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

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 I was in jail in the first

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

his face flushing. “I cannot leave you and Ash alone. I have missed out on way

as it is.”

shaky breath. I understood him and why

off when I was a

the table and suddenly all I could feel was pity. How can

to sort for ways to stay

for Ashton and

how can

life and even though we clearly still have problems seeing eye

again.

but the waiter returns and asked

grumbles something that starts with a T and

was and also guilty because I had not once looked at the menu I told the waiter I wanted whatever

spoke up. “I don’t think you’re going to like

smile.

snorted lightly. “Don’t be

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

idea how

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

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

not have expected me to agree or he perhaps