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?

originally thought Aiden had thrown us in hot water but he threw us in the

“I did. But this was the only way for 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 into jail, I’d also raise

his eyes away from me. “As you can see Sophie, I was backed

me, his face flushing. “I cannot leave you and Ash alone. I have missed out on way

as it is.”

breath. I understood him and why he

could we pull this off when I was a

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

sort for ways to stay in his

was doing this for Ashton

how can

eye to eye, I wasn’t about to make

again.

but the waiter returns and asked us if we

starts with

was and also guilty because I had not once looked at

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

smile.

“Don’t be ridiculous, there’s nothing

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

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 to

take jail in the

a few years and I’ll be damned if I make

eyes widen slightly in shock. He must not have expected me to agree or he