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?

thrown us in hot water but he threw us in the

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

backed into a corner and this was the

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

as it is.”

a shaky breath. I understood him and why he

when I was a hundred

and suddenly all I could feel was pity.

had to sort for ways to stay

Ashton

can I

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

again.

and asked us if we

something that starts with a

was and also guilty because I had not once looked

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

smile.

snorted lightly. “Don’t be ridiculous, there’s nothing

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

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

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

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

eyes widen slightly in shock. He must not have expected me to agree or he perhaps thought I’d put up more of a