The Girl He Craves

Chapter 113

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.

to see every emotion that crosses over. I needed to

dishonesty and lies, I would be shattered.

on my skin brushed 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

words had me pulling in a shaky breath. My tongue is tied, but my heart beats

brain is foggy though, 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

bored into my own, searching for anything.’

as I stared into his unwavering eyes,

telling me this now?” I asked in soft tone that was undoubtedly filled with curiosity and

this long, why did he wait now to tell me so? Why did

wasn’t making

my jaw bone and he 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

Softer than they’ve

at me.

and my stomach fluttered with tiny

bully me all those years ago?”

so much. Maybe we could’ve been together long before what happened. Maybe then…that tragedy wouldn’t have happened in the first

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

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 they held so much weight, but they did. And they

and I wasn’t 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 times where I thought I could change. Like the times with you.” His thumb

I got to be with you, when

days were the

karma I got for all those

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