The Girl He Craves

Sophie’s pov

‘I agree, perhaps I should have talked to you about it before surprising you the way I did this morning. But he came over to the office unexpectedly,” Aiden murmurs when I didn’t respond.

I shook my head slightly. “I still don’t get it Aiden. Why me?”

He drags out a sigh, tore his stormy gaze away from and then shift them back to me. This time, they’re deep with emotion. Vulnerability.

“Because you’re the only one I trust Sophie. I can’t ask anyone else, there’s no other woman I’d want to parade on my arm other than you,” He says with such shocking honesty, I gulped.

My tongue feels heavy and I’m not sure how I am supposed to answer him.

He shakes his head, laughs dryly and clears his throat. “I can’t go back to jail Sophie, not when I just got to know my son,”

My heart squeezes.

“I can’t leave him like that. I need to be there for him.” He croaked out with heavy emotion.

“You’re powerful too Aiden, can’t you fight him on this?” I whispered. He was the CEO of one of the biggest companies in New York. There was really nothing he can’t do.

I froze.

Pregnant fiance?

“Aiden,” I whispered in disbelief. “Did you tell your grandfather I was pregnant?”

Was that the reason Sergio kept looking at me from head to toe?

in hot water but he threw us in

look like the bad guy in the situation, not me. But if I were

can see Sophie, I was backed

face flushing. “I cannot leave you and Ash alone. I have missed out on

as it is.”

a shaky breath. I understood him and why he said what he said. But

this off when I was a hundred percent sure I was

could feel was pity. How can his own grandfather threaten him so

ways to stay in

doing this for Ashton and he needed

how can

his life and even though we clearly still have problems seeing eye to eye, I wasn’t about to make the same mistake twice and ruin his chance with his

again.

returns and asked us if we have

starts with a

had not once looked at the menu I told

us a glass of water while we wait, Aiden spoke up. “I don’t think you’re going to like what you just ordered there Sophie,” His

smile.

lightly. “Don’t be

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

I’ll pretend to be your pregnant fiance. I have no idea how we’re going to pull this off especially seeing as I’m

take jail

years and I’ll be d**ned if I make the same

shock. He must not have expected me to agree or he perhaps thought I’d put up more of a