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?

me for taking the stand three years ago? For confessing about our

Three years. Three years without seeing his

voice angry as he practically spits through

that this was reali ty. That Aiden was really here. Mere feet away from me.

my pulse roaring at our close proximity yet knowing that I shouldn’t give in to temptation and touch him.

I blinked.

while for me to realize he was speaking

my heart slamming and sweat coating my skin. Why were we act ing

nudges his head to the opened elevator doors and

his blue eyes. There’s no recognition in them, no emotion. So

as the elevator

stand there, gnawing on my

did he get out of jail earlier than the five years they sentenced

the ridiculous thought. Aiden was many things, but he was not a

changed a lot and perhaps I didn’t know him

cold suddenly when I remembered

out of all people in New York. What was Aiden even

was confused, So confused

the elevator until the door slides

stares

It feels like a rug was just swept

stare was indeed actually Aiden after all. It had been him all

Aiden’s pov

way to the elevator with one hand in my front pocket and the other gripping the phone brutally.

pushed my hand between the almost closing doors and stepped in

“Aiden?”

feel my heart squeeze. I was hearing a ghost. There was no way

years no one, not a single person had managed to make me nervous or shift my composure. But when my eyes connected with hers, I can feel the shaking in my fingers as they struggle to

Sophie?

Sophie Bell?

heart slam in the cages of my chest as I gawk at

that her cheeks got a little chubby which made her look adorable. Her hair was also now

She looked fucking hot!

And her body….

out a groan. She filled in nicely over

into my arms like I desperately wanted to l ignored her and blasted

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