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

if there is one little flicker of dishonesty and lies,

softly. His head dipped a little so our eyes would be leveled and he whispered. “I’ve loved you for years Sophie Bell. Even

in a shaky breath. My tongue is tied, but my heart

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

into my own, searching

and then as I stared into his

you telling me this now?” I asked in soft tone that was undoubtedly filled

this long, why did he wait now to tell me so? Why did he bully me in high school if he loved

wasn’t making any

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 think

than they’ve

at me.

heartbeat spikes in my chest and

all those years

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

made me go through all this instead of confessing. Yet his confession had

know which emotion to latch

his 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

me. Those things I said to you and did were things I regret with my entire being. But there were times where I

got to be with

were the best. And

all those times bullying you and

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