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"It’s too much of a risk… I don’t trust her"

"But I do," Aiden said firnal, stood up and headed for the doorway

Aiden, however, looked absolutely distraught as he stood up and called after her "Camilla, are you sure this is what you want to do? We could talk this through…"

Ingrid stopped and slightly turned her head toward us "She’s not ready for this, Aiden She has a lot going on I don’t think I’m ready for this either Some other time…"

"Carid already sped to who knohere When Aiden sat back down on the couch across froo after her You’re in charge of her, Aiden She can’t go out, because the sun is up so who knohat trouble shehere at The Cataco cold I probably sounded heartless to s were predominant in my mind: Derek and the cure I was used to the issues I had withwith them didn’t feel like a priority to me at that time

"Do you really think that she’s beyond redemption, Sofia?"

"Don’t you think I want to believe that this could really happen, Aiden?" I burst out "I dreaed for your eed for hers But neither of you were there! Ben was there for er be there, Derek filled that place in my life that you were supposed to fill Derek beca that spot Now, in the midst of all this, you just want me to welcoet that you lied toa cure so you could stab Derek in the back You wantas Borys physically abused uilty He knew she was guilty I knew that he kneas so overwhelan to break down in tears I shookmyself exhausted by the events that had just unfolded

"I’ for a nap"

I didn’t wait for any response from him I just went to my bedroom and left him to do as he pleased The moment my head rested on the pillow, I drifted off to sleep and found myself in Derek’s arms

"I love you, Sofia," he whispered into ently as soft arden and ere both all dressed up Derek looked dashing in a tux and I felt pretty in the powder blue pixie dress I had on

"You believe me, don’t you?" he asked "You know that I will always love you, right?"

I creased my brows, made anxious by his unusual questions "Of course I do, Derek I know you love et nervous with the way he was acting and the things he was saying "Why would that ever change?" I pulled away from him and looked up into those electric blue eyes that always o weak in the knees

"Because we don’t have control over everything, Sofia We never really knohat life will throw our way"

A cold wind swept through the place and panic began to overwhel" He shook his head furiously

"Derek, what’s wrong?"

"I don’t love you, Sofia That’s what’s wrong I’ the words so quickly, it took me a while to comprehend them, but once I did, I wish that I hadn’t

"Derek, why are you doing this? What’s going on?"

"I don’t want to do this, but I have to I’er and driving it right through my heart

I screa up atinto a cold sweat,heavy, ainstto catch my breath when my father suddenly showed up on e of it, to check on me

"Sofia, what happened? I heard you screa roo I’d been asleep, surprised that he would wait for rid

"Where’s Ingrid?" I asked "Shouldn’t you be with her?"

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