"Enough, stop throwing a tantrum," Aiden snapped as he held his hand out. This time he was not fooling around. He did not want to land in the same dirty puddle she landed in, and he probably would if she kept on struggling.

Sophia's face changed suddenly, she felt timid when she heard Aiden's dominating tone, so she had no choice but to reach out and let him help her up.

Her outfit was now covered in mud, and since it was just a one-day trip, she did not think to pack any extra clothes with her. She still had a ton of things to do, so she sent her assistant to find a shop that would have clothes for her to change in.

It did not take long, but as she inspected the contents of the bag her assistant handed her, she found a yellow floral dress, something she would never be caught wearing.

"What is this?" she questioned her assistant, "I asked you to get me another pair of pants and a shirt."

"Oh ma'am, I'm sorry, but this is a small town, and the only shop they had in town sold dresses and nothing else," her assistant explained.

Sophia gritted her teeth. Businesswomen did not wear frilly dresses, wearing these types of clothing might give the men she was working with the wrong idea.

Aiden was still in the sunflower fields when she came out half an hour later.

He did not expect to be stunned by her transformation. A simple dress had changed her look totally, making her look more feminine.

The yellow dress made her look more lively. She had taken down her hair when she took a shower, so she just left it to dry. Her face was free of any makeup, which showed her very soft, flawless skin, and her naturally pink lips he always thought were covered with the same lipstick color.

"Let's get started," she said, bringing him back from his gawking. After a few hours, when the work had been finally done, and the last employee had left, Aiden had remained with Sophia.

The sun was setting down on the horizon, and the sky started turning orange and yellow. Sophia standing in the middle of the sunflower field with her yellow, flowy dress, and her long brown hair being blown by the wind, was a sight to behold.

She looked relaxed and lost in her own world, as a smile played across her lips.

"Sunshine…", was the first word that escaped from his lips. She was a vision he would never forget in this lifetime.

She was like a painting, eye-catching and very breathtaking. Something that he wanted to own, gaze at every day, and never show to anyone else.

The ice-cold beauty had disappeared. A woman who was full of hope had taken her place, and all her dreams were within her reach.

Sophia was enjoying the scenery and was completely oblivious that Aiden had been ogling her the whole time. But when she turned around, she saw a strange look in his eye, something she was not familiar with.

"Is there something you wanted to say?" Sophia asked while she wiped her face for any dirt, but Aiden just replied no and kept staring, so she just ignored him.

When they were done, they left for their respective houses without any more incidents.

-=-

Aiden was lying on his bed scrolling through the pictures he secretly took of Sophia that afternoon in the middle of the sunflower fields. He couldn't help but smile while he looked at them. As he zoomed on her face, her prominent blue eyes haunted him.

"Sophia," that name sounded lovely on his lips, it rolled off his tongue effortlessly. He traced her face on his phone, focusing on her pink, soft lips, making him want to taste them so badly.

"Sophia… Sophia…," he repeated her name and let out a laugh. He was not like his friends, who were running away from marriage, but as soon as they got married, they became slaves to their wives' every whim.

He always wanted to find that one special person, marry her, have cute babies, and live happily ever after. But in the myriad of women that he met, one more beautiful, intelligent, and charming than the other, he never found the connection he was looking for.

But with Sophia, the attraction was instantaneous. He felt love at first sight.

In the beginning, he was attracted to her looks. She had those blue eyes that had mesmerized him, that wavy brown hair he wanted to sink his hands into, and those soft pink lips that he imagined to taste like honey. The way she carried herself called out to him.

Then he liked that she had that ice-cold attitude towards everybody, which meant she was not naive and did not fall into the arms of the first guy that tried to woo her.

It had only been a week since they first met, but he had fallen for her, truly, madly, and deeply. He knew that there was something beneath that facade, that there was another side to her. And he wanted to be the one that broke down her walls and show him the real Sophia. It would be a challenge to enter her heart, but the reward will be greater, so he was willing to sacrifice everything he's got for her.

Just like the other Aristocratic heirs, Aiden did not waste time playing around. He was going to confess, but since Sophia was different, he needed to tread carefully, and formulate a plan that would definitely make her fall for him.

"You are so beautiful… so bright… just like a sunflower.

I will make you mine at any cost," he was looking at her pictures again, and he could not imagine spending the rest of his life without her.

Sleep would not come to him, he was excited because tomorrow was the day they would see each other again.