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-

I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially

of Harrington.co, this

to lie to his

squeezed me

notice on his ace, but his grandson

into a small box, unsure of how

lowly in warning,

hear.

side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his

whatever reason, he need- ed me to lie with

I sighed.

This was trouble.

Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to meet you

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

Embarrassed

Please forgive my mis-

to Aiden and he asked tightly.

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

steel

very intelligent woman

then I remembered that we were playing a

of us, his eyes

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

did not want to feel these things with an au- dience, one being his

almost see all those bad things

furious displeasure and disgust swimming through

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

twenty questions

the irritation rolling off

he regarded Aiden with a

I gotten

deserve to know when my

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

fact he looked like