The Girl He Craves

Chapter 39

Chapter 39

Sophie’s pov

There are a million thoughts storming through my mind at this moment. Some didn’t even make sense.

Who’s standing before me didn’t make sense.

Was I even making sense?

My throat feels tight, emotions go haywire in my body. My heart is thumping loudly. I can’t think properly.

Standing before me, dressed in an expensive suit was Aiden Xavier. My high school bully, the guy I love, the guy who was supposed to be in jail. Ashton’s father…

I gulped.

He still looked the same after all those years. His blue eyes were still so beautiful, though I noted a strange look in them. They were dead.

And his lips. So straight, stiff, and unsmiling.

The power that radiated off of him had me squirming.

Aiden was even more handsome now with his hair shaved at the sides neatly and his body was even more toned with muscles that bulged under his suit.

My mouth feels dry

He changed. Something was different about him.

He froze when he heard my voice and when his cold eyes fell into mine just like they always had done before, I felt heat swim in between my thighs.

He could still get a reaction out of me without even trying.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised about that.

But what I was surprised about was Aiden ripping his eyes away from mine and continuing to speak on the phone while ignoring me completely.

| shifted on my feet nervously as I stare at the side of his face.

Why was his eyes so cold when they stared into mine? Why did he stare at me blankly? Did he not remember me?

My heart slammed in my chest harshly. Can he really forget me so quickly?

the

of his face, my heart singing. Three years. Three years without seeing his face and being in his presence, and he

keeps his face forward, his voice angry as he practically spits through the phone. I feel bad for the

wasn’t dreaming and that this was reali ty. That Aiden was really here. Mere feet away from me.

breathed it in, my pulse roaring at our close proximity yet knowing that I shouldn’t give in to temptation and touch him. He had ignored me like he didn’t know me. Like he didn’t remember the moments

I blinked.

me to realize

my heart slamming and sweat coating my

not getting out now?” He nudges his head to the opened elevator doors and I

with his blue eyes. There’s no recognition in

away and punched the button almost urgently as the elevator doors closed and rid me of the powerful handsome sight

gnawing on my

of jail earlier than the

my head at the ridiculous thought. Aiden was many things, but he

perhaps I didn’t know him as much as /

suddenly when I remembered the huge secret I’ve kept from

if I managed to bump into Aiden out of all people in New

confused, So

I just stood there and stared at the elevator until the door slides open again and

brows are furrowed as she stares

of it, I nodded shakily even though I felt far from okay. It feels like a rug was just swept out from

Aiden

Aiden’s pov

hissed on the phone as I stormed my way to the elevator with one hand in my front

hand between the almost

“Aiden?”

my ears and I feel my heart squeeze. I was hearing a ghost. There was no way Sophie out of all people was

to make me nervous or shift my composure. But when my eyes connected with hers, I can

Sophie?

Sophie Bell?

cages of my chest as I gawk at

were the same, except that her cheeks got a little chubby which made her look adorable. Her hair was

She looked fucking hot!

And her body….

almost fet out a groan. She filled in

I desperately wanted to l ignored her and blasted Cindy

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