The Girl He Craves

Sophie’s pov

I’m whisking the eggs in the bowl when I heard Sergio converse with Aiden.

“Your fiance seems a bit tensed in my presence. If we are to be family, she needs to warm up a bit.”

Well of course I was tense! You were burying me with your glare.

I bit my tongue and tried to focus on the task at hand which was a bit difficult.

I could be wrong but I think I added way too much salt.

“She’s tense because you’re an old miserable man whose life mission is to destroy any form of happiness in your family. Why would she be warm and welcoming in the presence of the devil?” Aiden bit out and I can just hear that he was holding back because of Ashton.

I bit the inside of my lower lip, inwardly slapping my forehead. Aiden had really done it this time. Now the man would be furious.

But instead of being furious, Sergio chuckled and for the first time, it rang with emotion, amusement.

“Now grandson, that name is only for you, or so I’ve heard. Is it the blue-eyed devil our employees call you?” Sergio retorted

with amusement.

Aiden who I could see was seething all the way here, answered in a clipped tone. “What can I say, I learned from the best.”

Sergio nods. “Yes, your father.”

My heart pounds. Sergio had reached an all-time low and I feared there was nothing I can do to stop them from arguing

now.

to my surprise, Aiden managed to control his anger and only managed to say bitterly. “My father is by far a better man than you’ll ever wish to be Sergio. Keep his

irritation in his

quickly, feeling the unsettling feeling of embarrassment

son had been secretly starting a family under their nose?” Sergio asked with a pinch of curiosity but the rest was filled with

to hear Aiden’s response. We

keep this secret away from them?” Aiden said with such honesty that you’d think he

the slight surprise look on his face. But then he chuckled and regained his composure. “Oh, then I suppose I’m the only one who was left

nods. “I didn’t think you deserved to know about my personal

darkened and I trembled at the weight of it. Poor little Ash was oblivious to the tension swirling in the air and was

deserve to know about such things?” He

one on the way has your genes, the Harrighton

finally noticing the tension in his father’s body, tries to have his dad play with the

Sergio?” Aiden asked tightly while trying

gaze, capturing mine and a smirk so cold froze me in place. “I’m just saying that our genes aren’t hard to

going over there, Sophie is it? Care to join

seem to already

tore my gaze away, feeling hot with humiliation. “No that’s fine. I’ll just-” I stopped

I looked at the plates and winced. The scrambled eggs looked a bit burnt and the entire penthouse smelt like it. I also tried to do pancakes and they came out a mess and some were

don’t get me started on the bacon pieces that were

breakfast even though I tried so

on my skin. But I told him with my eyes that

the plates on the dining table. When I