Sophie’s pov

I’m a bit lost for words. A bit startled. A bit dumbfounded. I’m not sure what I should say. Or what I should do.

I’m lost.

I’m confused.

But my heart leaped, twice, three times. I draw air into my lungs and continued to stare into his stormy gaze.

Was he speaking the truth?

The hard veil that had concealed all his emotions behind was torn. Vulnerability.

He was vulnerable.

Which meant, those words were true.

I gasped. Finally, my mind was working back, my body, my reaction. Late reaction, but can you blame me?

For a second there I thought he had frozen me completely.

“Wha-t?” Stammering words…..

He takes a step forward, eating up any bit of space that was left between us. My wet hands are fisted by my sides and my eyes have not left his face not once.

that crosses over. I needed to see

dishonesty and lies, I would be shattered.

over my cheek softly. His head dipped a little so our eyes would be leveled and he whispered. “I’ve loved you for years Sophie Bell. Even as teenagers. I’ve loved you since I first set

tied, but my

I’m finding it difficult to hold air into my lungs. My knees are also weak, and I fear I might topple to them soon if I don’t get a hold of my

eyes bored into my own, searching for

hitches and then as I stared into his unwavering

me this now?” I asked in soft tone

me so? Why did he bully

making any

uttered. “Because I can’t keep it to myself anymore. They told me to go slow with you Sophie, but every time I’m in your presence I can’t think properly and I fall even harder. It’s

than they’ve

at me.

and my stomach

bully me all those years ago?” I asked, my

he had confessed this long ago, maybe then we wouldn’t have gone through so much. Maybe we could’ve been together long before what happened. Maybe then…that

through all this instead of confessing. Yet his confession had me melting and

didn’t know which emotion to

I was angry at you. Those words you said to Mila that day…..it haunted me. I didn’t know

my best then. I was someone you should’ve hated, hell loathed. I was a fucking bully. You had every right to hate me and keep hating me. Those things I said to you and did were things I regret with my entire being. But there were

got to be with you,

were the best.

got for all those times

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