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Even though he knew Sofia was probably halfway hoave out when he opened the door and saw Angel standing there He didn’t look too happy, either Eric held his breath

"What’s wrong with you?" Angel asked

Eric shook his head, still waiting for Angel’s fist to come at hiain We’re gonna have to push it off the road," Angel laughed, lightening up theup traffic"

Eric laughed more out of relief than huo" He hurried to his roo away from the moment he saw Sofia, but now it hammered for an entirely different reason After today, there was no going back If he knew Sofia, things would progress to places he knew could only be deadly for hio there--he’d convince her they couldn’t--he didn’t think he had it in him to stop it

What he felt when he ith Sofia was so he’d never experienced As levelheaded as he’d always been, no a hatever she wanted And he’d seen it in her eyes today, felt it in her kisses She wanted a lot more

CHAPTER 6

Just one tiular at the Moreno’s residence and restaurant again Although Alex was cold with hied Sofia knew things would never go back to the way they once had been

Angel knew Sofia had feelings for Eric She’d told hi after the New Year’s Eve outburst She wouldn’t hide it anymore If her brothers wanted to believe she was still a child, they could But they couldn’t force her to hide the enor at their place regularly Sofia fawned over hiel watched, pretending it wasn’t any different than how she behaved before New Year’s But she saw the look of irritation when Alex would walk in the kitchen to find her laughing with Eric The jabs about hian to take a different tone, especially fro around, she’d s that drove Eric insane He’d returned the favor, and they’d been so close to going all the way several ti for hi what she wanted to so badly

It was only a few o, her father ot "You can’t have a boyfriend until you’re seventeen"

At the tiht it was completely absurd Now that it was only months away, it didn’t sound so bad She could hardly wait Her dad had probably forgotten, but she would be re theabout where she was going all the ti, but they’d had too oing to be with Eric all day"

More than anything, she wanted the dairls at school to know Eric was off liirl as all over him all the time, and even asked hio with Sofia, he wouldn’t go at all Sofia felt bad She didn’t want hi soel were back together, and as inseparable as ever It was a Friday night and all the guys and Sarah were over They were out back playing pool Angel and Sarah were cuddling in the corner, while Alex and Ro it up Alex glanced up froht the glare and s?"