All Chapters of only one wins his heart : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

“You lost the right to be here from the moment you threw her out of your life”.“I know”. Damien nodded once.“So you know”?“Yes. And I regret it”.“So what changed”?There was heavy silence and the air between them felt heavier. It was tensed“...... Or at least I am trying to….” His words failed him“And you expect me to believe that”?“No, I don't expect anything from you. just know am not leaving her again”There was silence between them. Javier studied him carefully like a man used to reading people finding weakness and truth. But deeply Sophia watched both of them. Her heart caught between the presence and the past between the man who raised her and the man who broke her and was trying to fix the mess he had made.“Dad…”. Sophia called out softly and quietly. She loves both of them. She can't deny the fact.“ You shouldn't be dealing with this right now”. Javier warned turning back to Sophia.“I am not dealing with anything. I just don't want you fighting”.There was a pause.

“No. I want you to come back knowing that everything has changed.” He said calmly, fully knowing the weight of damage he had done.“You say that”. She said letting out a quick deep breath.“I mean it”.“How?. How has it changed”?.“Because you're not the same woman anymore”. He said choosing his words carefully.“And”?“And I am not the same man.”“You're still going to have to do better than that”.“I don't expect you to believe me”. He nodded.“Good”. Sophia replied sharply.“But I want you to see it. Everyday”. Sophia looked at him.“And bringing me back there proves that”?.“No. Let me show you.”“You don't understand”. Sophia said, shaking her head slightly.“Then help me”.“You're asking me to go back to the place where I felt completely alone?“You won't be alone this time”“You said that before. Remember?”.That hit hard because it was the truth. Damien couldn't defend it.“ I failed you and I won't do that again”.“You don't know that”.“I do”. He said immediately without h

There was a long silence.“You haven't asked me to come back again”.“I won't”.“Why”.That caught her attention.“Because you told me not to”. Damien said, meeting her gaze.She studied him longer looking for something like control, pressure,or expectation but she found none.“So what are you doing”?. She asked.“Waiting”.The word was simple but heavy.“You don't strike me as someone who waits”. She said,“I wasn't but I am now”.Sophia stared at him harder.“....why?”“Because you're worth it”. Damien said immediately he didn't hesitate.“You make it sound easy”. She said quietly.“It's not”.“Then why does it feel like you're so sure”.“I am not sure about anything. Except that I don't want to lose you again”. He leaned forward slightly.Sophia's breath caught slightly at the word “lose” and she hated that it did.Sophia's hand moved involuntarily to her stomach again.“You almost did”. She said,“I know”.“And now you're trying to fix it.”“Yes”.She looked at him again“What if

Sophia woke up the next morning nit from pain, nit from panic but from warmth. Fir a few seconds, she stayed still, eyes half closed half sleep. The morning light spilled through the curtain. The rain from the night before was gone and everything felt calm. Then she realized she wasn't alone. Damien had slept right beside her bed, he was still sitting on the chair he had dragged close sometime during the night. He rested one arm across the mattress near her, his hand tilted slightly awkwardly against the edge of the bed like he had refused to leave even after she fell asleep.Soptstared at him quietly. She felt something painful in her chest, something softer and more dangerous because this man, the same man who once broke her, shattered her had stayed through her worst nightmare without asking for anything in return and she didn't know what to do with that.Her gaze moved across his face slowly, his sharp jawline, his lips, his eyes, the faint exhaustion beneath those eyes, his brows

Outside the room, Sophia walked slower than usual, still holding the pictures carefully in her hands like they were glass. She stopped near the hallway window halfway. The sunlight shone softly across the images, tiny blurred photography of a little life growing inside her.“It's weird”. She whispered.Damien stood beside her quietly.“What is it”?.“I spent so long thinking my body only knows how to lose things”.His chest felt heavy immediately.“Sophia….”.“But this ….feels like maybe my body is finally trying to give something back”.Her fingers trembled against the photos as she held it far softly.There was heavy silence between them.Damien looked at her carefully.“You were never broken”. A little bitter smile touched her lips.“That's not what it felt like” .He stepped closer slowly.“Then everyone who made you feel that way was wrong”.Her eyes shifted to his and there was a brief pause between them because he included himself in that statement and they both knew it.“I