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 thrown us in hot water but he threw

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

out and tore his eyes away from me. “As you can see Sophie, I was backed into a corner and this was the only way out. I did it for my son and

leave you and Ash

as it is.”

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

could we pull this off when I was a

the table and suddenly all I could feel

for ways to

Ashton and he needed my

can

son just got his father in his life and even though we clearly still have problems seeing eye to eye, I wasn’t about to make the same

again.

speak but the waiter returns and asked us if we have

something that starts with a T and

had not once looked at the menu I told

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

smile.

be ridiculous, there’s nothing I

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

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

to take jail in the

make the same mistake again.

must not have expected me to agree or he perhaps thought I’d put up more