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 to

lies, I would be shattered. My heart would not

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 first set my eyes on

in a shaky breath. My tongue is tied, but

finding it difficult to hold air into my lungs. My knees are also weak, and I fear I might topple to them

eyes bored into my own, searching for anything.’ Please say something,” He

then as I stared into

asked in soft tone that was

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

wasn’t making

“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

than they’ve ever been

at me.

in my chest and my

did you bully me all those

we

that he made me go through all this instead of confessing.

didn’t know which emotion to latch on

to Mila that day…..it haunted me. I didn’t know they held so much weight, but they did. And they turned

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

kissed, when I got to be with you,

days were the

all

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