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!

more firm, as if warn- ng me to not screw

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

chairman of

I really want to lie to

me closer,

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

a small box, unsure

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low for me alone

hear.

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

and for whatever reason, he need-

I sighed.

This was trouble.

back to Sergio, smiling faintly.

ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive my mis- take.”

sweep over to Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your

me whole. I made a fool out of

my waist like steel as he an- swers Sergio

She’s a very intelligent woman and

a role. And that role made him commit to defending me. If he want- ed Sergio to be

both of us, his eyes showing that he did not believe

kept me close. You couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close to me did things to my body I didn’t want

these things with an au-

my face and I can almost see all those

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

two get engaged?” His eyes swang over to Aiden who

twenty questions about my relationship,”

literally feel the

lift and he regarded

I

think I deserve to know when my

literally hear the gritting of Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged last night. Must’ve slipped my

look convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s words had left a