Chapter 4 Stolen Kiss

• Sophie’s
• POV
• “I-I don’t care who you are but all I know is that you can’t just leave a kid crying after hurting her.” I said while maintaining an eye-to-eye contact with the Greek god standing before me with his expressionless face. He looks only as young as me but why is he so tall?
• His right brow raised as he looked at me, “So you don’t really know me?”
• “I don’t know you, okay? Do I even have to know who you are?”
• I don’t even know where did I get that bravery. I just stared at him although my hands were already shaking. His eyes were sharp and I think I could already die with his glare. “You’re quite brave, huh? Well, let’s see where your bravery would take you.”
• Without any warning, the man grabbed me by the waist and pressed his lips on mine. My eyes widened and I froze in place. I placed my hands on his chest to push him off but he was so strong that it became useless. He forcefully parted my lips with his tongue and I just found myself closing my eyes as if I was enjoying it. When he finally let go of me, that’s when I realized what just happened. I raised my hand and slapped him on his right cheek. “Y-You bastard! W-Why did you do that?!”
• “Thanks for the dessert, see you around some other time.” He said as he turned around and started walking away. I badly wanted to stop him and punch him in the face but my feet just won’t cooperate. I was just looking at him with my mouth open until he finally stepped inside a black limousine together with his men laughing. I balled my hand into a fist as I yelled at the top of my lungs, “YOU PERVERTED ASSHOLE!!”
• “Teacher Sophie!” I only stopped cursing that man in my head when Laila suddenly approached me. I knelt down and carried her in my arms.
• “I-I’m sorry, Laila. Are you alright?”
• She shook her head. “I’m fine, Teacher Sophie.”
• “Are you sure?”
• “Yes. That man, the man kissed you a while ago. Is he your boyfriend, teacher Sophie?” Laila innocently asked without even knowing how her question automatically made my face blush.
• I wasn’t able to answer quickly. “L-Laila, let’s just go inside already okay? For sure your other classmates are already waiting for us.” I changed the topic.
• “Okay…” my ever-obedient student replied.
• I wasn’t able to focus on what I was teaching the whole time because of what happened. Good thing my students didn’t notice that. I rode the bus going home and went straight to my room as soon as I arrived. I lay down on my bed and closed my eyes. Erase that incident in your mind, Sophie.
• Just pretend that it didn’t happen, okay?
• Then I snapped my eyes open. “
• Did I just… did I just let a stranger kiss me?
• ” I let a stranger kiss me?!!! How dare him do that to me?! That was my first kiss… the kiss that I wanted to experience with Mr. Jacobs… Now it’s gone… I already gave my first kiss to a stranger.
• I lay down on my bed and hugged one of my pillows as tears began running down my face. “My first kiss… that bastard…”
• “Sophie? Are you already there?”
• I suddenly heard dad’s voice coming from outside of my room. I hurriedly sat up and wiped my tears away before walking towards my door and opened it. “D-Dad?”
• “I’m so glad you’re already here, Sophie. Can we talk for a while?” dad asked.
• “Sure dad, have a seat please.” I said as I pulled a chair for him. I sat on the couch and looked at him. “What is it, dad?”
• Dad straightened his back before looking at me,“Sophie, there’s actually something that I want you to know. Wait, did you cry?”
• “H-Huh? N-No, I didn’t. My eyes just look like this whenever I-I feel sleepy…”
• “Y-Yes, dad. By the way, what is it that you want to tell me?”
• He heaved a sigh then he looked at me, he seemed to be hesitating for what he was going to say. “Sophie, listen very carefully. I-I think it’s already time for you to get married.”
• “W-What? Get married?”
• “I know how hard for you to stay in this house, Sophie. Your step siblings treat you like a servant, don’t you get tired with that? Don’t you sometimes wish you could just leave here and be free? I mean, I just want you to be happy, Sophie.”
• “Dad, I’m still seventeen and I am still studying. I don’t have any intentions of getting married to someone and I—I don’t even have a boyfriend.”
• “I can suggest a man.” He suddenly said which made me look at him.
• I furrowed my brows, “D-Dad? You’re really planning to have me get married already? But I don’t want to get married with anyone yet, daddy. I want to finish my studies first, I want to fulfill my dreams, I want to make you proud, a-and I want to marry the man that I really love.”
• “But I think—
• “Dad, I’m fine, okay? I know you’re just worried about me. Don’t worry, I can do it all, I can serve my siblings, I can study and work at the same time. There’s no need for you to worry about, okay?” I said as I smiled at him. “By the way, would you like me to make some coffee for you?”
• “No, I’m fine Sophie. Just take your rest already, I know you’re already tired. By the way, we’ll be having a family dinner tomorrow. You know that restaurant we used to eat at?”
• I nodded, “Yes. But, do you we have any occasion tomorrow?”
• “Yes, I would like you to meet someone. Make sure you’ll go there after your work, okay?”
• “Okay.”
• Dad stood up and patted me on my head, “Just always remember that I love you so much, Sophie.”
• “I love you so much to, dad.”