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?

still angry with me for taking the

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

spits through the phone. I

reali ty. That Aiden was really

that I shouldn’t give in to temptation and touch him. He had

I blinked.

takes a while for me to realize he was speaking

sweat coating my skin. Why were we act

nudges his head to the opened elevator doors and I smiled shakily

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

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

gnawing on my

he get out of jail earlier than

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

seem like he had changed a lot and perhaps I didn’t

felt cold suddenly when I remembered

of all people in New York. What was Aiden even

was confused, So confused

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

she stares at

It feels like a rug was just swept out from under my feet as

stare was indeed actually Aiden after

Aiden’s pov

damn files by later today.” I hissed on the phone as I stormed my way to the elevator with one hand in my front pocket and the other gripping the phone brutally. I glared at the floor in frustration and

pushed my hand between the almost closing doors and

“Aiden?”

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

three years no one, not a single person had managed to make me nervous or shift my composure. But when my eyes connected with hers,

Sophie?

Sophie Bell?

heart slam in the cages of my chest as

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

She looked fucking hot!

And her body….

fet out a groan. She filled in nicely over

I desperately wanted to l ignored her and

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