The Girl He Craves

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Sophie’s pov

The old man, who now I know was Aiden’s grandfather, swirled in his chair so he can get a better look at me.

His eyes are cold. Dead. And annoyed.

Aiden’s words had rendered me speechless so much so that I had completely turned a blind eye to the two bulky men standing in the far corner.

Must be Aiden’s grandfather’s bodyguards.

They stood with their hands tightly clamped together at their front, their posture stock.

I looked at Aiden, muted, confused, and stunned.

Did I really hear him right?

Did he just call me his fiance?

My fingers clutching the door handle tremble.

I have no idea what to say. How to react.

I’m lost.

“A fiance with no ring?” Aiden’s grandfather grumbles tightly, eyes sweeping down to stare at my hand.

My hand that’s bared of any ring.

My heart slams. Maybe this wasn’t a dream. Maybe this was actually happening and Aiden had just called me his fi-

ance.

“I’m still searching for that perfect ring. My woman de- serves the best after all.” Aiden answers bluntly and walks around his desk and approaches me with a look that told me to play along.

But what the hell was he playing at?

Aiden comes to stand beside me, his arm rooting around my waist. “Sergio meet Sophie, my fiance, Sophie meet Ser- gio, my grandfather and chairman of Harrington.co.”

My eyes widen.

Chairman!

around my waist gets more firm, as if warn- ng me to not screw

play this game or not. Especially

of

really want to lie to

me

was indeed powerful, that you can notice on his ace, but his grandson was

a small box, unsure of how I’ll get

warning, low for

hear.

to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was not fooled by

grin and for whatever reason, he need-

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to meet you Mr.

mother is my daughter.

reddened. Embarrassed

Please

eyes sweep over to Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have a speech

me whole. I made a fool out

like steel

issues. She’s a very intelligent woman and would be your future

to my defense was both shocking and con- fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that

us, his eyes showing that he did not

my stiff posture as Aiden kept me close. You couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close

did not want to feel these things with an au- dience, one being his grandfather

my face and I can almost see all those bad things he thought

squirmed under his stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his

two get engaged?” His eyes swang

this was twenty questions

literally feel the irritation

and he regarded Aiden with a cool ex-

have I gotten

I deserve to know when my grandson gets

Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged last night. Must’ve slipped my mind to tell

convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s