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!

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

if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why we were play- ng

the chairman of

I really want to

squeezed me closer,

on

a small box, unsure of how

grits lowly in warning, low for me

hear.

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

for whatever reason, he need- ed me to lie with

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to meet you

is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my last name.”

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

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

and he asked

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

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

very intelligent woman and

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

his eyes showing that

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

these things with an au- dience, one

I can almost see all those bad things he

violated by the furious displeasure and

engaged?” His eyes swang over to

I did not know this was twenty questions about

feel the

and he regarded Aiden with a cool ex-

have I gotten

think I deserve to know

swore I could literally hear the gritting of Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged

he looked like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste in