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?

in hot water but he threw us in the

sheepishly. “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 back into jail, I’d also raise questions as to why

his eyes away from 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

eyes back to me, his face flushing. “I cannot leave you and Ash alone. I have missed out on

as it is.”

him and why he

we pull this off when I was

and suddenly all I could feel was pity. How can

to sort for ways to stay in

Ashton and he needed my

how can I

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

again.

the waiter returns and asked us

starts with a

once looked

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

smile.

“Don’t be ridiculous,

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

have no idea how we’re going to pull this off especially seeing as I’m not

my head and whispered. “You didn’t deserve to take jail

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

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