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!

firm, as if warn- ng me to not screw

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

was the chairman of Harrington.co, this man was

want to

squeezed me

you can notice on his ace, but

was forced into a small box, unsure

lowly in warning, low for me

hear.

He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I

forced grin and for whatever reason,

I sighed.

This was trouble.

turn back to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to meet

his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have

Embarrassed beyond

so so-rry Mr. Harring-ton. Please

and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have

did want the floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I made a

like steel as he an-

very intelligent woman and would be your future granddaughter-in-law. Please

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

looks at the both of us, his

me close. You couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close to me did things to

surely I did not want to feel these things with

on my face and I can almost see

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

His eyes swang over to Aiden who

this was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden

feel the

regarded Aiden with

have I gotten myself

deserve to know when my grandson gets

gritting of Aiden’s teeth as he answered.

does not look convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s words had