For some reason, when Sophie woke up the next morning, she was convinced that everything that happened the night before was a dream. That was until she felt a hand sinking into her core to fully wake her up for the day. Of course, Tyler had woken her up in his own special way.She had almost fallen asleep again after that but he had gotten her a cup of coffee to start her day after she took a shower. Sitting half up on the bed while sipping her coffee steadily, his other hand bunched around her waist tightly, Sophie felt like it was time to talk about things. Everything. Lack of communication would only pull a wedge between them and she didn't want that. Not not, not ever again.But before she could say a word, Tyler beat her to it.“Everything still feels unreal, doesn't it?” he asked, his fingers digging into her hair as he ran his fingers through the silky strand of it. Tyler wasn't sure but her hair was among the top things he loved about her.“Yeah,” she breathed before taking a
Sophie paraded the length and breadth of the room, preparing for lunch which Joyce had insisted on hosting. A little while ago, they had returned back to their hotel room to rest. Well, she had taken a short nap while Tyler had settled down to work. And when she peeled her eyes open a while later, the sight of him seated at the work table, just focused on working was so blissful that it made her heart thump.How had she almost let him go?How had she denied herself this…Bliss? She couldn't even begin to wrap her head around why she had held back from him in the first place. He made her happy, there was no doubt about it. He made her feel so special. She wanted to feel everything and more with him.“What do you think about this?” she asked as she held up the new dress she had selected from her closet, her eyes anticipating what he had to say.An already dressed Tyler looked away from his phone from where he was lying on the bed to stare at his girl. He had no idea about the dress she w
The ladies jumped out of their seats and rushed at their friend to wrap their hands around her. Joyce welcomed their affection as she allowed them to fawn over her. Even Harper wouldn't stop jumping around, making Joyce a little teary. Their love for her was exceptional.“I'm so excited!” Harper screamed before she lunged herself at her friend again.“God, Joyce.” Sophie pulled back a little. She didn't know when or how it happened but she suddenly had tears in her eyes. This was not the first time Joyce was announcing that she was getting married but something about her not wanting to wait felt right.“Don't cry,” Joyce's lips trembled when she saw the tears in her best friend's eyes.“This mascara is not waterproofed.” Willow sniffed as she pulled back too. She took a look at Sophie before taking the step to wipe her face.“I'm not crying. I swear, I'm not crying.” Sophie swore, making them laugh.“I thought you guys would be worried. Kind of like not expect this.” Joyce said as the
Alicia agreed to meet the girls that morning at her cafe. Sophie was running around the room, looking for what to wear for the appropriate visit. She didn't want to run late in any way. Harper seemed to have tuned in to the event as she had spent the whole of Sunday preparing and making plans while consulting the girls on what they thought.After slipping on the orange summer dress she didn't even know she brought with her, Sophie hastily packed her hair into a lazy bun that had tendrils framing her face. She didn't bother to do any make up as she just did her lips and applied mascara. Shoving her lip gloss and phone into the cute mini bag she was going with, she slipped her feet into the pair of sandals she wanted to wear.Tyler sat there at the work table watching them. She had been so excited about everything that she wouldn't put a pen down. He knew she was excited for Joyce but with the rate at which she was going, she was going to fall under stress if she kept it up. He didn't s
"Soph,” Tyler called as he walked into the room. She was laying on the bed, snuggled up with the pillow. Tyler didn't know why but he was jealous of the pillow that moment. He was in the position of the pillow a little while before he left to receive a work call.“Sophie,” he called, climbing up on the bed to reach her. Her hair was strewn all over her face and her face was so peaceful. If she had begged to be woken up at a certain time, Sophie wouldn't have bothered with it.“Come on, Sophie. Wake up,” he called as he gathered her hair that was all over her face carefully taking them away. “If you continue like this, I'm going to be so tempted to let you sleep in even though you don't want to.” He said as he watched as her chest rose and fell in peace.Leaning forward, Tyler connected his lips with hers as he began to kiss her. She hummed for a second and before he knew it, she was kissing him back. Tyler smiled against her and when her eyes flickered open, he pecked her lips and mov
"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