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 threw

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 questions as

see Sophie, I was backed into

brought his eyes back to me, his face flushing. “I cannot leave you

as it is.”

let out a shaky breath. I understood him and why he said what he

could we pull this off when I was a hundred percent sure I was

suddenly all I could feel was pity. How

for ways to stay in his

this for Ashton

can I

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

again.

waiter returns and asked us if we

starts

not once looked at the menu I told the waiter I wanted whatever

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

smile.

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

eat.”

He smiles and nods.

“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

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

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

have expected me to agree or he perhaps