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?

thrown us in hot water but he threw us

I were to threaten him with telling the media about his plan to find a way to send me back into jail, I’d also raise questions as to why I

see Sophie, I was backed into a corner and this was the only way out. I did

his face flushing. “I cannot leave

as it is.”

out a shaky breath. I understood him and why he said

could we pull this off when I was a hundred

suddenly all I could feel was pity. How can his own

ways to stay in his son’s

Ashton and he needed my

can

we clearly still have problems seeing eye to eye, I wasn’t

again.

and

something that starts

I had not once looked at the menu I told the waiter

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.

snorted lightly. “Don’t be ridiculous, there’s nothing

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

on my lips and then sighed. “Fine. 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 not pregnant but

take jail

years and I’ll be d**ned if I make the same mistake again. So yes Aiden Xavier,

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