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!

my waist gets more firm, as if warn- ng me

this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why we

of Harrington.co, this man was

to lie to his

me closer, another

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

was forced into a small box,

grits lowly in warning, low for

hear.

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

for whatever reason, he need- ed me to lie

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to meet you Mr.

ther is not my son, his mother

reddened. Embarrassed

so-rry Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive my mis- take.” I

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

really did want the floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of myself and clearly, Sergio

around my waist like steel as he an- swers Sergio with

no speech issues. She’s a very intelligent woman

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

at the both of us, his

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

want to feel these things with an au- dience, one being

almost see all those bad

displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as

eyes swang over to Aiden who grows stiff beside

was twenty questions

the irritation rolling off his

and he regarded Aiden with a cool

I gotten

deserve to

he answered. “I

like Aiden’s