Sophia Parker

Who was interrupting my sleep this afternoon!

I had fallen asleep on my couch while watching Netflix. It was a cozy Sunday afternoon and I wasn't expecting anyone. Lily was the only friend I currently had and she went out already.

I reluctantly stood up and literally dragged myself to the door.

Whoever was on the other side knocked again.

I didn't bother to look through the hole. I was so annoyed that I just swung open the door.

"Sophia."

I gasped.

My sleepy eyes were now open and I was wide awake.

"Phoebe!" I croaked.

"Come here." She said, hugging me tightly.

I hugged back instantly. I hadn't spoken to her or seen her in decades.

"Finally, I've missed you so much! I can't believe you're actually here! Oh my goodness!" I almost cried.

"It's okay Sophia, I miss you too. I couldn't handle being away from you any longer."

Ever since she walked in on Mr Wilson and I in the ladies room, she stopped speaking to me. Not because of Mr Wilson, but because of Sean. She liked him and I was 'supposedly' dating him at the time. Me kissing Mr Wilson was very unfair to Sean.

"Again, I'm so sorry for everything that happened."

"It's okay. I'm over it now." She said.

I had tried reaching her severally on her phone but she never used to answer. I considered going to see her at the office but I didn't want to step foot in the lion's den. And an appearance in front of her apartment was a very creepy move.

"Come inside." I ushered her in and closed the front door."

"Well, I have good and bad news. But I'ld start with the good news first." She said.

"Already getting down to the gossip are we?" I laughed.

"Sean and I are seeing each other."

I gasped.

"Oh my god, that's amazing!"

"I know!" She screamed and jumped up and down lightly.

"How did this happen? I want to hear all the details please." We both sat down on the couch.

"Well... when you guys broke up, I used that as my cue to speak to him for the first time. I asked him if he was okay and told him if he needed anyone to talk to, I was there."

"So you took advantage of our breakup." I said but I wasn't mad at her at all.

"Yes, I did." She shrugged. "At the time I was still furious with you so I didn't care. I also really wanted to make sure he was okay."

"I understand."

"He took me up on my offer finally and we went out for lunch together. We had a really nice time together." She smiled as she daydreamed of the moment. "After that, we had lunch together more regularly. Eventually he took me out for dinner as well."

He did the same for me which meant that he really liked Phoebe.

"Then we had our first kiss in the file room."

"You two are so sneaky!"

"It was both electric and magical Sophia. I loved the way he looked at me, like a real man would. And you were right, his very gentle with his kisses."

"Haha." I remember telling her about my first proper kiss with Sean and she being jealous as hell. "What happened after the kiss?"

"Well, he apologized but I told him it was okay and that I liked it. However, he insisted that it was wrong and it shouldn't happen again. A thick tension grew between us after that. But the next time we kissed, it was so intense! It was almost as if he was holding himself back all the while."

"He probably was." I laughed. "Sean is really a gentleman and he doesn't like taking advantage of women, especially at the workplace. If he kissed you like that, then he really likes you and he broke his rule about not dating at work."

"Kind of the same thing happened to you right?" She asked.

"Sort of... until he found out about the uncompleted history between Mr Wilson and I. Then he lost all interest in me."

"Speaking of Mr Wilson, did you hear?"

"Hear what?"

"This is the bad news." She said as she dug into her handbag and brought out a gossip newspaper. She handed it to me and I took it.

"Billionaire spotted with love interest for the first time in months." I read.

On the front page was a picture of Mr Wilson with a sexy blonde. The two looked really cozy.

I didn't want to feel this way but I was intensely jealous. Even though he'd asked me to go with him but I'd given him permission to go with someone else.

"That's good for both of them." I said, trying my best to hide the venom in my voice.

"Sophia, I'm so sorry. I thought by now you two would have figured something out. I didn't think you guys will still be having issues by now. I was so surprised when I saw it. I wanted to make sure you're okay."

"I am great Phoebe." I put on the fakest smile ever.

"Are you sure? I think we should go out and have a drink." She tugged at my hand.

"Um... you mean like coffee?"

"No silly!" She laughed and stood up. "Let's get some alcohol in our system. I know you don't like to get drunk but trust me, it takes the pain away... temporarily."

Oh no. She doesn't know.

"Phoebe... no, I can't drink."

"I'm not having that today Sophia. You need to loosen up. I can tell that you're upset by this-"

"I'm pregnant." I blurted out.

She went silent for a moment.

"What?"

"Almost 4 weeks." I added.

She sat back down. The mood changed drastically.

"Um, whose is it?" She asked me carefully.

"His." I said. I didn't have to say his name. She already knew.

"Oh my god Sophia. I am such a terrible friend. I haven't been there for you at all." She whispered.

"It's okay, I had Lily."

"Does he know?" She asked and I nodded. "What?! Then why is he out seeing other women? What the hell is wrong with him?!"

"Phoebe, I knew about this already. I knew he would take someone else and he told me about it."

"What? And did you allow him?!"

"Well, yeah. He's free to do whatever he wants. We're not together."

She looked at me like I was crazy.

"Are you saying that you allowed the father of your child to go out with other women while you're sitting at home with his baby? Aren't you even going to attempt to make him stay with you?"

"It's not like that Phoebe. He actually asked me to go with him but I said no. I'm not feeling well. Plus I can't handle being in a crowd and all the paparazzi taking pictures of me."

"That's a fair enough answer, but you're giving him the opportunity to be seen by other women when he should be with you! Why are you guys not together? Did he not want to take responsibility for his child?"

"Yes he did but I really don't care if he's with someone else. We aren't together. He wanted to be with me but we've been through so many things in the past and I can't let that happen again."

"Screw the past Sophia! This man is now your future! I'm sure you still love him because I could see the jealousy written all over your face when I handed you the newspaper. Why are you not making any effort to be with him? Although there's nothing wrong with it, do you really want to end up as a single mother?"

I shook my head.

"Then what are you doing? Listen to me." She said carefully as if she wanted to devise a plan. "You are going to resolve whatever existing issues you have with him. And then, you are going to tell him that you love him and you want to be with him because that is what you really want! Do you understand?"

I nodded obediently.

"Stop denying yourself of your own happiness Sophia. I'm surprised Lily let you get this far being this stupid. If I was your friend at the time, none of this would have happened."

"Lily tried to warn me too." I said. I felt stupid indeed.

Everyday she constantly told me that I was making the wrong choices but I was too stubborn to listen to her.

"You're shooting yourself in the foot Sophia, and I would not stand by and watch."

"Thank you Phoebe. I've needed you in my life since. I'm so glad you came." I hugged her tightly.

"I'm glad I came too. I hope you're stable. Do you have another job now?"

"Yes, I work as a financial advisor."

"That's good. You also need to start speaking to Sean again. He misses you too. Once in a while we talk about you."

"Really? Anything negative?"

"No, of course not." We both laughed. "Hey! We should still go out. Let's have lunch together at least. Tell me all that has been going on in your life, and also how the baby happened."

"Okay, I'ld love to." I smiled.

****

Adam Wilson

This was the most awkward lunch I've ever been on.

Caroline would not stop batting her eyes and making sexual comments about everything. We couldn't even have a normal conversation.

She was the girl Fred hooked me up with. I had taken her to the gala last night and it was great. Except for her over display of affection which was not wanted at all on my end. I had to force myself to smile and be okay with it. I literally just met her that night and she couldn't keep her hands off me. People probably thought I knew her for ages and she was my girlfriend.

"So Adam, are you busy tonight?" She asked with an attempt to sound seductive.

"I am actually. I am going to inspect a site where a few of my projects are being installed." I answered politely.

"Well, that sucks. I'm all alone tonight. Do you think you can swing by when you're done?" She bit her lip.

"We won't be done until the early hours of the morning." I lied.

"That's fine by me. I could wait for you all night."

Okay. That's enough.

"I think we're done here. Let's go."

"Where do you want to go?"

"I'm taking you home."

"Mmm, okay." She said suggestively but I ignored her.

We both got into the backseat of the car and my driver drove us to her place.

She couldn't keep her hands off me throughout the ride. I constantly threw her off but she kept coming on to me. At some point, the driver had to roll up the partition.

"What's wrong?" She whined.

"Caroline stop. I don't want to do this."

"Then why did you take me out today?"

"To say thank you for attending yesterday's event with me."

"That's a lie." She barked. "You know you want me and you know you were thinking about me. Guess what, I want you too."

She perched herself on my lap and claimed my lips. I wanted to throw her off but I'ld probably hurt her. She was clinging onto me so tightly.

"Why are you resisting? Is there someone else?" She asked.

Good question.

Really, there was no one else. So why was I resisting Caroline?

Surely it has been a while since I've had another woman in my arms. It felt strange, but as of now it wasn't wrong. Sophia had clearly communicated that there will be nothing between us. I had every right to do this with Caroline.

"No, there's no one else. I'm sorry." I said before I finally kissed her.

"Mmmmh" she moaned happily.

I positioned her more accurately on my lap and deepened the kiss. She felt good. And Fred was right, she was sexy. She had it in all the right areas. But for some odd reason I still didn't feel like fucking her.

"I want you right here and now, I can't wait till we get to my place." She said.

She dropped to her knees and fumbled with the front of my jeans which took me by surprise.

"What the-"

"Shhh!" She hushed me and began stoking the front of my jeans. At the same time she struggled with loosening my belt and my fly.

Oh shit! Am I really going to allow her do this?

She finally got her hand inside and she grabbed me.

"Mmm yes, daddy. Your cock is so huge." She purred. That only irritated me because I was limp as a glove.

"Get your hands off." I discard her. She was shocked by the way I flung her hands away.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" She said angrier this time.

"Caroline, as you can see," I pointed at how flaccid I was, "I don't want you. Stop forcing this and lying that my cock is huge. How do you know? I'm not even a bit turned on." I was harsher this time so she could get the message.

Her eyes became watery.

Fuck.

"Caroline." I said much calmer this time.

"I thought you liked me. I mean, why else would you take me to such an expensive event and show me off to the whole world?" She started crying.

No matter the situation, I never felt right when a woman cried. Especially because of me.

"I'm so sorry Caroline." I pulled her up and into my arms.

"I've humiliated myself."

"No. I humiliated you and I'm sorry. I lead you on when I shouldn't. Truth is, I only needed someone to attend the event with and Fred suggest you. I agreed because you are such a beautiful lady. The lunch was just a way of saying thanks. I should have told you from the start there will be nothing more."

"And there's another woman, isn't there?"

"Well, not entirely but there is someone, yes."

"And you're just using me to make her jealous!"

"What? No! I-"

"I knew it!" The car came to a halt. "Thank God we're here. Next time you want to use someone, don't you dare contact me." She jumped out of the car and slammed the door.

Good riddance.

I rolled down the partition and told the driver to take me to the office. I had much better things to do with my time.

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