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
It had been a day since Mira had her baby. Sophie didn't know if she needed to visit her again at the hospital or just let things go and avoid her family completely. She had tried not think about it since she came back home with Tyler.But it had been harder than she imagined.Deciding that she needed a distraction, Sophie grabbed her phone and placed a call to her best friend. She wasn't sure what time it was at Paris which was where Nick and Joyce had gone on their honeymoon.Sophie had wanted to give her best friend enough time and space to enjoy her honeymoon with her husband, thus, she had avoided calling her or even so much as texting. She would be really guilty if she ended up disturbing them for even a second but that moment, she needed a distraction.She picked up her laptop instead and connected it to Skype after shooting series of texts to Joyce. Joyce didn't respond to any of them and Sophie was starting to get really convinced that she was intruding on a blissful honeymoo
“Bye, guys!” Sophie waved at Quinton who was seated behind the wheel, against her friends protest. Even though Harper's eyes were glaring daggers into her at the moment, Sophie was sure that in a few seconds, she would feel nothing but gratitude for having her out of the car.They had dropped her off at the hospital, the same one Mira was admitted. Sophie clutched the bouquet of daisies she had gotten at the flower shop Harper had driven her to on their way back. Sucking in a deep breath, she turned around and walked into the hospital.Sophie ignored all formalities and went straight to the ward through the elevators to meet Mira. Over the ride to the hospital, while she had been stupidly quiet to give her friend and the guy she is into the small privacy they deserved, she had mulled over the words she would say to Mira when she saw her.Although, Sophie had yelled at the woman, she hadn't exactly regretted the words she said. And if she hadn't felt heavily guity, she wouldn't have t
It must have taken only a few seconds for everything to sink in for Sophie.She wasn't sure what had done it for her. Maybe it was the happy gleam in her father's green orbs or it was the smirk on Giovanni's face as he groped her ass, running his dirty hands over her body. Or probably, most likely the man standing at the far end of the hallway, his blue eyes suddenly icy as they stared at her.But she did.Sophie pushed at him with all the strengths she could muster and without wasting for a second more, she landed a very dirty loud slap on his face.“You bastard,” she growled, her eyed stinking and welling with tears. She couldn't believe that he had done that. Yes, she had known how lowly he thought of women and females in general but to think that he would just sweep in and kiss her like she was his toy or something made her blood boil.“You stupid, egoistic asshole,” she continued, her chest rising and falling as she fought deeply to suppress her tears. But Giovanni was angry too
Tyler couldn't imagine what his face would have looked like when he received the text from Alannah, telling her that Manuel and his brother Andy had reached out to her. Sure, he had asked her to reach him when she needed anything that Alicia and Tristan couldn't help with but he didn't imagine that it would come so soon.He had been with Sophie, reading together since had been trying to take her mind to everything that was bothering her. Although Sophie hadn't outrightly told him that what had happened at the hospital still bothered her, he knew it did. He knew it bothered her as much as it bothered him.How could her father be so cruel? How could any father stand there and watch their daughter get assaulted by a man they wanted her to get married to. It didn't make any sense to Tyler and it would never make any sense to him. It bothered him more than he let on and he was so determined to get to the root of everything.He wanted to know what was hidden in the shadows that would promp
Tyler tried too late not to act surprised at the sight of his half-brothers. He hadn't seen them in a long time, at least, he hadn't seen Manuel in a long time since he almost ran their fathers company through bankruptcy. Andy, he had seen over the past few months in passing when he had given him the opportunity to gloat as long as he wanted.Tyler looked away from Manuel, whose lips were upturned in a lousy smirk that was meant to send a message. When he looked at Gabriel, the latter sent him a short nod that was unnoticed by the duo hovering over him.“Well,” Gabriel cleared his throat since he had been the one to tell them to meet up at the bar. “Have your seat, boys.” He grinned in their direction while Tyler snickered at the condescending word.Shooting Gabriel a glare, Manuel stalked over to the empty seats to occupy them while his brother did the same. They settled down together at the same space and for a few minutes, a strained silence of glares and mild cusses was their case
Tyler had gotten enough time in the past to think about what meeting her would be like. He had sat down months ago, wailing in pain while he thought about the whole situation he had dragged himself into. Nobody had pulled him to her but his stupid heart and Tyler had known that he had no one to blame for it.Tyler had been fine with never seeing her again. Never ever seeing her again but here she was, a grim smile on her face while she stared at him. She wasn't exactly ecstatic to see him so he wondered why she was truly here and how she had found him.He didn't need anyone to tell him that his half-brothers har pulled this off and his jaw jutted out at the realization. It was sickening that they would do this to him again. Yes, Tyler had known he would see her one day but he had never ever thought that it would be now. Not before Sophie and certainly not now.She hadn't changed since the last time he had seen her, which was right after she had dropped the big bomb of betrayal on him
She grabbed her nail polish and ran it over her toe nails again and again for the umpteenth time that afternoon. It felt like ages since they came back from Joyce's wedding. Sophie had not tried going to any public event since then even though she had been invited to a ton of them.She had refused to post anything on her social media too, setting her accounts to private after so long of doing everything for the public. Her life was simple now. She didn't see herself going back to the lifestyle she once had before all of these.The Sophie she knew before would have attended tons of parties and night clubs just to be seen in the public again. But now, it didn't seem like a good idea. Especially not when everyone had a thing or two to say about her life choices in regards to what had gone wrong in her father's company.She was over it, at least she tried to be over it.Picking up her tab that was beside her with her dried finger, she checked the time and gasped dramatically. Willow had c