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

flicker of dishonesty and lies, I would be

dipped a little so our eyes would be leveled and he whispered. “I’ve

is tied, but my heart

though, I’m finding it difficult to hold air into my lungs. My knees are also weak, and I fear

searching for anything.’ Please

then as I stared into his unwavering eyes, words finally formed on

in soft tone that was undoubtedly filled with curiosity and

tell me so? Why did he bully me in high school if he

making

brushed 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 I can’t think properly and I fall even harder. It’s impossible to breathe when you’re near. It’s

than they’ve

at me.

and my stomach fluttered

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

gone through so much. Maybe we could’ve been together long

am a bit angry that he made me go through all this instead of confessing. Yet his confession had

didn’t know which emotion

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

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

kissed, when I got to be with

Ashton. Those days were the

the karma I got for all those times

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