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.

and lies, I would be shattered. My heart

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 teenagers. I’ve loved you since I

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

difficult to hold air into my lungs. My knees are also weak, and I fear

searching for anything.’

as I stared into his unwavering

telling me this now?” I asked in soft tone that

did he wait now to tell me so? Why did he bully

making any

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

are soft. Softer than they’ve ever

at me.

and my stomach

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

much. Maybe we could’ve been together long before what happened. Maybe then…that tragedy

bit angry that he made me go through all this instead of confessing. Yet his confession had me melting and my

emotion to latch

words you said to Mila that day…..it haunted me. I didn’t know they held so

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

we kissed, when I got to be with

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.” He

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