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?

in hot water but he

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

backed into a corner and this was the only way out. I did it

“I cannot leave you and Ash alone. I have missed out

as it is.”

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

could we pull this off when I was a hundred percent sure I was not

I could

ways to stay in

Ashton and he

can

have problems seeing eye to eye, I wasn’t about to make the same

again.

to speak but the waiter returns and asked us

starts with a T

guilty because I had not once looked at the menu I told the waiter I wanted whatever Aiden just

bring us a glass of water while we wait, Aiden spoke up. “I don’t think you’re

smile.

lightly. “Don’t be

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

how we’re going to pull this off especially seeing as I’m not pregnant but I won’t have you go back

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

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

must not have expected me to agree or he perhaps