"Remind me to visit here every day if I ever come back,” Harper nudged Sophie in the stomach with her elbow as the latter set up her phone for a picture.“You could as well sleep here, Harps.” Sophie rolled her eyes at her friend. Sometimes, she says things that are almost unbelievable. “Yeah, that's true. Remember, Quinton?” Willow gasped, wiggling her brows as she connected the dots.“Girls, noooooo.” Harper whined, covering her face with her palm which made them laugh the more. After Sophie finished setting up her phone to take their pictures, she returned to the picture spot she had picked in the large space.“Okay, girls, huddle up!” she called with the snap of her fingers, ordering her girls to join her where she was standing. They were all dressed in purple fitting robes. They struck a pose for the camera and another one. Sophie went back to check the pictures and when her face dropped, the girls knew they would have to take the photos again.She was the unofficial video and p
"So, what do you guys think?” Harper asked as she strolled into the room. Her eyes were filled with uncertainty. She hadn't known what to wear to date Joyce had made sure she agreed to. It wasn't that she didn't want to spend time with the brown haired man. She did, it was one of those things she looked forward to these days but she also wanted to take things slowly.“I think it's beautiful.” Gabriel was the one that spoke first. He had his hand wrapped around a brunette the guys said he had picked up from the club the night before. “Be serious,” she tsked, not taking him seriously.“Harper, my girl, are you nervous?” Sophie screamed from where she was planted on Tyler's laps. She hadn't seen Harper this shaken…Nervous before.Harper thought it was a bad idea that they had all gathered here at the common room to wait for Quinton to pick her up. She didn't like that but here she was, looking for their judgment.“Is that a bad thing?” she eyed Sophie who immediately raised her hand as
Tyler stepped down from the car and slammed the door. Looking at his phone's screen, he looked away briefly to stare at the house. Then, he checked back with the address highlighting the screen of his phone. Gabriel had found out where Alicia lived. Granted that his older sister had done everything to stop him from making it over to the house, he had to see his mother somehow.Or make her understand everything.Stepping up the porch of the house, he glanced around. Tyler knew that Alicia would be over at the cafe now, putting her team to good use for the rehearsal dinner coming up that evening. She had made herself a lot more effective than he thought she would. The former Alicia he knew would have never wanted to get involved, he could guess that marriage changed her.Or maybe she was just doing it because she stood to gain a lot which seemed like the better option for him.Tyler pressed the doorbell and waited with a thumping heart. He had not seen his mother in what felt like a ver
Sophie held her man without questions while he bawled his eyes out in her arms. When she received the text from him saying that he needed her, she had thought of everything but the scene before her eyes. It hadn't taken her a minute to rush out of the cafe where they were putting things in place for the rehearsal dinner for her to find Tyler.She had no idea why he was the was but she wasn't going to ask. If he wanted to, Jr was going to tell her. She wasn't going to force him to talk about something that he wasn't comfortable with. Tyler calmed down moments later and he stopped crying. Grabbing a tissue which he had tucked in the car, she tore out a piece and used them in wiping his face clean.Without a word, she wrapped her hands around him and wrapped him into the warmest bear hugs she had ever given. His head fell into the hollow of her neck and she ran her fingers through the length, brushing through the sticky curly strands.She loved his hair. She loved how soft they looked an
Joyce looked so beautiful in her wedding dress.Sophie would have never believed it but Vivian had pulled her miniature style very much that it looked so natural on Joyce. It was so lovely and the fact that it was done in such a very short time wasn't believable to everyone. When Sophie had left Tyler that afternoon to help her friend dress up into the lovely bride she wanted to be, she had cried.It was finally happening.Out of everything they had planned, Sophie would have never guessed that Joyce would be the one to have a destination wedding. And when she saw her friend in that beautiful white summer wedding dress Vivian had made her, she looked so ethereal that she couldn't stop the tears from streaming down her face.Gliding through the crowd, Tyler walked over to his friends who were seated at the chosen table to join them. Gus was smiling as he plucked a few tasties out of the bowl on the table into his mouth. The team they had managed to arrange in a short while for the wedd
Sophie could have sworn that the idea of having a dance hall where she could teach kids to dance and just do her own thing was going to be easy. Until it wasn't. It had been a few weeks since they arrived from Hawaii, Joyce's wedding forgotten and put behind them. Sophie had taken to trying her hands on other thing and when she finally got the time to settle down and look into things did she realize how passionate she was about dancing. She never would have thought.Letting out a deep sigh, she stepped into the restaurant Tyler had arranged for lunch. He hadn't been around in the last few days, went on an impromptu business trip that she didn't understand and when he arrived, he had wanted to make things up to her.But because she had been out searching through LA for the perfect building space for what she wanted to do, it had been a bit difficult. Walking casually into the room, she let her gaze flick around in search of the blonde haired man. Seconds later, she found him at the o
All through the ride to the place Sophie had agreed to meet Mira for dinner because she sure as hell wasn't going to her father's house, she kept musing over what she and Tyler had discussed regarding her future.Tyler sensed that she was in thoughts and he let her be, occasionally glancing at her to check if she was okay. Sophie had never been so confused in her life. Up until a few months ago, she had had her life straight.She knew exactly what she wanted to do with herself. How had the tables turned so quickly? How come she was still stranded like her father wanted her to be? She couldn't let him win. She could never let him win.She needed to do something.She wanted to do something for herself, be fixed up again but she wasn't exactly sure if dancing was exactly what she wanted. So, what if she could dance? Up until a few weeks ago, she hadn't even realized how good she was at it and she never would have known if her friends and Tyler hadn't pointed it out to her.Dancing, she m
Sophie was pacing the length and breath of the hospital while losing her damn mind. Elmira had been wheeled in a little more than an hour ago and she had still heard nothing from the doctors. Sophie could have sworn that she didn't care about the woman and maybe she still didn't but that moment, she felt all her fears laid out to her.Elmira was going to die just like her mother had.Her heart broke just at the thought and she gripped her clothes tightly. It was all she could do not to lose it and break down on the floors of the hospital. After having called her father even though the last thing she wanted was to have anything to do with him, she had phoned Tyler. Just to put him at ease because he had texted her.She really wished he was there with her now for he would wrap her large safe hands around her and bring her home with him. For he would make her stop pacing and calm her racing shattering heart. For he would make her feel at peace as Mira said.And Oh God, Mira.The poor wom
Tyler was nervous. He had been since he saw her in that beautiful dress at the hospital. He had known it was her opening night at the gallery and even though she wouldn't want him there, Tyler had gone anyway. He was proud of her. He was proud of everything she had done and became with or without him.But he needed her now and more than ever.He wanted her now more than ever and he was going to get her.She had looked seemingly unaffected by his presence at the hospital the night before but he knew it had touched her as he had touched him too. He hoped she would wear that dress she wore for her gallery opening. He also wished that she wouldn't. He wished she would smile at him when she arrived but Tyler was close to losing his mind. It was an hour after the arranged time yet she wasn't here. He had refrained from texting her so as not to appear too pathetic. He wanted her but he also had to play his cards right.When his phone buzzed in his pocket, Tyler took it out to answer the cal
Kristen folded her arms against her chest as she stared at Sophie. She wasn't complaining about having her in her house but Sophie could be exhausting. Especially in moments when she was this stubborn. And she was done, she couldn't deal with this attitude of hers anymore.“Do you need me to call Willow because I will. Oh, I know. Joyce would get here quicker than Willow would.” She tsked, eyeing the woman in pajamas lying on the floor of the living room to Netflix and chill.“You wouldn't dare,” Sophie barely glanced away from the screen of the TV as she grabbed a handful of popcorn from the bowl in front of her and poured them into her mouth. She munched cheerfully like she didn't have a worry in the world.When in fact, she did. She had a lot running through her mind but she would never say it.It was only a day after the opening of her art gallery. A day after she met Tyler at the hospital. A day after Harper's birth to Baby Ivan. It was the date night Tyler had scheduled for her
Sophie didn't get a breathing space that night as she wandered about, talking to her guests and the families of her featured artists. She had almost let herself go into worry about Harper but Joyce had handed her a glass of non alcoholic wine that had put her at ease.So, with a glass in hand, Sophie had wandered around in her gallery and attended to guests. The number of people that had turned up were more than she had expected but she was glad that she had enough resources to handle them. She had just finished selling off a beautiful glass piece to a man when Joyce pulled her aside for a break."Heard anything from them yet?” she whispered as Joyce pulled her away from the scene to a corner.“Not yet,” Joyce whispered back with a hiss. She was equally very worried but that wasn't what she wanted to talk about.“Okay, so what's going on?” Sophie asked when she saw the look on her face.“I just saw Jasper and Olivia.” Joyce confessed trying to look past her friend's shoulders toward t
It had been exactly two weeks since the whole episode with her father. With the help of her friends, Sophie had gotten back on tracks with her dream art gallery. She had channeled all her emotions into setting up the perfect gallery she wanted.In two weeks, she had set up the podium and given the place the taste it deserved. Countless times, Joyce and the rest of the girls had dropped by to help her set up. And when she wasn't setting up, Sophie would lay down on the floors of the place and imagine what her future would be filled with.In everything she had pictured, there had been Tyler. It has been more than a while. Since the day she had ordered him out of her hospital room, she hadn't heard back from him. Although she felt extremely bad for treating him that way, she'd been hurting too. She hadn't wanted to see him. Now, she didn't know.She missed him. She missed everything about him but that wasn't the topic for the day. It was her gallery's opening night. Her friends had he
When Sophie got the call from Willow asking her to come to the police station the morning after the day she was released from the hospital, her mind had conjured up different thoughts that she didn't think were appropriate. Willow had sounded calm yet very worried. Like she was very close to killing someone off which had made her extremely worried.Kristen had driven her to the police station because she hadn't been strong enough to drive. Although she had been properly taken care of in the hospital, her wound hadn't completely healed off and her body still sometimes ached her. She still couldn't believe that someone had almost succeeded in killing her.The thought still paralyzed her whenever she thought if it. What if the bullet had gone straight to her heart? What would have become of her? So many if's and possibilities always left her paralyzed.“You are going to be fine,” Kristen had told her repeatedly before she walked into the police station. Everyone around her seemed to know
"Congratulations, Tyler.” Willow shook his hand when they stepped out from the court. His smile was wide, big yet very much incomplete. This had been his dream for the past few years; To put Manuel and Andy away for good.It had been simple yet very difficult.But Willow had made it happen. She had gathered all the obvious evidence she could find and made him set up a meeting with Adelaide on the guise of getting her to confess to what she had done alongside Manuel and Andy. His half-brothers were very smart and intelligent but one thing they all had in common was their pride at their winnings which always led them to gloat and talk about everything they weren't supposed to.All it had taken were a few bottles of drinks to get them put behind bars. Now, he had custody of the little girl he was starting to call his.“No, Willow. You made it happen,” he smiled genuinely at her and she smiled back with ease. Willow was a beast when she was in court and that much was apparent. She had pu
Joyce pushed past the crowd in front of her when she sighted Harper and Willow waiting ahead. She had almost lost her mind when she had gotten the call from Harper telling her that Sophie had been involved in an accident. Joyce had thought that Sophie had refused to pick her calls or answer any of her texts because she was trying to give them space.She knew Sophie and she wouldn't put that past her.But the call from Harper had almost destabilized her. Already, she and Nick were already planning on returning back to LA after being in New York for close to a month now but Harper's call had sped up the whole process.“Slow down, baby.” She heard Nick say behind her. She knew that if it wasn't for the bags he was juggling, he would have rushed toward her. Joyce finally got to where her friends were standing and without any warning of some sort, she plunged them into a hug. Well, that was if Harper's large baby bump allowed her to hug her properly.“Joyce,” Harper pouted as she struggle
Tyler hummed as he flipped the pancake on the pan. It was late into the afternoon yet he hadn't had anything to eat all day having been busy. Taking Adelaide and his half brothers down had been a lot harder than he thought and everything was messin with him more than he thought it would.He barely had any time for himself to breathe and do all the things he needed to do. As if that wasn't enough, Tyler had had to deal with Giovanni when he went to the office the other day for an official meeting. The beast of a man had barged until his office without knocking to talk to him, being all rude to everyone around.Tyler hadn't been surprised when he saw him. He knew that it was only a matter of time before Giovanni De Luca figured out who he was. He had played enough and to him, he thought that he had taken more than enough time to figure him out.Too slow.“Well, this is late,” he'd said when he walked in, leaning back into his chair as he gazed up at the man. “Let me guess, somebody tipp
When Sophie opened her eyes, everything seemed fuzzy and out of focus. She blinked a few times, trying to clear her vision, but everything remained hazy and indistinct. Slowly, she became aware of a dull ache in her head, and she realized that she must have hit her head during the accident. She tried to sit up, but a wave of dizziness washed over her and she slumped back down onto the bed. Everything was a blur, both literally and figuratively. As she struggled to regain her senses, the memories of the accident began to come back to her in flashes. She remembered the screech of the tires, the sickening crunch of metal, and the blinding pain that had followed. It was all a blur, but slowly the details were starting to come into focus. She tried to sit up again, this time with more success. She took a deep breath and looked around, trying to get her bearings. Where was she?It wasn't until she finally registered the antiseptic smell that came with hospitals and the white walls that