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

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

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

cannot leave you

as it is.”

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

this off when I was a hundred

I could feel was

had to sort for ways

this for Ashton and he

how can

life and even though we clearly still have problems seeing eye to eye, I wasn’t about to make the same mistake twice and ruin his chance with

again.

the waiter returns and asked us if

that starts

it was and also guilty because I had not once looked at the menu I told the waiter

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

smile.

snorted lightly. “Don’t be ridiculous,

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

“Fine. I’ll 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 you

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

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

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