"He acts like a little boy around you." Liza hushed as she saw Axel's head laying on Sophia's lap. His powers got sucked out of him after their busy day. He wanted to leave but Sophia still felt a bit of guilt and feared that Liza will try to hurt herself once again after seeing their "sappy romantic " moments. Maybe it was better for her to stay away from all this mess? But she and Axel somehow caused it all

"He is" Sophia agreed as she looked at her husband's calm features. He gave up nearly an hour ago and made of her lap a pillow for his head as he sat on her next by chair.

"Why aren't you trusting him fully? I never seen him acting this way. He was never this protective or attached to me. When I used to get upset, he always collected his stuff and left. You need time and space he would say and would leave me to fume alone for days. Then, he would just come back and act like nothing happened. At times, I started to question if I really mattered to him." Liza informed with a sigh " Yet here he is being glued to you. He is in love and he is a good man give him a chance." she offered with a smile

" Why are you being this nice so suddenly ? " Sophia questioned not getting how the suddenly abusive woman is turning into a goody two shoes somehow?

"Trying seeing the light and coming back." Liza said in a light way as if joking around

"I am so sorry again." Sophia apologized again for what sounded like the hundred time today

" You had nothing to do with it...I was drinking and depressed. I had a weekend out of rehab and I found my way back to my wine and drinks. The idea of losing the brother that I raised killed me. He was like a son to me. He told me every secret of his before telling it to our mother. He was younger yet still whenever I need someone to save me he was there...I just miss him. I was desperate, alone, broken and wanted to be near my brother...He suffered a lot because of his illness and I was not there in his last days. I was kept away in rehab. I didn't even say goodbye to him." Liza completed now sounding more broken, tired and all. Tears started falling heavily on her cheeks and her face paled as if life once again has been sucked out of her.

"I am so sorry...It is hard to lose the people that you love most. I lost my father , years ago. I still feel the pain and could never forget him. He used to be my protector. I always felt like a little girl because he was always there trying to guide me, show me the right way and push me beyond any challenge. I know how losing someone important feels and I cannot say that gets easier because it never does. Yet we are here to fight our way through and challenge life. Change it to the better. Life can feel your energy so do not give up and when you fight for it you will get rewarded. I was married out of a contract, not love or feeling. My husband hated me and told me that he had no interest in me the second he laid eyes on me. He brought me to a mansion that every girl wishes to live in but to my surprise I was never to lady of that house. I was a maid somehow to him and his girlfriend. I got tortured by you and him. He ignored me in public events and pushed my hand away when I tried to grab his because I hated crowds. He treated me silently for two years. Yet I never gave up to such negativity. I stood strong. Teased you back. Never cried in front of you both but once in my room my tears rushed down. My mother in law also hated me . Only Mitchel kept me strong and how I wished to fall for him but I just felt like I am doing the greatest mistake when I thought of him in any way other than sibling love. I did my best to stand strong and helped the woman that didn't like me. I brought her back to health and all but made her promise not to tell her son because I didn't want his fake gratefulness. I was positive and I guess life wanted to treat me for not giving up. It made my husband fall for me the one thing that I never thought will happen." Sophia explained as her own tears fell

"He never truly hated you. He kept on watching over you. He was caught by your niceness. I swear to god, he used to come and talk about your food, your singing in the kitchen and looks tones of times and I fought him because of that. He would promise that you meant nothing but I would still catch him secretly staring at you while a small smile played on his lips. Once, you slept on Mitchell's chest while watching a movie in Axel's house and the way he looked at both of you made me shiver. His anger was clear but didn't act on it. He just walked away and stayed silent and grim for the rest of the night." Liza confessed

"Then why?" Sophia's words escaped her lips without meaning to

"Why? Why I kept on dating him? Because I thought that he was my rock, my person but I was just fooling myself. " Liza said while a sad smile took over her features

"I am sorry" Sophia endlessly apologized

"Stop that will you? I have a second chance at life now and I am not up for hearing your apologies in every second of it" Liza said with a playful smirk

"So friends?" Sophia asked with a smile of her own

"I guess so. I mean what else can I do? If I say no Bless and Mitchell would probably kill me." Liza joked

"They will probably kill each other first." Sophia playfully joked back

"How did they meet?" Liza questioned

"Long story." Sophia announced

"Well we have time and your husband seems to be too deep in sleep so you won't be moving so tell me." Liza pleaded and Sophia just nodded happily because she just gained a friend and all her past guilt has vanished

Got a new cover for you guys to decide if I should change the current one ( 30 comments for it will do it I guess)

This cover was done by @wazzi2003 and must thank her so much as all of you for supporting the book even after my disappearing