Pretending to Be an Untouchable Crime Boss-Chapter 198: Why?

The first thing Sophia did was change into a better outfit… well, she had been stalking on James, if that's what you'd call it. She went through his social media pages, checking what he liked.

James didn't use social media often, but sometimes he'd go on, scroll through reels and pictures, and leave likes and somehow, Sophia could see all of it and, well… James liked interesting photos… a lot of them, to be honest.

So Sophia took notes, she studied the type of clothes those girls wore, the kind of smiles they had and she tried to copy them… at least, she needed to know what type of clothes James liked on women, so she changed her outfit and went back down to where James was, busy eating, adn his mouth immediately dropped as he noticed her… he couldn't get his eyes off Sophia.

"Do you like it?" She asked as she pulled up the skirt a little, showing her thigh to James, and behind, the cooks just disappeared from the kitchen, like they teleported away, not even looking in the direction where Sophia was.

And well for James he liked it… but he also almost choked on the fact that… what the fuck is she trying to do?

Because he remembered that exact outfit he saw on social media. Sophia literally copied the whole fit from that woman. Like the black skirt, the white ruffled crop top, she even bought those fake thick-framed glasses.

It was creepy as fuck, but yeah, he liked the outfit. Still, it just made him worry more about Sophia, like what she was capable of doing and who knows what she was going to do next?

James definitely needed to put an end to it or somehow get Sophia in a position where she got scared and learned how to respect her boss or… there was something else he could do.

James likes Sophia, with her craziness, she kind of brought a little joy and a smile into his life. She has an aura for sure and could impress him every time

But she was doing too much and the one thing he could do to stop her… was to put a bullet in her head.

Which he couldn't do. Nor would he.

What if I just… somehow bring her together with Hector?

He considered it, but quickly realized Hector would kill her in a second, because she was annoying as fuck.

So there was one option left, the truth.

"Sophia… sit down a bit." He said, and Sophia immediately wanted to sit down. "Not in my lap." James pushed her away to the chair where she finally sat down.

"Yes?" She asked as she smiled at him.

"Why?"

"Why?" She asked back as she looked deep into his eyes.

James let out a long breath. "I'm not that handsome, nor am I a good person to be with. I'm kind of a loser if we look at my life line. I'm a virgin, I just had my first kiss weeks ago, and that's it." He said as he looked into her eyes, waiting for something, like a sign, but continued. "What I have is money and power, nothing more but you are also rich and influential." It actually worked because he was now looking at her in a way that was intimidating. Sophia saw James's eyes were back to that cold, empty look. "So what are you doing, and why exactly? Why do you love me? We never spoke too much, I don't know anything much about you, so why?"

A genuine question that will tell the truth, because there was nothing between them. They never spoke too much, he wasn't even paying attention to her… well, only some glances at her body, that's it. That was the Circle, just a place where he went, listened to them, and dipped home.

Her obsession and love made no sense, but she blushed at the question, she was caught off guard and panicked a little.

She was visibly uncomfortable. It was the first time James had ever seen her like this. She was tapping her finger nervously against her leg, avoiding his eyes.

"Tell me, Sophia."

Slowly, she lifted her gaze to meet him and behind those eyes, there weren't lies. There wasn't anything clever or manipulative, just something raw, something real.

"I just love who you are… your smile, your scent, the whole of you…" She whispered, her voice trembling slightly. She stared at him with those big eyes like she was trying to reach into the cage he'd built around his heart. "L-love is just… love. I can't explain it. I felt something… something magical about you and I thought I can do everything to get closer to you, to be with you… and when 2 years ago you said that to me, I totally fell in love more…

Yeah, she remembered what James said to her years ago… and him… he totally forgot about it and of course, he did, because it wasn't something important, at least to him. It was actually nothing, just a small talk between them in the Circle… something that was nothing for him but meant so much for Sophia.

It was the beginning, the Circle, the very beginning and they always argued about something, even if it was not even a deal. Marco, Victor, and Isabella were always at each other's throats, but James and Sophia, they were just silent and sitting through all of it. They didn't know each other too much, but they sat very close to each other, and James hearing Sophia's story that she can literally change her appearance drastically to look like somebody else, something caught his attention.

He just wanted it to be a small talk, but he just hit a spot that Sophia would never forget, that made her whole life feel warmer.

One of James's greatest traits is his ability to say what he has on his mind, especially in the past, he was saying everything in a nonchalant way, and that's exactly what happened between them and Sophia.