Chapter 35.A few weeks later, It was a sunny morning as Sophie toss and turn in her new bed staring at the pristine white ceiling. It felt so better than the one in her dorm. The soft material of the duvet cover made her smile in her sleep. Even as she opened one eye to look around her surroundings, she felt as if she was in a dream. How much her life changed in the past couple of months somehow seems unreal and looked like something that came out of a fairy tale.She and Kayla had moved into a new apartment courtesy of Chris. He had gotten a bigger and more luxurious one but Sophie rejected it because she felt very uncomfortable about it. So he decided to surprise her with another one that he knew she wouldn't be able to refuse. Why would she? Even though the apartment was off campus, it was very close to the school. It was a three-bedroom apartment that Sophie, Kayla, and Noah shared since Sophie refused to let her brother go back to the danger zone. Even though the apartment was
Chapter 36.“ What the hell?” She gasped staring at Chris in all his glory flashing her his billion-dollar smile. She pinched herself to see whether she was dreaming but he was there in front of her“ You look beautiful as usual” Chris whispered to her brushing a strand of her wild locs behind her ear.“ Hi. What are you doing here?” She sucked in a breath, doing a double take at him from head to toe to make sure that she wasn't dreaming.“ Just here to make the day special for you,” he said with a wider grin that made him look more like a boy.He was dressed in a casual outfit which did not do justice to hiding his well-sculptured body. His hair was more than messy as if he had just gotten out of bed that morning. Even without the well-tailored outfit, Sophie was used to, he still managed to look like something out of her fairytale.He took long strides moving closer to her, engulfing her in a warm hug. She lost some reasonable brain cells as she breathed in his cologne, His masculi
Chapter 37.Liam, Kayla, Max, Noah, and an unfamiliar lady sang the birthday song to her while she stood rooted at the door, unable to say a word. They were all dressed up and all of them were wearing paper cones. The house was decorated, no wonder Kayla wanted her out at all costs. It was to pull such a stunt on her successfully.She was not expecting anyone to remember her birthday, she doesn't ever remember and she stopped celebrating them ever since her mother died. Sometimes Noah gets a cupcake for her to remind her and sometimes Kayla and Max always end up reminding her by making her food or getting a cake for her and then celebrating with her all day.Knowing she would forget it this year again, Kayla had informed Chris earlier on and warned him not to mention anything about her birthday or even ask Sophie when her birthday was. He had agreed and they started planning to throw a surprise party for Sophie. They dropped hints for her but she still couldn't catch on, Kayla wouldn
Chapter 38.Sophie couldn't stop smiling even after telling Chris what she saw in the apartment. The air blew her hair wildly as she stuck her head out of the car window. Chris shook his head at how childish she was behaving.She had almost walked in on her two best friends making out in her living room but instead of being angry, the situation amused her. She remembered the last she caught them half naked and both parties denied everything claiming they only drank and nothing more. But now she has all evidence and they don't even know. They were so engrossed in the act, they did not even notice when she opened the door.“ You are weird,” he said looking at her smiling face in the mirror.“ I'm not” she squeaked.“ they are adults you know,” he said. She nodded her head and made a funny expression on her face. He sighs.“ I should scold them” She suddenly switched to a serious expression.“ why? Sophie these people are adults” Chris scoffed.“I don't have a problem with them making o
Chapter 39.Sophie woke up in the morning with a satisfied smile on her face. The previous day and night had been an adventurous courtesy of her friends and the love of her life. After their weird display of affection on the highway and the strange way, they both confessed their love to each other. Their way to the penthouse was filled with a lot of lips ravishing and some body-to-mouth action.Sophie couldn't even look at the penthouse to admire the decor or any other things because they were both face and body deep into each other. Kissing and caressing as they repeated I love yous to each other. She might not even remember the entrance to the penthouse if she were to come alone during the day.He had kissed her so senselessly that she wouldn't even remember how amazing the balcony view was. The type of kiss that felt perfectly right. The type Hollywood directors shoot hundreds of times just to get it perfect. Nothing could have felt more right to both of them at that moment. They
Chapter 40.Sophie opens her eyes slowly to a very dark room. She could see nothing and she felt the right side of her head pound with immense pain as if she hit her head on something. She couldn't move her hands and feet because they were tied. She struggled to keep her eyes open as tiredness hit her fully.Her heart beats so fast it almost flew out of her chest as she tried to figure out her situation. She lifted her head slowly while moaning softly in pain.Suddenly, she heard a click as light flooded the room. The light was too bright and she had to close her eyes because of the pounding headache she instantly got because of the light. Everything she was trying to remember suddenly flew to her head immediately after she closed her eyes.She could remember the moment Chris and she was trying to say never-ending goodbyes while trying not to devour each other at the penthouse to the moment his driver dropped her at school. She was coming back from the professor's office after turnin
Chapter 41.“ Daddy, are you sure she is still here?” Liya's voice brought Chris back From his deep thought. They both have been waiting for Sophie for the past twenty minutes outside her department block. She exact spot she had promised him in the morning she would be by the time he came back from his mother's house.“ Let me call her once again, maybe she is not done with the college stuff,” Chris said ruffling his daughter's hair. She smiled flashing him her missing teeth. He told her so much about Sophie that the little girl want to meet the woman now. He dialed Sophie's number for the umpteenth time that day. Now getting frustrated he dropped his phone so he won't show it to his little girl.“ Probably she doesn't want to meet me?” She asked with a low tone that almost broke his heart.“ No Liya, Sophie wants to meet you as much as you want to meet her” Chris assured with a deep exhale patting her back softly. He was getting worried already, Sophie never keep him waiting no matte
Chapter 42.“ How sure are you we are going to see her in the next hour? Don't give the poor girl false hope” Liam said after opening the door. He donned his infamous morning glasses even though the time was already half past three in the afternoon. It shows he had not taken a step out of his house since morning.“ Because I'm getting the FBI involved” Chris replied with the edge still evident in his tone.“ What the fu...?”“ Language please” Chris cut him off using his other arm to point at his daughter who was on his shoulder wide awake.“ Hey Liya” He greeted spreading his arms for the girl, he took him from Chris and carried her into his arms, hugging her tightly.“ Hi, Uncle Liam” Liya greeted after settling right into his arms. He cooed as he swirl her around making her giggle to ease the tension in the room.Another footstep was heard from one of the rooms. The door opened and Miranda entered the living room wearing a night robe which was enough to cover what was meant to be