The Girl He Craves

can search him up online I’m sure some business blogs have published about
room floor for hours, chewing on my nails.
It was such a bad habit.
composure a little bit.
He was always unpredictable.
years.” Mila continued and looked over at Ria who nodded in agreement.
“Yes, I agree.
we can use.” She nodded and got up from the sofa.
concem.
“Come sit beside me, Soph.
floor.”
I sighed, nodded, and went to sit beside her.
She hugs me sideways.
“It’s going to be line.
the best lawyer and we’ll win.
like he had done in high school.”
I looked down at my lap.” And how are we going
“We’ll find a way.
in her hand.
places the laptop on the coffee

“I’m not sure what we’re looking for online.
I rubbed my forehead.
It feels like I’ve aged fifty years.
hair.
a throw pillow.
laundry it can hold.”
Ria starts typing Aiden’s full name after I spelled it out for her.
“So he took over the company two years ago.
few months.
in a relationship for more than a few days.” Ria read, scrolling through the long
jumps.
s**id heart still beats for him.
image that pops up next.
was
familiar
Both looked so cold.
There was no warmth in their eyes.
her scrolling before I could figure
“Oh, there’s an interview video.
my bottom lip, playing with the ends of my

it until it took over the screen.
fingers drumming on the armrest, almost in impatience.
He looks like he doesn’t want to be here.
woman who looks to be in her early thirties.
She smiling brightly and looks excited to interview Aiden.
“Mr.
hand.
“I mean Mr.
Xavier.”
Aiden stiffens and nod just as stiffly.
Sharpe.
arms for too long.
eye for more than a week now.
interviewer leans forward, as if beyond excited to
my fingers have
left the material of my shorts to pinch
Aiden’s jaw ticked when he answers.
and tries again.” There are a lot of ladies who tuned
if they still have a chance or if you’ve fallen in love with Mrs.
turns to face the camera directly.

died a long time ago.
No woman can hold a candle to her.
I’m not interested in any long term relationship.
heart so brutally that I thought I had internal bleeding
He loved someone?
My nails have now scrapped
Turning to the interviewer Aiden said coldly.
at me in concern.
hand.
I shook my head.
but quickly regains her composure.
wonder who that lucky woman was.
over heels.”
Aiden nodded.
found myself jealous of a dead woman.
woman too or maybe a model.
The woman nods with a smile.
a relationship but I must ask about starting a
Do you want kids in the future Mr.
be surprised when a woman comes close to the woman you’ve loved before.”

UL
“I don’t want children.” Came
“There’s no room in my life for children.
the distant.
have no interest in them.”
“Oh.
I don’t want children.
been with in the past shows up with a
Xavier?”
Aiden leans forward, his eyes angry and stormy.
the interview.
And just like that he completely shatters my heart.
was so dismissal of the questions.
Mila reaches over and pauses the video.
“Okay that’s enough.
I nod, rising from the sofa.
Mila’s eyes follow me up and she looks worried.
“Soph?”
I shake my head.
“You’re right he’s still an a**pe.

He doesn’t want children, he has no room for kids in his life.
It’s not
surprising and it shouldn’t hurt me.
But it does.