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

dishonesty and lies, I would be shattered.

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

tongue is tied, but my

knees are also weak, and I fear I might topple to them soon if I

own, searching for anything.’ Please say

stared into his unwavering eyes, words finally formed on

in soft tone that was undoubtedly filled with curiosity and

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

making any

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

eyes are soft. Softer than they’ve

at me.

and my stomach fluttered with

you bully me all those years ago?”

long ago, maybe then we wouldn’t have gone through so much. Maybe we could’ve been together long before what happened.

all this instead

know which emotion

you said to Mila that day…..it haunted me. I didn’t know they held so much weight, but they did. And they turned me into a monster I’m not proud of,

You had every right to hate me and keep hating me. Those things I said to you and did were things I

when I got

were the

happened soon after, but I realize that was the karma I got for all those times bullying you and I fully accepted that.”

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