“And? It's okay honey, you can tell us anything.” she said softly, sitting beside her daughter and lifting her head up.
“We usually talk and sit together during lunch, and then when she smiles at me, I kind of want to hug her. And kiss her.” Sofia whispered, the last part coming out almost inaudible, but Aria heard it nevertheless and smiled softly at her, opening her arms in invitation, which she immediately took.
“I guess that is the answer to your question, honey, and it's okay. We’ll love you no matter who you love.” she whispered in her ear and Sofia nodded curling further into her arms.
Once the breakfast was done, and Sofia was on her way to school, Aria wandered out of the house to the garden behind it, knowing that Will was going to be there since she wanted to say goodbye to him before going to the hospital for her shift.
She found him sitting beneath the large oak tree with his hand on his knees looking into the distance like he always did when he was stressing about something.
“Hi, love.” Aria said quietly and sat beside him, letting her head rest on Will's shoulder. The man remained silent, so Aria said nothing more and just sat there, with her hand on Will’s ankle, waiting for him to start talking.
“Am I a bad father?” Will asked her after a few minutes, his face blank but his voice wavering slightly, giving up the inner turmoil that Aria knew was brewing inside of him. She sighed and raised her head from Will’s shoulder to look at him more closely.
“Of course not, Will! Why would you even think such a thing?”
Will huffed and looked down, his hand picking at the grass beneath them. He looked so much younger at that moment, pouting like a small child that Aria barely managed not to laugh.
“Sofia asked me for advice; she was confused and needed reassurance from her daddy. And what did I do!? I stuttered and blushed like a damn fool!”
At the memory of Will from that morning, Aria finally cracked up and started to laugh once again, but seeing Will's solemn face quickly sobered her up.
“I am sorry, Will. I didn't mean to laugh at you.” she said, moving closer to the man, until she was straddling him.
“You are the best father in the world. Sure, this morning went a little different than you wanted it, but that doesn't mean that you are failing as a parent. She just took you by surprise, that's all; it happens to the best of us. Sofia loves you; she worships the ground you walk on, so believe me when I say that there is absolutely nothing to worry about, love.” Aria said, her hands caressing the man's cheeks.
Will kept looking at her during her little speech, his body relaxing the more Aria talked. After a moment he raised his hand from Aria’s waist to her jaw and pulled her in a slow kiss.
“And you? Do you worship me, baby?” he breathed into Aria’s mouth as his hands traveled down her clothed skin until it came to rest at the small of Aria’s back.
Aria smirked at the question, her tongue picking out to play with Will's upper lip and making the man growl lowly before she whispered,
“Always.”
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Anna Pope (Tijana Popov) lives in a small town in the Republic of Serbia; a tiny little state located in Southeast Europe. She is married and a mother of two little boys, with a big love of literature and even bigger dreams of being a well-known Author.
Anna started writing during her adolescent years but the first time she allowed anyone to read her work was in 2016 when she joined the Wattpad community and published her first story.
Anna’s main genre is general romance, although she also dabbles in fantasy genre.
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