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?
I had originally thought Aiden had thrown us in hot water but he threw us in the burning pit instead.
He looks at me guiltily and sheepishly. “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 questions as to why I was in jail in the first place.”

Aiden breathed out and tore his eyes away from me. “As you can see Sophie, I was backed into a corner and this was the only
way out. I did it for my son and you.”
He brought his eyes back to me, his face flushing. “I cannot leave you and Ash alone. I have missed out on way too much
as it is.”
I let out a shaky breath. I understood him and why he said what he said. But pregnancy?
How could we pull this off when I was a hundred percent sure I was not pregnant?
I looked at Aiden across the table and suddenly all I could feel was pity. How can his own grandfather threaten him so badly
that he had to sort for ways to stay in his son’s life?
He was doing this for Ashton and he needed my help.
And how can I not?
My son just 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 son,
again.
I’m about to speak but the waiter returns and asked us if we have chosen our meal.
Aiden grumbles something that starts with a T and not
knowing what it was and also guilty because I had not once looked at the menu I told the waiter I wanted whatever Aiden just
ordered.
When he leaves 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 Sophie,” His lips tug into a
smile.
I snorted lightly. “Don’t be ridiculous, there’s nothing I don’t
eat.”

He smiles and nods.
I got serious, gnawing 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 I’m not pregnant but I won’t have you go back to jail Aiden.”
I shook my head and whispered. “You didn’t deserve to take jail in the first place. You also didn’t deserve not knowing your
son for a few years and I’ll be d**ned if I make the same mistake again. So yes Aiden Xavier, I’ll be your fiance.”
Aiden’s eyes widen slightly in shock. He must not have expected me to agree or he perhaps thought I’d put up more of a fight.
But then when he realized I was speaking the truth, his lips parted into a beaming smile. “There’s a way you can actually get
pregnant-
“Don’t even start.” I huffed in annoyance.
He chuckled.
Aiden was right about the meal. I couldn’t eat it and nearly barf at the sight of the snails.
I can’t believe people actually eat those...
I shivered in disgust just thinking about it.
Aiden’s hand is on the small of my back as we head for the exit. But suddenly his phone buzzes.
He quickly s**ches it out of his pocket and answered swiftly.
“What is it Mitch? We’re on our way-”
He stops and suddenly stiffens. His hand on the small of my back snake around my waist to hold me firmly to his side.
His jaw ticked and he grumbles through the phone. “We’ll be out in a few. Don’t panic.”
When he places his phone back into his pocket, I asked with a bit of hesitancy. “Is everything okay?”
“There are p**az*i surrounding the entire restaurant. They’re blocking Mitch’s path.”
The blood drains from my face. “P****a*zi?” I murmured in

shock.
He nods stiffly and grits out. “Yes. They’re here to take photos of the newly engaged couple.”