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

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

chairman of Harrington.co,

I really want to lie to

squeezed me closer, another

that you can notice on his ace, but his grandson

forced into a small box, unsure of

grits lowly in warning,

hear.

over to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face

grin and for whatever reason, he need-

I sighed.

This was trouble.

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

ther is not my son, his mother is my

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

Harring-ton. Please forgive my

Aiden and he asked tightly.

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

my waist like steel as he an-

a very intelligent woman and would

fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that

of us, his eyes showing that he did not

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

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

eyes narrowed on my face and I can almost see all those bad things he thought about

displeasure and disgust swimming through his

swang over to Aiden who grows

this was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden says

the

regarded

I gotten

deserve to know

Aiden’s teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged last night.

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