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 pit

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

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

cannot leave you and Ash alone. I have missed out on way too

as it is.”

breath. I understood him and why he said what

could we pull this off when I was a

I could feel was pity. How

he had to sort for ways to stay in his son’s

doing this for Ashton and he needed

can

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

again.

returns and asked us

starts with a T

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

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

smile.

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

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

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

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

and I’ll be d**ned if I make the same mistake

expected me to agree