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

unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why

the chairman of

I really want to

me closer, another

can notice on his

small box,

lowly in warning,

hear.

He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was not

reason, he

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice

fa- ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my

Embarrassed

so so-rry Mr. Harring-ton. Please

Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance

up and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of

tighten around my waist like steel as he an- swers

woman

But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending me. If he want- ed Sergio to be convinced that

his eyes showing

me, Aiden being close to me did things to my body I didn’t want to

feel these things with

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

his stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as they pinned me

swang over to

twenty questions

the

regarded Aiden with a cool

I

I deserve to know when my grandson

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

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