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?

hot water but he

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

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

me, his face flushing. “I cannot leave you and

as it is.”

breath. I understood him and why he said what he said. But

this off when I was a hundred

the table and suddenly all I could feel was pity. How

had to sort for ways

was doing this for Ashton

can I

though we clearly still have problems seeing eye to eye, I wasn’t about to make the

again.

the waiter returns and asked

that starts

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

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

smile.

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

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

sighed. “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 go back

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

for a few years and I’ll be d**ned if I make the

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