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 originally thought Aiden had thrown us in hot water but

like the bad guy in the situation, not me. But if I were to threaten him with telling the

“As you can see Sophie, I was backed into a corner and this

leave you and Ash alone. I have missed out

as it is.”

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

was a hundred percent sure

Aiden across the table and suddenly all I could

for ways to

Ashton

can I

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

again.

the waiter returns and

grumbles something that starts with a T and

guilty because I had not once looked

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 lips tug into

smile.

“Don’t be ridiculous, there’s nothing I

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

gnawing 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 I won’t have you go back to jail

deserve to take jail in

for a few years and I’ll be d**ned if I make the

me to agree or he perhaps thought I’d put up more of