The Girl He Craves

Sophie’s pov

Fifty-five employees.

In the ten minutes we were here, Aiden has managed to boot fifty-five employees.

I was still stunned by the number and yes I was counting, who wouldn’t when every second there’s an employee standing up and making that walk of shame out of the room?

He was ruthless. Extremely ruthless. And scary.

He was way worst than how he was in high school.

I gulped. To fire fifty-five employees without batting a lash was crazy. Aiden had grown cold.

But that shouldn’t have been a shocker. This was Aiden after all.

The woman beside me suddenly stands up and I look over at her in confusion until I realize that she had just been fired. The mist of incoming tears in her eyes said as much.

She quickly hurried out of the room, her gaze lowered and her shoulders hunched.

Aiden was cruel.

“Oh c**p,” Lisa whispered with a pitch of fear in her voice. One that had my stomach churn ing.

I turn to face her, my eyes a bit wide. “What is it?”

Had they fired her too and I had not heard?

“He’s looking at you.” She whispered, wincing.

I froze, my stomach churning even more. Was about to say goodbye to ten thousand dol lars a month?

I slowly brought my gaze forward and sure enough, Aiden had his intense gaze on me. Such a stormy blue. Those blue eyes I fell in love with. The same blue our son shared.

His eyes turned furious but he was quick to place on a veil that had everyone fooled. But ! saw right through him. He was furious at me.

I held my breath, waiting for him to just pull the rug beneath my feet again and fire me. He was the Ceo after all and even though I was technically working as Bernard’s secretary, I was still Aiden’s employee.

He could do whatever he wanted.

My lungs burned as I held my breath but I don’t let it go until Aiden surprises me by tearing his gaze away and focussing those stormy blues on someone else behind.

I was too busy pulling the air into my lungs to even care to look behind me to see who unfor tunately was misiled with his darkened gaze,

He fired the poor man who cried and begged to keep his job. Aiden wasn’t having it and had two bulky security men escort the wailing man out of the building.

Aiden was as cruel as they said he was. He really was the blue eyed devil.

“This was the most intense staff meeting I’ve ever been in. And he fired a hundred and twen ty-two employees in one day! That’s a new record even for him.” Lisa sighed as soon as the ele vator doors close behind us.

I nodded agreeing with her completely. Aiden was like a cold monster, firing people left and right.

He didn’t even seem to care that half of these people were begging him to keep them be cause they had kids to feed. Every single one of those people he fired today had a family, I was sure.

I can’t help but think that maybe it was a good thing I kept our son away from him. If he was that cruel to people who had kids to feed, how would he treat me and his son?

protect Ash

playing eenie meenie miney mo. It’s crazy how he only had to say their names and

didn’t think it was crazy at all, with the cold way he practically

to be like his father. No, my little Ash will be friendly, would have manners, and would be grateful for those

over her mouth to stifle the sound.

point in

Hey, do you know where Bernard

in my eyesight as everyone scurried out of the room the second the meeting was over. They

go through over the weekend. Bernard thought he would have had time to

showed he was cruel enough to not care that Bernard had way too much on his plate to finish those files. I only hope he wouldn’t give him the

away from Bernard’s

not one but three sounds of footfalls in the

at any second they would show their presence, my back straightened and

away from Bernard with a pretty woman at his heels. There

skin when I watch his powerful strides. His hands were tucked in his front pockets and his head

a smile and

a smile

my throat grew a lump. “Mr.

any better I’d say that he hadn’t heard me. But by the stiffness of his shoulders and then the pop of his jaw, I

thinking much about it, I breathed in his intoxicating scent as he strides past without acknowledging that I

blatant ignoration of my presence had something like anger and frustration churning in

like

wasn’t he acknowledging

that forgetful? Igritted my teeth

fact that he did. Because maybe just maybe he forgot that I

you forget about someone you bullied and had sex

caused you to go to jail at

around to send me a glare and I’m baffled. Why

disappeared behind Bernard’s office door, I can

to the office is pried open again and Aiden strides out with the woman at

while nodding my head. He ignored me and walked even faster. I gritted my

Aiden’s pov

button roughly while gritting

So she’s Bernard’s secretary……

have to sound so breathless

why did my c**k stir

my fingers on the button a bit rougher, forcing the doors to

follows right behind me. She

knew I

close when a hand with red painted long

me to tag along with you so you’d give me the rest of the files?”

Taking this as a good sign, she steps into the lift, awkwardly shifting

Lisa, judging

great day so far hasn’t

her a cold glance

her. I gritted my teeth.

my revenge, not comparing women to her

working here?” I asked tightly while ripping my attention off the squirming

use to me. Especially since she would be closer to