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?

originally thought Aiden had thrown us in hot water but he

“I did. But this was the only way for him 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 the media about his plan to find a way to send me

was backed into a corner and this was the only way out. I did it for my son

“I cannot leave you and Ash alone. I have missed out on way too

as it is.”

breath. I understood him

pull this off when I was a hundred percent sure I

could feel was pity. How can

he had to sort for ways to stay in his son’s

was doing this for Ashton and

how can

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

again.

speak but the waiter returns and asked us if

grumbles something that starts with a T and

I had not once looked at the

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

smile.

snorted lightly. “Don’t be ridiculous,

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

pretend to be your pregnant fiance. I have no idea how we’re going to pull this off especially seeing as I’m not

whispered. “You didn’t deserve to take jail in the first place. You also didn’t deserve not

and I’ll be d**ned if I make the same

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