided to forget about this mysterious woman. She was no one, she was not Sophie. And if she was, I wouldn’t care anyway.

Sophie Bell has been dead to me for three years.

I stormed my to Bernard’s office, frustrated that I even thought this woman was Sophie.

“Mr. Xavier,” Bernard’s secretary, Alice rose from her seat. She looks shocked to see me, or perhaps it was the invisible steam coming out of my ears that had her so stunned.

I ignored her and went straight for Bernard’s office without knocking.

As soon as I enter. I’m hit with a familiar scent. It was a floral scent, but the scent was very faint. It reminded me of…..her.

What. The. Fuck.

I shook my head. I was really going mad today.

Bernard lifts his head from the mess of paperwork on his desk. He raised a brow. Of all my employees, Bernard was the only one who didn’t cower under my cold stare. I could give the old man props for that.

“Aiden

I glared at him and he stops. He knows how much I hate when he calls me by my given name. That name was only supposed to slip past the lips of those close to me.

Not because Bernard has been working for Harrington.co and was a trusted employee as

Sergio has mentioned, meant we were close.

“Mr. Xavier. What do I owe the pleasure

” Here are the reports I want you to look into.” I slam the file on his desk, frustrated that the light floral scent was still troubling my nose.

“Mr. Xavier

“Have them done by tomorrow.” Usually, I would have a more than five minute talk with him about the finances concerning the company, but I found myself itching to get out of the room and away from that scent.

I stormed out of his office.

“Mr. Xavier,” Alice nods when I stormed by. I don’t acknowledge her, needing to get out of where quickly

When I entered the elevator and pushed in my floor number, 38, I sighed in relief.

LE

As soon as the doors slide back close, I could finally breathe. But the frustration was still there.

Sophie Bell.

It was clear she was still haunting my mind to this day.

Igroaned. I slept with so many willing women to forget about her and it takes one mysteri ous woman that reminded me of her to have my entire composure crumbling at my feet.

I felt like that same high school boy who was so obsessed and in love with her that I’d do anything.

I was no longer that boy. I refuse to be that ‘boy’ again.

continue to force her out of my mind. No matter how long and how many women

I was sure Sophie Bell forgot

to call me when I was

I didn’t want to think about

dings open and I walked

is seated at her desk, her red lipstick is one of the first things

I’ll finally put her

she hears me approaching, her gaze sweeps up quickly and

to

she was desperate to get on her knees for me,

Bernard’s pov

had just stormed out of in confusion.

a second later and Alice enters. “Saw Mr. Xavier

while reaching out for the file he placed on the desk. “Not that I know

then shrugged. “Honestly it’s the blue-eyed devil we’re talking about. It doesn’t take much

Xavier is always pissed off,” Alice

She’s very hardworking and can grasp anything quickly. She’s the right fit for the job.” Alice

job. Alice utta

exact replica.

on my desk, almost buried by the

took that photo at a resort, not knowing that it would be the last time our

five years

with my daughter. It was like

had become someone I held dear even though the

does, doesn’t she? The exact

surprise me if she actually was your long-lost daughter you never knew about. Or at least

I had only one biological daughter. And even conceiving her with my wife

love those.” | squealed lowly as I pushed small

around the

I found it in five min utes. But maybe that was because I asked

foam container with endless desserts knowing I’d have

should really

licks a trail on my bottom lip when my eyes fall on a

all those unhealthy foods here?

walk away from the pleasant aroma and even more pleasant looking food. I will not be tempted today

to be

and chair, smiling awkwardly when some work

new face here, but was one look not enough? Why won’t they look

my head, hoping it wasn’t the little flyaway

something

gawking at

my gaze

their stares didn’t trouble me like the one I felt on my back earlier before entering the elevator. No, that stare was different than these, I could feel the intensity

on my skin quickly when that per son’s eyes pierced

ever only reacted to

that person was

scowling at myself inwardly. I was stupid to

in jail for

Sophie’s pov

the day Sophie!” Alice said and waved at me before putting her hands out for

too Alice!” I called out just as a taxi

my old car. I winced at the mustard col or that stood out. I had been

just say screw it and buy a new car that wouldn’t stop on me or refuse

smelled freedom. Hell, I was starting to see through those

My hand patted the mustard color hood

a little droplet on my cheek, I lift my head to the sky. I closed my eyes and smiled as the rain belt over me. I even removed that tight bun in my hair and let my hair down. I

in the rain. But right

.

showering me with

white blouse was getting a bit see through. There was

a bit by the screech, I put my seatbelt on and

Harrington.co.

help

be one

you in on a

ever get a good paying job like this. Not when I