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 burning

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 his plan to find a way to send me back into jail, I’d also raise questions as to

me. “As you can see Sophie, I was backed into a corner and this was

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

as it is.”

shaky breath. I understood him and why he

could we pull this off when I was a hundred

I could feel was pity. How can his

had to sort for ways to

Ashton and he needed my

how can

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

again.

to speak but the waiter returns and asked us if we have chosen

grumbles something that starts with a T

I had not once looked at

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

smile.

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

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

pretend 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 first place. You also didn’t deserve not knowing

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

have expected me to agree or he perhaps thought I’d put up more of a