Sophie's POV

As soon as the bell ring for the dismissal, I immediately took my backpack and was about to leave the classroom when my professor suddenly called me, "Miss Laurens."

"M-Miss?"

"Can you tell Mr. Jacobs to meet me at my office?" she said, fixing her eyeglasses. She's a beautiful woman at her 20s, our professor in literature, my favorite subject. I quickly nodded as I clutched my books to my chest. "Yes, Miss."

"Thank you."

Mr. Jacobs was our school doctor here in our University. He's handsome with his blonded hair slicked back, his deep emerald eyes that could melt someone who dares to stare at him. He also has the body of a Greek God which make all of the girls here drool over him. And if you ask me if I like him, is it so obvious?

I first met him during my first day here in this University, he approached me because I got lost and didn't know where my building was then he told me where and even accompanied me until I finally found it. I thought he was my classmate too because he looks too young that's why I got surprised when I knew that he works as the official University doctor here.

My heart started beating so loud when I saw Mr. Jacobs sitting on his usual swivel chair writing something on paper. He was wearing an eyeglass that he used to wear which made him look intelligent and attractive to me. How can he sit there, just write and look incredibly handsome? I wonder if he already has a girlfriend, I wish he's single. "Err... Doctor Kristan..."

He stopped writing and looked at my direction, a smile immediately appeared on his face as soon as he saw me. "Sophie!"

"G-Good Morning, Doctor Kristan." I smiled sweetly, a smile that I will never show to anyone but him. He stood up and walked towards me, his smile didn't vanish. "How are you feeling? Is there something I can help you?"

Oh God, there goes the most handsome man I have ever seen in my life. Can I just tell him that I'm not feeling well because my heart seems like it's about to jump off my chest right now? "N-No, doctor. Miss Perry wants to see you at her office."

"Oh, well thank you for going here. I will go there immediately."

"Thank you, Mr. Jacobs. I will be going now." I said, averting my gaze from his. He then patted my head and smiled, "Thanks, Sophie."

I was touched by an angel! What an honor!

"You're welcome Mr. Jacobs... hehehe... s-see you tomorrow..."

"See you, Sophie."

Then I finally started walking towards the door, still waving at him. I could just literally sit there and watch him breath for all my life. Did that sound creepy?

I heaved a deep sigh when I closed the door, smile still on my face. Oh, Mr. Jacobs, can you just be mine?

If only I could have him, but that's impossible. I'm just a student, I don't have anything to boast about except from my grades. But I promised to myself that one day, when I finally have my own job and I finally have enough money, I will go back here and confess to him. I hope I have a chance.

"Teacher Sophiee!!!" Laila, one of my students came running to me as soon as she saw me enter the kindergarten. She's always excited to see me that's why I'm always excited to go here and see her too, I really love kids. "Laila!!!"

Just when she was about to run towards me, a man suddenly walked past her, and so she fell onto the ground after bumping on the man's legs. "Leila!"

I quickly ran towards Leila to see if she was okay, "Leila, I'm so sorry, are you alright?"

"Teacher... S-Sophiee.... waaaaa...." she then began crying. "Ssssh... stop crying Leila, it's alright. Don't cry now, I will buy you an ice cream okay?" I guided her to a nearby bench and have her sit there as I glanced at the man to whom she bumped on to. He was just casually walking with his hands in his pocket as if nothing happened. What a rude man he is, not even apologizing to a kid?! Is he even a human?!

With my blood boiling and my fist shaking with anger, I walked towards that man and grabbed him by his arm to stop him from walking, "H-Hey Mister!"

He stopped walking when he heard my voice, he looked at my hand that was holding his arm and finally faced me. My eyes automatically widened as soon as I saw his face and realized how tall he was that he's already towering me. His cold gray eyes stared intently at me, I can't even see any emotion on his face, i-is he a robot?

"What do you want from me?" he asked, then I realized that I was still holding his arm and so I immediately let go of it and stared back at him as I gulped. What is happening to me? Why does his aura feels intimidating? He's definitely not ugly because HE IS SO HANDSOME as hell but I don't know why he looks fearful even though I don't really know him yet. "L-Leila... the kid who bumped on to you a while ago..."

"What about her?" his brows are now furrowed as if he's turning impatient.

"Why didn't you stop and ask her if she's okay? She's a kid, you should've at least said sorry."

He looked at me as if I was crazy then a smirk appeared on his face, "Hey woman, do you even know who you're talking to right now?"

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 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 he 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 you want to tell me?”

He heaved a sigh then he looked at me. He seemed to be hesitating about 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 of 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 to 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 too, dad.”

Sophie’s POV

Everyone was already sitting on their chairs, talking to each other when I finally arrived with my hair all over my face because of running my way just to make it on time. ”S-Sorry I’m late.” I said as I sat next to Sebastian. He smiled as soon as he saw me.

“It’s alright, Sophie. At least you came.” Said dad.

“Can you see yourself right now, Sophie? We’re having dinner with a very important person and you’re there wearing a white t-shirt and a pair of black jeans with your hair looking like you just woke up?” my stepmother suddenly said to me.

I lowered my head, “I’m sorry, I just came from school so I wasn’t able to change my clothes.”

“It’s alright, Sophie. Even if you wear rags, you’d still stand out.” Sebastian suddenly said so I nudged him when I saw Sera and Samantha glaring at him.

“Are you a fool? You just look like us so if you say that we’re ugly, it’s like you’re saying that you’re ugly too.” Samantha retorted.

Dad suddenly cleared his throat. “Stop that childish argument, okay? Our visitor will finally arrive soon so fix yourselves.”

“I’m still wondering who that visitor is.” Aunt Natalie said.

“You’ll meet him later.” Dad just replied.

I fixed my shirt and combed my hair using my fingers. Me too, I’ve been thinking about that visitor. I wonder who that is because he seems to be so important to my father. Although I can also see him drinking some water every minute, he looks so nervous and I don’t even know why. “Sophie, I have composed a new song again, you should hear it!” Seb whispered to me.

“Really? Can I hear it now?”

“Sure!”

Seb then took out his phone and was about to put his earphone in my right ear when we suddenly heard loud footsteps coming in our direction. Everyone of us turned our heads towards the entrance of the restaurant. Dad suddenly stood up and so we all followed him.

Men wearing black suits were walking towards us. They all look familiar to me, I just can’t remember where I saw them. “They look like a gang, or maybe agents,” Seb whispered.

Then they form a line and made a way in the middle. A tall man started walking in the middle, only his footsteps could be heard. He was wearing a black tuxedo vest that perfectly fitted to his bulky and masculine body. His black hair was slicked back, and it was shining as if it has been waxed. He was holding a cigarette in his right hand while he was puffing a smoke.

I stared at his face, and that’s only the time I knew who he was. My eyes widened as I pointed a finger at him. “Y-YOU?!”

Everyone looked at me, including the man. He looked surprised upon seeing me too, he threw his smoke to the ground and smiled cockily. “We meet again.”

“D-Do you know him, Sophie?” dad asked me.

“Yes daddy, he was that man who—” I wasn’t able to continue what I was saying after realizing that it was so embarrassing. “I mean… yes, we already met yesterday…”

“Daddy? You mean, that woman is your daughter too?” The man asked daddy.

Dad nodded, “Y-Yes, she’s my youngest daughter.”

“Your daughter, huh? She doesn’t look like you.” Said the bastard while looking at me. I glared at him and looked at my dad who just nodded to me and smiled.

“Why don’t we have a seat first? This restaurant serves delicious food, I’m sure you’ll like it, err….”

“Vincent. You can just call me Vincent.” Said he.

Aunt Natalie nodded with a smile, “Vincent, what a handsome name. My name’s Natalie, I’m Albert’s wife. And these two girls here are my daughters.”

“H-Hi Vincent, I’m Stephanie.”

“And I’m Sera.”

The two of them were looking at Vincent, smiling, but the bastard just ignored them and shifted his gaze to me instead. “Why don’t you introduce yourself too?”

“I’m Sophie.” I said without looking at him.

“Sophie, beautiful name.” he said.

Dad cleared his throat again, “Should we order some food already?”

“T-That’s right, let’s call the server.” Aunt Natalie agreed.

Minutes have passed and we already started eating. I couldn’t focus on my food because I can feel Vincent staring at me from his seat. That mere fact already makes my blood boil in anger. “He looks like a Mafia Boss, don’t you think?” Seb whispered again to me.

“You’re right, he looks like a nymphomaniac.” I said then we both laughed.

“By the way, Albert, have you told them already the reason why we’re here?” Vincent spoke again. Why does he talk like that to my father? He doesn’t really have manners and respect.

Dad almost choked so I handed him a glass of water. “Thanks, Sophie.”

“Just eat slowly, dad.”

“Oh, so you haven’t said it yet?”

“Said what?” Aunt Natalie asked.

Vincent crossed his arms. “Your husband owes me a huge amount of money. He couldn’t give me his company so we came into a different agreement instead.”

“D-Dad owes you money?” I asked as I looked at my dad to confirm it. “Is that true, dad?”

Daddy looked at us especially to me before nodding, “T-That’s true.”

“But that’s impossible dad, we don’t have debts. Why don’t you just pay him? We have lots of money anyway.” Said Seb.

“So sorry to say but even if you pay me with all of the money that you have, it wouldn’t lessen even fifty percent of his debt.”

My eyes widened. “D-Dad, is that---

“Yes, that is true. I owe him everything, V-Vincent was the one who helped me build our company. We got to build that because of him…”

“Dad…”

“But what agreement did you have if we can’t pay you that huge amount of money?” Aunt Natalie asked.

Vincent leaned on his chair with his arms crossed, “He said he’s willing to give one of his daughters to me.”

All of us were shocked. We all looked at daddy and he just lowered his head, confirming it. “Albert, how can you do that to our daughters?!”

“Daddy! Why did you do that?! You agreed to this man?!” Seb yelled.

“I’m so sorry… I had no choice… I’m so sorry…” Dad kept on mumbling.

Vincent suddenly stood up, “So, can I have the payment now?”

“Vincent… can we just talk about this? I-I already changed my mind, I-I’ll just pay you. I don’t care if you take my company from me… just don’t…don’t take any of my daughters away from me…” Dad pleaded.

“You should have said that earlier. I changed my mind now; I don’t want money because I have that already. I want your daughter.” Vincent said.

“V-Vincent…”

“I’ll get that woman beside you.” Vincent said while looking at me.