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?

in hot water but

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

breathed out and tore his eyes away from me. “As you can see Sophie, I was backed into a corner and this was

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

as it is.”

understood him and why he said what he said. But

this off when I was a hundred percent sure I was not

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

to sort for ways to

for Ashton and

how can I

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 mistake twice and ruin his chance with his

again.

returns and asked us if we have chosen

that starts with

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

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

smile.

snorted lightly. “Don’t be ridiculous, there’s

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

got serious, gnawing on my lips and then sighed. “Fine. I’ll pretend to be your pregnant fiance. I have no idea how

to take jail in the first place.

make the same mistake again. So yes Aiden Xavier, I’ll

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