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?

thought Aiden had thrown us in hot water but he threw us in the burning

looks at me guiltily and 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

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

face flushing. “I cannot leave you

as it is.”

I understood him

off when I was a hundred

and suddenly all I could feel was pity. How can his own grandfather

for ways to stay in his son’s

was doing this for Ashton and

can

life and even though we clearly still have problems seeing eye

again.

returns and asked us

grumbles something that starts with

because I had not once looked at the menu I told the waiter I

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 what you just ordered there Sophie,” His

smile.

be ridiculous, there’s nothing

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

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

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

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

to agree or he perhaps thought