Sofia Andrew
I can’t sleep. No matter how much I try to.
‘Come on, Sofia! This isn’t the first time you shared a roof with that guy! You’ve slept in the room next to him for five years, and this is just like that.’
But of course, he doesn’t look at me like water in a desert and kiss me like there’s no tomorrow.
I kicked my feet in the air in frustration. “I need to calm down. Better make some tea,” I told myself, and I quietly went to the kitchen to make some tea. “I wonder if he’s comfortable. Okay, stop it, Sofia! Go to the kitchen; make some tea so you can sleep.” I muttered to myself like a crazy person.
When I’m done and on my way back to my room, I see him in the dining area while looking out the window, and I almost drop my tea.
“God, you scared me. What are you doing standing there like a ghost?!” I exclaimed and calmed my heart.
“I’m just admiring the view. It’s beautiful,” he replied when he turned to look at me.
I nodded with a small smile. “Yes. That is the reason why I bought this apartment.”
“You have a good taste.”
“Oh, I know.” He looked at me with humor in his eyes, and I stopped myself from laughing. “Can’t you sleep? Or did you choose the couch?”
He chuckled and moved so he was facing me. “The room isn’t bad. It smells like Amelia, but it’s fine.”
“Do you want some tea so you can sleep?” I offered and held up the cup.
“Can’t you sleep, Sofia? Is something bothering you?” He asked me, and I saw the familiar eyes I’d been looking at for five years. Eyes filled with coldness, pain, and hatred.
My smile dropped. “I could ask you the same.”
“The doubts are preventing me from sleeping, and what’s worse is that I’m not sure who I should believe.”
“What is your heart saying? Your instinct? I always listen to mine because they haven’t failed me.”
“Hasn’t it ever let you down?”
I shook my head in reply. “You are a businessman who uses your intelligence and instinct. Everything in life is based on that.”
He turned back to the view as if his mind had gone somewhere. I decided to leave him alone before we ruined the night.
“I took her virginity.” I paused when I heard that and looked at him, pain reflecting on my face. I knew that, but it still hurts. “And I don’t even remember doing it.”
“How can you not remember? Who are you talking about?”
Really, Sofia? Are you even asking?
He looked at me and sat on the chair that was still facing the view. “I was hurt that night, so I ended up drinking too much. I woke up naked the next day in a wrecked room, and she was looking at me when she told me it was her first time. I felt like the biggest asshole for stealing her innocence that I can’t even remember.”
I took a deep breath before sitting beside him. “Why were you hurt? What made you drink so much?”
He took my cup and took a sip as if tasting it first. “That isn’t important. What I did was more important. When you told me that she wasn’t what I thought she was and I let her fool me, I thought there was a possibility that nothing happened, but Amelia told me she saw us kissing, so... it could have happened. Furthermore, the child is a proof of that.”
“That doesn’t mean anything,” I said, and he looked annoyed. “I am talking about the kiss. You kissed other women, but you did not sleep with them.”
“I kissed you.” That wasn’t a question but a statement.
“No, you never did.”
He looked at me doubtfully. I lied because he wouldn’t believe me if I were to tell him that he kissed me at the party and graduation.
“Are you sure?” He asked me with a hint of doubt in his voice.
I nodded in confirmation. “You went to parties with females and drinks, and you’ve always drunk with caution. I haven’t seen you drunk until that party.”
I remember the night of the final game for the national team. I was so happy because they won, and I decided to go to that party to congratulate him and tell him what I felt.
Kevin was pestering me the whole night, so I finally got enough and locked myself in a room. When I went out, I started to look for Angel, only to see him kissing Elisa. My heart was torn into pieces, and all I decided to do was drown myself in liquor to ease the pain.
Angel finally found me in the kitchen and took the drink from me. It was the first time he glared at me in anger and called me a flirt, but then he kissed me. A passionate kiss made me realize that my heart belongs to him. We were both drunk and...
Angel’s voice brought me back to reality. “Sofia, you spaced out. What are you thinking about?”
“You said it was a party, right? When was it?”
“The final game,” he answered, and my heart skipped a beat. “What is it?”
“Nothing. If you don’t remember anything, then you should make sure that what she said really happened, and even if it did, I don’t think you took her virginity.”
“That doesn’t mean Angel took her virginity. She told him she has a proof, which is the child.”
“Don’t fight, Angel. Just explore everything. Don’t let emotions control you.”
“And don’t lie to me, Sofia. I need to find the truth.”
“The truth is, Elisa is a manipulator. She knew your insecurities and used them to play you. That’s why I saw her with Kevin, and that’s why I think she’s lying about everything.”
“Why would she lie, Sofia? Why would she do all this?”
“I think it’s because she wants attention, and she’s addicted to drama. She wants to be the center of attention, and manipulating you is her way of getting it. And now, she’s playing with your emotions, and you’re allowing it to happen.”
“And what about you? What’s your motive, Sofia?”
“My motive is to love you and make you happy, but you need to wake up and see the truth. Elisa is playing you, and you need to stop letting her control your life.”
“I will find out the truth, and if Elisa lied, she won’t live. I will make her pay, but if you did, Sofia... I don’t know what will happen.”
“Angel, we’re in this together. Whatever happens will be together.”
“Okay. But just remember, I love you, Sofia.”
“And I love you, Angel. Now, let’s go find the truth.”
“Yes, let’s go.”
“Angel, wake up. The truth is out there, and we need to face it.”
“Sofia, I’m awake. Let’s do this.”
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