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A giggle escapes me as I pull away from him.
“I think it is.”
I pull away from him and stand up from the couch. Blake is about to stand up with me, thinking that we are probably going to the bedroom, but I have other plans.
I push him back down and start taking off my faux leather pants, my panties quickly following, leaving me in just the jersey.
A smirk forms on my face as I see him licking his lips at me.
“Let me show you.”
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
SOPHIA
It took a lot.
Both emotionally and mentally to walk into my lawyer’s office and tell her that I have decided to drop all the charges.
When I was telling her, my mind went back to the police station and how the female officer that helped me when I walked in, look almost proud when I told her that I was going to be pressing charges. By dropping them, I felt like I was disappointing her and everyone else that had been through something similar. I felt like I was giving up and taking the easy way out.
For a few seconds, I was even second guessing myself and wasn’t going to pull the plug. I almost went into a panic attack just thinking about it.
If Blake wasn’t there with me, I don’t know what I would have done. But he was my saving grace, like he has always been. Hold my hand as tightly as possible, whispering words of pride in my ear. Without him, I wouldn’t been able to tell myself the I was doing the right thing.
For me. I was doing the right thing for me.
I told myself that I wasn’t going to let fear of Elijah dictate me anymore. I needed to separate myself from him as much I possibly can. Right now, he’s defining everything that I do and my fear of him is stronger than ever.
I don’t want to be scared anymore.
So, I do leave that lawyers office, doing what I walked in there to do.
I dropped the charges against Elijah. He might have won this and he may dictate my mind on occasion, but this is what is best for me, and I’m going to stand by my choice.
No matter what.
This is me growing and hoping that my future is bright.
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
SOPHIA
My future is bright.
For so long it wasn’t, but now, it’s starting to shine in every direction and I couldn’t be happier for it.
There is so much to look forward to and tonight is the start of it all.
Tonight, I’m doing something that I never thought that I would do. Something that I had dreamt of but never thought was going to become a reality. Especially with the direction my love life was going just a few short weeks ago. But things changed and it made this possible.
Tonight, I’m going on a first date with Blake.
We may have been officially together for a month almost, but we have yet to go on a first date, and that changes tonight.
Like every other first date that I’ve had, the nerves are at an all-time high, but not for the same reasons as before.
Before I was nervous because I was putting myself out there and wanted the person that ended up sitting across from me to like me, to think that I was worth the effort to plan a second date with.
