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

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

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

his face flushing. “I cannot leave you and Ash alone.

as it is.”

I understood him and why

pull this off when I was a hundred

looked at Aiden across the table and suddenly all I could feel was pity. How

had to sort for ways to stay in his

was doing this for Ashton and he

how can

still have problems seeing eye to eye, I wasn’t about to

again.

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

grumbles something that starts with

it was and also guilty because I had not once looked at the menu I told the waiter I wanted whatever Aiden just

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

smile.

snorted lightly. “Don’t be ridiculous,

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

on my lips and then 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

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

years and I’ll be damned if I make the same mistake again. So yes Aiden Xavier, I’ll be

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