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?

Aiden had thrown us in hot water but he threw us

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

from me. “As you can see Sophie, I was backed into

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

as it is.”

breath. I understood him and why he said what

could we pull this off when I was a

I could feel was pity.

sort for ways to

was doing this for Ashton

how can

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

again.

returns and

something that starts with

had not once looked at the menu I told the waiter I wanted whatever Aiden just

he leaves and promises to bring us a glass of water while we wait, Aiden spoke up. “I don’t think you’re going to like

smile.

lightly. “Don’t be ridiculous, there’s

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

got serious, 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

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

d**ned if I make

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