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!

gets more firm, as if warn- ng me

if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I

was the chairman of Harrington.co, this man was

I really want to lie to his

me closer,

powerful, that you can notice on his ace, but his

into a small box,

in warning, low for

hear.

over to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but

forced grin and for whatever reason,

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to meet you

fa- ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter.

Embarrassed

Harring-ton. Please

to Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have

time I really did want the floor to open up and swal- low me

like steel as he an- swers Sergio with blunt

She’s a very intelligent woman

But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to

us, his eyes showing that

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

I did not want to feel these things with an au- dience, one

narrowed on my face and I can almost see

violated by the furious displeasure and disgust

did you two get engaged?” His eyes swang

not know this was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden says

the irritation rolling off his

he regarded

I gotten myself

you think I deserve to know when my

hear the gritting of Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only

looked like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste