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?

to protect Ash

to say their names and automatically they knew they were getting fired.” Lisa shook her head

was crazy at all, with the cold way he practically spat out their names,

my little Ash will

placed her palm over her mouth to stifle the sound. “I’m sorry, I swear I don’t

in apologizing

where Bernard is? I

the room the second the meeting was over. They

him some files again to go through over the weekend. Bernard thought he would have had time to

cruel enough to not care that Bernard had way too much on his plate to finish those files. I only hope he

couple feet away from Bernard’s office with my own

good ten minutes had passed by when my ears pick up on not one but three

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

I did not expect was Aiden a few inches away from Bernard with a pretty woman at his heels. There were many

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

smile and a nod when he

with a smile

throat grew a lump.

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

it, I breathed in his intoxicating scent as he

my presence had something like anger

was he acting like he

wasn’t he acknowledging

my teeth as I glared at his

Because maybe just maybe he forgot that I had

can you forget about someone you bullied and

someone who caused you to go to jail at

behind him turns around to send me a glare and I’m baffled. Why was she glar ing at me when I

office door, I can

few minutes, the door to the office is pried open again and Aiden

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

Aiden’s pov

the elevator button roughly while gritting

So she’s Bernard’s secretary……

to sound so breathless

stir

a bit

Noel follows right behind me. She insisted on following me

knew I was contemplating

just about to close when a hand with red painted long nails halts

the rest of the files?” Bernard’s PA said with unsureness and fear

Taking this as a good sign, she steps into the

silence in the lift until Lisa, judging by the name on her tag

day so

cold glance that she

nice girl I suppose but she failed in comparison to her. I

supposed to be thinking about my revenge,

she been working here?” I asked tightly while ripping my

me. Especially since she would be closer to Sophie. I could use her to