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?

us in hot water but he threw us

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

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

cannot leave you and Ash alone. I have missed out

as it is.”

him and

this off when I was a hundred percent sure I

looked at Aiden across the table and suddenly all I could feel was pity. How can his own grandfather threaten him

to sort for ways

doing this for Ashton and he

how can I

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

again.

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

grumbles something that starts with a

also guilty because I had not once looked at the menu

water while we wait, Aiden spoke up. “I don’t think you’re going to like what you just ordered there

smile.

“Don’t be ridiculous,

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

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 go

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

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

to agree or he perhaps thought I’d put