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.

every emotion that crosses over. I needed to

one little flicker of dishonesty and lies, I would be shattered. My heart would not be the

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

breath. My tongue is tied, but my heart beats like a drum in my chest

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

bored into my own, searching

breath hitches and then as I stared into

me this now?” I asked in soft

why did he wait now to tell me so? Why

wasn’t 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 impossible to breathe when you’re near. It’s impossible to

are soft. Softer than they’ve ever

at me.

and my

did you bully me all those years ago?” I asked,

we could’ve been together long before what happened. Maybe then…that tragedy wouldn’t have

this instead of

emotion to

gaze dimming with regret. “Because I loved you then but wanted to hate you. 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 turned me into a monster I’m not proud

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

when I got to be

were

for all those times bullying you and

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