Chapter 21
NOAH
Bedding Sophia Somerset goes against every better judgment my ass has ever had.
But I don’t know how to stop.
Her skin is still damp, still slightly cool to the touch when I grip the back of her neck, bringing her mouth onto mine.
My frustration with my company, with her, with the world melts the second our lips connect, and I realize in that moment that maintaining my cool will be a helluva lot harder than I expected.
But that’s just the thing…
I never expected her.
The expectation of perfection has followed me my entire life, the responsibility for upholding my flailing, father-less family sitting on my shoulders since I was four years old.
My brothers’ father died when Lachlan was a baby; my own secret father was never around.
In my world, a world of real estat
