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 water but he threw us in the burning pit

look like the bad guy in the situation, not me. But if I were to threaten him with telling the

I was backed into

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

as it is.”

let out a shaky breath. I understood him and why he said what he said.

this off when I was a hundred percent sure

across the table and suddenly all I could feel was pity. How can his own grandfather threaten him

for ways to stay in

for Ashton and he

can I

even though we clearly still have problems seeing eye to eye, I wasn’t about to make the

again.

speak but the waiter returns and asked us if we have

starts with

once looked at the menu I told the

we wait, Aiden spoke up. “I don’t think you’re going

smile.

“Don’t be ridiculous,

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

I’ll pretend to be your pregnant fiance. I have no idea how we’re going to

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

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

expected me to