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

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

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

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

as it is.”

him

I was a hundred percent

could feel was pity. How can his own grandfather threaten him

ways to stay in

doing this for Ashton and he

how can I

still have problems seeing eye to eye, I wasn’t about to make the same mistake twice and ruin his chance

again.

the waiter returns and asked us if

starts with a T

had not once looked at the menu I told the waiter

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

smile.

“Don’t be ridiculous, there’s nothing

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

idea how we’re going to pull this off especially seeing as I’m not pregnant but I won’t

take jail in the

d**ned if I make the

have expected me to agree or