The Photographer ||j.b.||

Chapter 7

Sophia

I left the apartment behind me locking the door and walked to Justin's car whipping my eyes one more time. As soon as I was seated next to him I could see on his face that something was wrong, his jaw was clenched and his eyes bloodshot. This guy has some serious problem and he's just hiding everything trying to help me. I took his hand in mine and he turned his face to look at me only for me to give him a reassuring smile hoping that he would understand that I'm here to help him too. Only to my surprise I hugged him tight and smiled a bit.

"We'll get through everything Jus okay?" I murmured and sighed as turned on the engine. "Don't hold it back, I know how you feel now, I'm in the same situation..." I sat back in my seat putting my seatbelt on and he left the building behind us slowly.

"We're strong right?" He murmured with a faint smile and I nodded.

"Yes, we are." I agreed and held his hand tight trying to reassure him.

He drove to the driveway and over an hour later we were finally outside his house. He entered the passcode for the gate and then drove up the driveway I was left staring out the window while the car was sliding up the stone paced path slowly leaving numerous trees and every kind of plants behind us. Well I guess he's richer than what I thought, I mean he's only in his early twenties and his place looks like a castle. He stopped outside the front porch and after leaving the car he came to my side and opened the door for me, I stepped out the car carefully as he took my suitcase from the trunk and gave the keys to his butler who was waiting outside to take the car to the garage.

"This is the house, just make yourself comfortable and I'll be back in a minute." He smiled then walked quickly outside to check if the butler did as he said.

I took off my jacket then looked around me at the foyer which was huge and had a big opening leading to the living room so that's where I headed to. I've only seen his house one more time when he invited me for dinner, but I didn't examine it. Carefully placed my jacket on the armrest of the dark grey sofa then took a seat and waited for a few seconds until the door was heard closing and Justin showed up with a half smile on his face.

"Do you like it now that you see it a bit better and without drinking a bottle of wine?" He asked and took my jacket in his hands.

"Yeah, it definitely looks better without the wine..." I gave him a little smile and gave a second look at the room.

"Let me show you your room and give you a little tour of the house." He exclaimed finally and took my suitcase as we walked out the living room and up the stairs through a big hallway. "So there's my room..." He showed me the white door on the top of the hallway while the stairs were in the middle of it. "You can come and find me whenever you need to. There's the elevator and here's the room that you'll be sleeping in." He smiled and opened the second door on our left side letting me in.

I walked in a spacious white room with a grey queen sized bed in the middle with a white bedspread on them. It was so beautiful and simple like a little heaven. There were two windows on top of each bedside table and a French door on the opposite wall of two doors. He walked to the side where the other doors were and opened them both revealing a closet on the left and a bathroom on the right side. A big screen was hanging on the wall opposite the bed and as I sat on one of the beige square bedroom benches watching around me one more time because I couldn't believe Justin was hiding such cute areas in his house.

"It's so cute and beautiful. Which interior designer did you get?" I joked a bit and Justin left my suitcase in the closet.

"My mum actually. My sister loves this room and how bright it is so it's hers when she visits me, but now she's back home so you can have it, I think that you could use some light in your life right now." He sat on the bed and looked at me in the eyes with a sad smile.