The Girl He Craves

Sophie’s pov

The mild cold felt like it had finally given me a break a few hours later. I was no longer sniffling, and my

nose didn’t feel stuffy anymore.

Aiden had done his best to take care of me even though I kept reassuring him that I am not immobile.

He refused for me to just stretch over and take the remote for goodness sake!

It almost felt like I was on my deathbed because Aiden refused to make me do anything for myself.

So when my cold symptoms let me go from its mild clutches | praised G*d and nearly went on my

knees.

But of course, I didn’t want to seem dramatic.

It was now way past twelve and Aiden was cooking up something on the stove when a buzzing sound

disturbed the somewhat silence.

I looked over at Aiden while fixing Ashton on the sofa.

“Someone must be at the door,” I told him, asking him silently if I should get the door myself, but he

wipes his hands and tells me he will be back.

When he did return, I was not expecting him to return with a huge heart shape piece of sculpture made

with roses, wheeled in by two men. It looked like the roses were in what I

presume was resin.

“Aiden,” I gapped at the huge heart shape sculpture as the two men wheeled it in front of me.

I looked over at Aiden, who was staring keenly at my face, waiting for a reaction. He smiled and

seemed to be pleased with my reaction.

“You didn’t think I’d get rid of your first gift from me, did you?” He teased and looked at the roses, his

white teeth flashing, making my heart sing.

“Aiden,” I breathed out, rising to my feet in awe as I stared at the heart shape sculpture.

The two men smiled at me and quickly departs from the room.

“I made them put every single one of them in resin baby. It should last you a lifetime.” He said and

looked over at me with a very pleased look.

I approached him, my eyes gawking at the heart shaped sculpture and back at his face.

I can’t believe this was the same guy in high school.

If someone would’ve told me Aiden would be this sweet and caring, I would’ve laughed in their faces.

But now, staring at him and witnessing the warmth in his gaze made all doubts that this was just a

dream to move away from my mind.

“Aiden, I can’t-

He hadn’t told me what he had done to the flowers, I just

assumed that he got rid of them because they were crowding his entire living area.

But I was wrong and nothing could’ve prepared me for this sweet surprise.

And I thought yesterday surprise was something, this one, especially one that can last me a lifetime,

was something out of this world.

My heart thrums, my fingertips tingle and the blood in my veins whoosh.

How can I not love Aiden? Especially when he was going out of his way to prove to me that he loved

me.

“Do you like it?” He asked with a slight nervous edge in his tone. My silence must have made his mind

wander to that little place he doubted he did something right.

If only he knew how much I appreciate this.

I turn to him and throw my arms around his neck, catching him off guard a little to make him take an

abrupt step back.

“I love it Aiden.” I whispered, hugging him tighter.

He wraps his arms around my middle, bringing me closer to him as he murmured just beside my ear. “I

just want to make you happy Soph.”

I shivered at the heavy tone of sincerity. His honesty somehow managed to make me fall even deeper

in love with him.

He kisses my head, burying his nose in my hair for a few

seconds to breathe in my scent.

It’s comforting how he holds me protectively in his arms, and the way he breathes in my scent calms

me oddly.

Every time he does it, it feels like a rope that tugs us closer.

He pulls away and I lift my head and tip on my toe to plant my lips on his.

It’s a swift soft kiss but it still manages to make me melt and for my toes to curl.

“Are you sure you’re happy with it baby?” He asked me after he pulled away.

I nodded shyly. The way he stared at me with so much love in his eyes was still a bit too much for me

to bear head on.

It had me reddening like crazy and that only made him tease me about it.

“I love it,” I said again and moved out of his hold to brush fingertips on the smooth resin.

my

My eyes gawk at the red roses inside, and I stare at them in

awe.

Aiden leaves my side and walks over to Ashton on the sofa. He picks him up as I turn around to ask

him.

“Are these all the roses?”

He nod, fixing Ashton in his arms and approaches me. “Yes.”

I turn back to the rose heart shape sculpture. “It’s huge.”

Aiden replies. “That’s not the only thing that’s huge.”

I turn to him, narrowing my eyes on his smirking face. “Ashton is here, you better not say what I think

you’re about to say.” | warned and glared at him.

Aiden’s smirk widened and he threw one of his arms around my shoulder and pull me to his side.

“I was going to say my love for you is also huge Sophie. Where did your naughty mind run off to?” He

joked and stared down at me in amusement.

I burned brightly under his gaze and tear my eyes away from him. “You’re annoying.”

He chuckles and kisses my head.

It seems Aiden could not get tired of kissing me, whether it was my head or lips.

He would kiss me at every chance he gets.

That alone buried even more of the doubt of him truly loving me out of my head.

Looking at the sculpture, Aiden’s hold suddenly tighten and I swore I felt the air shift.

And then he spoke.

“Sophie.”

I looked up at him, my eyes curious on his face.

“Yes?”

He sighed and rip his gaze from mine. “Sergio invited us for lunch tomorrow. I accepted his invitation. I

know you are not comfortable in his presence but I promise you that we will not stay for long.”

His words had my heart dropping in the pit of my stomach

heavily.