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

I were to threaten him with telling the media about his plan to find a way to send me back

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

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

as it is.”

I understood him and why he said

we pull this off when I was a hundred percent sure I

all I could feel was pity. How can his own

ways to stay in his

for Ashton and he needed

how can I

seeing eye to

again.

to speak but the waiter returns and asked us if we have chosen

grumbles something that starts with a T and

looked at the menu I

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

smile.

“Don’t be

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 have you go back to jail

to take jail in the

I’ll be d**ned if I make the same mistake again. So yes Aiden Xavier,

me to agree or he