Captive Princess (Sophia) novel Chapter 33

Chapter 17

“Ten years ago, at the yacht party in the Hamptons…”

“Have you forgotten who you saved?”

Sophia froze, her memory pulled back a decade. At that party, she had been on the deck when she heard a splash. A young boy had fallen overboard. Before anyone else could react, she had dived in after him.

The water was ice–cold, but she swam desperately toward the struggling figure. After swallowing several mouthfuls of seawater, she finally dragged him back to the deck.

“Are you okay?” she’d asked, soaked to the bone but ignoring herself as she knelt to perform first aid.

The little boy coughed up water and opened his eyes, his lashes beaded with moisture. She had taken off her jacket and wrapped it around his shivering body. “Hey, kid. Be more careful next time.”

The boy had clutched her jacket, his eyes shining like stars.

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Sophia snapped back to the present, staring at Alexander in disbelief. “That little kid who fell in the water… that was you?!”

The tips of Alexander’s ears flushed. “Yes.”

“I’ve been looking for you for ten years.”

“Because you were like an angel,” he said softly. “You saved me, a

and you were so gentle. You made me believe there was still light in the world.”

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Sophia was speechless. Countless people had called her beautiful, but hearing it from Alexander felt different. His eyes were so clear, without a trace of pretense, as if he were holding his entire heart out for her to see.

“Frincess,” Alexander suddenly took a step forward. “I truly love you.‘