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 but he threw us in the

to accept this. Like I said, he’d look like the bad guy in the situation, not me. But if I were to threaten him with telling

“As you can see Sophie, I was backed into a corner and this was the only way out. I

brought his eyes back to me, his face flushing. “I cannot leave you and Ash alone.

as it is.”

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

I was a

I could feel was pity. How can his own grandfather threaten

for ways

Ashton and he

can I

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

again.

speak but the waiter returns and asked

something that starts

not once looked at the menu

we wait, Aiden spoke up. “I don’t think you’re going to like what you just ordered there Sophie,” His lips

smile.

“Don’t be ridiculous, there’s nothing

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

how we’re going to pull this off especially seeing as

to take jail in the first place. You also

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

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