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?

had thrown us in hot water

bad guy in the situation, not me. But if 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

me. “As you can see Sophie, I was backed into a corner and this was the only way out. I did it for my son and

to me, his face flushing. “I cannot leave you and

as it is.”

him

when I was a hundred percent sure I

and suddenly all I could feel was pity. How can his own grandfather threaten him

sort for ways to

this for Ashton and

can

just got his father in his life and even though we clearly still have problems seeing eye

again.

but the waiter returns and asked us if

something that starts with a T and

what it was and also guilty because I had not once looked at the menu I told the

Aiden spoke up. “I don’t think you’re going to like what you just ordered there

smile.

“Don’t be ridiculous,

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 not pregnant but I won’t

“You didn’t deserve to take jail in the first

for a few years and I’ll be d**ned if I make the same mistake again. So yes

widen slightly in shock. He must not have expected me to agree or he perhaps