The Girl He Craves

Sophie’s pov

As soon as I entered Mary, the tears I tried to desperately hold comes flowing out like a river.
I’m a hiccuping mess in a matter of a few seconds.

I sobbed, gripping the steering wheel and throwing my head on the horn.

It blares by accident but I don’t care.

I hate him.

I hate him for doing this to me.

Why does he always have to hurt me? I’m not sure how long I’ve been crying, all I know is that my throat is dry and throbbing by the time I’m done.

And having his essence still inside me was making this all the more worst.

It’s reminding me every second of him and what we did up there in his office.

It’s reminding me of what happened after.

Suddenly there’s a knock on the glass window and I stop crying altogether and freeze.

Was it Aiden? My heart slams against my chest as I lift my head and quickly wiped under my nose as I looked at who knocked on my glass.

I’m relieved yet disappointed that it wasn’t him, but an unfamiliar lady.

I rolled down the window which made a tiny screeching sound.

I cringed inwardly, already knowing how horrible I look right now.

“Yes?” I asked politely even though I wanted to drive away and not look back because of how embarrassed I was about how | currently look.

She smiled just as politely.

I’m sorry to disturb but I couldn’t help but notice that you were upset.

I just wanted to check up and see if you were okay?”
How sweet of her.

I nod and with a gentle smile, I respond.

“Yes, I am.” I lied smoothly.

“I’m okay, don’t worry.” God, I don’t know when I’ll ever be okay.

The woman nods but doesn’t look like she believed me.

“Okay.

If it helps, everything gets better after a while.” With a smile, the woman leaves and I watch her walk into the SUV parked beside my old car and drive away.

I can’t help but think about her parting words.

I didn’t think things would get better.

It was clear Aiden was still the same guy from high school.

And no matter how much my heart still craves for him, I knew that we would never happen.

Aiden didn’t know how to love, he only knew how to hurt
And I refuse to let him hurt our son.

I started Mary, thanking her that today she worked better than yesterday.

looked at Harrington.co one last time and drive

I liked to run

if running away meant protecting my son, then

the counter, kicked off my

Bernard to tell him what was

understand and I didn’t know

better than what

left without saying anything to

especially since he did go out

I clearly

I didn’t think it would be appropriate to look like the mess I was after leaving Aiden’s office to go

him later

the day

bad guy? I really didn’t want him to

me to

felt cold as the thought rang through

would probably hate me even more if

deny Ash, deny ever

Or he’d want custody.

thought had me running to the bathroom and I barely made it

while

he fight me for custody? Because it was clear he didn’t want

swirled

such a good idea to tell Bernard

and looked at my

like a terrible

felt like it

and cupped my

from my mouth, I kicked the

go through Ria’s stash of plan b packets

missing, right? I sighed, closed the faucet, and peeled off every layer of clothes

playing me into a trap after all, and

and then knew exactly what to do to

yet again

at my reflection, disappointed that I so easily played right into

up Ash today from daycare seeing as Mary was giving a bit of trouble on the way here and I wasn’t really in the right frame of mind to be on

mess,

staying under the warm

looked miserable and felt

to pick up Ash, I set my phone down and walked over to

might kill me for this but I really did need

out of the freezer and fetched

I drown my sadness and frustration in cookies

fell asleep when I was more than halfway through the tub and only woke up

sounds at the door and I pinched the bridge

yell at Noel to leave me the

I didn’t want to speak

Xavier, Mr.

I said, cutting her

swings open and Bernard steps into my

closed the door behind him and when her footfalls fade he approached my

the

noise was irritating, but it was the only thing that was keeping my mind off

Well, a little bit.