Mafia King’s Innocent Bride

Sophie’s POV

I felt my chest tightened as I watched Mr. Jacobs sitting on his swivel chair inside the infirmary. I’ve been watching him for the longest time, I’ve been loving him ever since to the point that I thought I could marry him someday and build a happy family with him, but those were all my dreams. And as usual, dreams don’t really come true. “Sophie?”

I flinched when he suddenly looked at me. My heart started beating crazily just by hearing him utter my name. “M-Mr. Jacobs.”

“Do you need something?” he asked as he stood up. He walked towards me with a sweet smile on his face.

“Er… N-No. I-I just want to give you something.”

He tilted his head sideward. He just doesn’t know how cute he gets whenever he does that. “Give me something? What is it, Sophie?”

I showed him the can of coffee that I bought from the nearby vending machine. “T-This one.”

He laughed as soon as he saw what I’ve been hiding behind me. His dimples showed and I almost died. “That coffee, you really know my favorite, Sophie.”

“O-Of course. I will never forget about it.” I smiled.

“By the way, I’m done with my duty now. Is your class done now too?”

“Y-Yeah.”

He nodded. “Would you like to take a walk in the park for a while?”

“H-Huh? S-Sure. I-I’d love that.”

“Alright. Can you just wait for me outside? I’ll just change my clothes and I’ll follow you after.”

“Okay…”

I walked outside the infirmary and decided to sit on a bench when Venom suddenly approached me. “Miss Sophie, your classes are already done, right? We need to go home now, as what Boss have told us.”

“Venom, I would just like to have some coffee with my friend. That would only take us thirty minutes. Can you just wait for me here? I promise this would only take us thirty minutes.”

“But Miss Sophie, the—

“Please, Venom. I know Vincent would understand. Besides, it’s still early yet.”ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Venom heaved a sigh. “I will just guard you from a far, Miss Sophie. Please don’t take longer than thirty minutes while talking to your friend.”

“I understand, thank you Venom.”

With that, Venom started walking away while Mr. Jacobs just went out from the infirmary holding his physician bag. He was smiling at me as usual. “Let’s go now?”

“Yes.”

***

“Can you still remember the first time that we met, Sophie?” Mr. Jacobs asked me while we were sitting on a bench at the park. Venom was sitting on the bench across ours, pretending to be reading a newspaper.

I drank some of my coffee before I smiled. “Of course, I still remember that time. I will never forget about that because that was the first time that I saw you. And of course, I almost got lost. I didn’t know where my room was back then, then you suddenly appeared looking like a student too.”

“I saw you looking around as if you were trying to find something. You even looked like you were about to cry although I found you really cute. I walked towards you and approached you. I can still remember how happy you were when you finally found your room.” He was smiling while speaking and so I wasn’t able to hide my smile too.

“I know I looked so stupid that time but thank you so much for helping me back then, Mr. Jacobs. If you didn’t tell me where my room was, I probably arrived late and my professor would scold me too.”

We both laughed.

“Don’t worry, Sophie. You didn’t look stupid at all, I even thought you look so cute.”

I felt my cheeks burned. “I’m not a puppy to be cute though.”

Mr. Jacobs looked at me as if making sure I wasn’t mad. “I’m sorry Sophie, I shouldn’t have said that.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Did that disappoint you? I mean, when I called you cute?”

“W-What? Of course not, I’m not disappointed. I’m sorry, Mr. Jacobs. I was just being so over-reacting.”

He shook his head. “That’s good to hear. I thought you got mad at me.”

“That would never happen, Mr. Jacobs. Getting mad at you will be the last thing that I’ll do in my life. I will never get mad at someone who’s been so kind to me since my first day here.”

“I’m not as kind as what you think though. I may be selfish at times. And I like it when things go in my way. When I want something, I make sure to get it.” He said which made me look at him with awe. That was the first time that I heard him talk like that. “Oh, sorry. Did I surprise you again? Hahaha!”

“N-No, I’m just surprised because this is the first time that I heard you talk so seriously.”

He looked at me, smiling. “Because I usually smile, right?”

“Yes. By the way, Mr. Jacobs, can I ask you something?”

“Huh? What is it?”

I averted my gaze and heaved a deep sigh before looking at him again. “D-Do you already have someone you like, Mr. Jacobs?”

He drank some of his coffee first before looking at me too. “I have.” He leaned on the bench while looking up at the sky while I was just staring at him. I don’t even know why but I suddenly felt nervous while waiting for what he was going to say. “I’ve been in love with her since the first time that we met. She’s a beautiful, matured, smart, and a kind woman. She’s everything that a man could ask for.”

“I-I see.” I cut him off. I averted my gaze before standing up. “By the way, Mr. Jacobs. I need to go home now. My dad is surely looking for me now.”

Mr. Jacobs stood up too. “Oh, I’m sorry. I understand, shall I walk you home?”

“No need to. Besides, I have someone to pick me up from here anyway.”

“That’s good then. So, shall we just see each other tomorrow?”

I nodded. “Okay.”