A Thin Grey Line

Fall Apart | Theo POV

Hey guys, this is a Theodore POV. Been working on it for a while. FYI, this chapter has mature words and themes.

Coraline Hawthorne. That's a name I've yet to forget. She's more than just a face in the crowd of the women that have paraded themselves around me.

She has never made mention of my families monies. And that's her saving grace. Is this why I'm so drawn to her? I can't seem to get her out of my head.

Dad thinks she's a double agent. But in my gut, I know she's not. She's too sassy for that. And smart, too smart for her own good.

My want of being around her is something I can comprehend. No amount of thinking or talking has given me a conclusion. She intrigues me, pulls the wonder out in me.

The need to see her is a greater feeling than I've ever had. It's all new to me, but damn it I want to embrace anything that involves her. It scares the hell out of me.

Again, dad assures me that it's only infatuation that I feel. His says she raises too many questions and working for a Vapour, a magazine who will do just about anything to get inside of our company.

I don't believe it.

There's something behind those brown eyes of hers. With her smart ass mouth, delectable body and beer drinking, what man could resist her?

I want inside of her. Not just her body, and heaven knows I want to make her scream my name, but I also want inside of her mind. Compulsion pulses through me.

I've asked her to meet me at the apartment. I'm not sure if this is a good idea, but I need to see her. I don't have a clue as to what I will say to her.

I don't want to scare her away. That's the last thing I want. I have a feeling she thinks I'm chasing her with my dick and nothing else. I just want to talk to her, really get to know the woman who has me so wound up.

I know how the tabloids painted me. Some of it is true. I'm not a player per se, I always let them know up front that nothing beyond the physical will ever happen.

But Coraline.

She has me thinking things that I know my father would spit on. After all she practically told me to fuck off the first time I met her. If she only knew how turn on I was, her defiance made me harder than I have ever been before.

She's not like any woman I've ever met. I want to make her mine. Just thinking about her body pressed up against mine, has me loosing control.

Everything else be damned.

She's like the ultimate puzzle piece I desperately want to put together. I know nothing about her past. If she I won't tell me, I'll find another way.

The door bells rings and I know she's here. I shake out my body and make my way to the door.

I expected to see Cora there but it's Sophie instead. "Hey, what are you doing here?"

She slowly makes her way into the apartment and sets on the couch.

"We need to talk. I have to tell you something."

I sit in the chair across from her. She looks upset so I grab her hand. "What's wrong?"

"I..I don't know how to tell you."

This isn't like Sophie at all. I know she's been seeing this private investigator for a few months. Maybe they've broken up.

"Is this about Stellan?"

She shakes her head. "No. It has to do with us"

Us? We've been close friends for so long, I've never kept anything from her. She knows how I feel about Cora.

"What is it? Just tell me!"

"I'm in love with you, Ted. I couldn't keep it to myself knowing what you were going to do today."

I'm stunned. Shocked. Beyond words. In all the years I've known Sophie not once has she made a move on me or said anything about feeling something more for me than just friendship.

I may have had a crush on her during my teenage years but that feeling has long been gone.

"You're in love with me? Why would you wait to tell me something like this?"

She shakes out of my grasp and starts pacing in front of the couch. I can see tears brimming her eyes. The hairs on my arms stand up.

"I didn't know how to tell you. I was afraid it would ruin our friendship. I've felt this way for a long time, I just hoped that one day you'd see it."

I don't know how to respond. I want to be angry that she waited this long to tell me. That she thought I'd see her love for me. But all I saw was her endless parade of boyfriends. But I can't hurt her. She's my best friend and I love her too.

But what I feel for Coraline is much stronger. I get up and stop her pacing, "Sophie, I love you, but it's not as easy as-."

She cuts me off by kissing me, her tongue licking along the seam of my lips. Her hands find my hair and pulls me closer to her. Her soft lips deepening the kiss. I give in and kiss her back.

My hands roam her backside, pulling her closer to my growing erection. I can't stop myself. Before I know it, my pants are undone and she's touching me. Stroking me.

The echoing door bell shakes me out of my hormone induced state. Fuck. What have I done? I pull back and look down at Sophie. Her heavy lidded stare tells me she wants more.

I move back from her and pull her hand away from me, zipping up my pants. I look away, ashamed I let this happen. Ashamed that I've probably just hurt the one other woman who's looked beyond my money and name.

"That's Cora. I've asked her to meet me here."

She's silent as I make my way to the door. What am I going to do now? I've asked her to come here and now she's going to find Sophie with me.

I have a feeling things are about to fall apart. And it's all my fault.

I hope you guys don't hate me for doing this to my character. But we knew the relationship between Sophie and Theo wasn't just a strict friendship. That was apparent in EL James' novel, even though they were little
Kids. I just wanted to explore it for a bit.

More to come from this disaster. Love, Liz