Sophia's POV:

Morana fell asleep on my chest with our arms around each other. I tried to move her sleeping body off mine but her hands slid up the sides of my hips and to my waist, keeping me in place. Her touch sent shivers down my spine.

"What's wrong beautiful?" Morana's sleepy voice vibrated against my skin. "Can you please turn off the AC" I asked. "Sure" Morana replied. Her sweat pants low on her waist.

She got back in bed and pulled the covers over us. "You were amazing last night" Morana complimented. "You were incredible" I added shyly. She truly gave me the most amazing night of my life.

Morana picked me up bridal style and carried me to the bathroom without breaking eye contact.

She turned on the shower and we both deeply stared into each others eyes as the water touched our skin. I leaned in towards her and gently put my arms around her shoulders. I stood up on my toes to reach Morana's lips and slowly kissed her soft lips. Her hands intertwined with my wet hair as we kissed ever so gently.

Morana's POV:

Being with Sophia and sharing these intimate moments with her made me see why people believed in love so hopelessly. I only ever saw everything in life as a business deal and love was never my priority but there's something about her that gives colour to my black and white world.

The sight of her next to me made me happy but it also scared me. For the first time, the girl that was next to me wasn't just any ordinary girl and for the first time, I wanted to wake up next to her everyday.

We got dressed and went downstairs for breakfast. "What happened to your neck" Tia asked. Sarah nudged at her arm to stop asking questions. I coughed in surprise to Tia's question. Sophia looked at me with a shy smile and giggled. "Don't you two have work to do?" I asked, suggesting to the girls to leave Sophia and I alone.

"Trying to get rid of us huh" Tia laughed. Sarah grabbed her by the arm, "we'll get started on the analysis and I'll have the files sent to your office" Sarah added. I nodded as they left.

Sophia and I continued with our breakfast and engaged in conversation. Shortly after, we then proceeded to work.

Sophia's POV:

The last few days were a bit busy in the medical room because there were renovations being done and I also decided to make a few changes to my desk by personalising it. Not only was I expected to take care of the medical aspects but also the psychological aspects as well according to Morana's orders and she would go through the reports. One of my tasks was to also do a mental health analysis with each member which I found strange because they were all insane and that somehow didn't scare me. I knew that Morana's business was dangerous but I stayed out of it and stuck to my assigned tasks. Morana had asked me not to get too involved in her business which I understood was for my own safety.

It was nearing lunch and I had just finished with my work that Morana assigned to me for the day. I was getting bored waiting in the medical room so I decided to take the reports to Morana's office and stay with her for a while.

Morana's POV:

"Come in" I said as I heard a knock on the door. It was Sophia. "Here's the reports" Sophia handed them to me. "I'm bored, can I stay with you" Sophia asked. "I have a lot of work to do" I replied and opened the file with the medical reports. She snatched the file out of my hands and left it on the table. She grabbed my jaw to face her. "I'm staying and why are you pushing me away" Sophia began getting frustrated because she knew I would always let her sit in my office when she was done with her work and we weren't on missions.

"It's nothing, I'm just stressed about work that's it" I replied. Sophia plopped her body on my lap and kissed me on the cheek. She put her arms around me and I held her waist to stabilise her. She then whispered words I never thought I'd hear, in my ear. "I know you're scared and I know it hurts but you need to let me in" I gripped on her waist slightly more aggressively. "I don't know what you're talking about" I scoffed as I moved her hands off me and turned to face the other direction, breaking our eye contact.

She wasn't just getting inside my head but she was already inside my heart and I had to admit, it was scary. The thought of falling in love and having to feel my emotions again made me feel vulnerable. "Whatever happened was great but I can't love you" I said. "Then if that wasn't love, what was it" Sophia asked with a change in her tone and tears starting to form in her eyes. "I didn't mean- " As Sophia woke up from my lap to leave, I pulled her back onto my lap and put her hair behind her ears. "Look at me please" I said as I took her hands in mine. She pushed my hands away and folded her arms as she looked at me angrily. "I can't afford love and I don't want myself to fall in love but I can't help it when it comes to you, I'm falling so hopelessly in love with you the more I'm with you and I just can't stop myself" for the first time I was able to express how I felt without feeling like it was a crime and that was all because of her. "Why won't you just let me love you, don't you want this as much as I do?" She asked. "I do but it's not who I am" I replied. "You mean it's not what you know and what others want you to be" she asked. "Yeah I guess, when you're in the business that I'm in, you can't have any distractions and I don't want you to get hurt. It's a dangerous business I'm in" I replied. She grabbed the gun that was in my drawer and pointed it to my heart. "What are you doing" I asked. "Don't you think I'm scared to" she asked. I grabbed the gun from her hand and put it back in the drawer. "Don't be ridiculous" I exclaimed. "I'm always scared but I only want you, even if it kills me" she demanded. "And I'm all yours, will you forgive me?" I asked as I held her waist and rested my head on her chest like a little puppy. "I forgive you" she smiled and kissed me on the forehead as she slowly drifted off to sleep in my arms.



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