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!

firm, as if

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

chairman of Harrington.co, this

to lie to

squeezed me

that you can notice on his

into a small box, unsure

warning, low for

hear.

over to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was not

was a forced grin and for whatever reason,

I sighed.

This was trouble.

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

Harrington. Aiden’s fa- ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence,

Embarrassed beyond

so so-rry Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive

over to Aiden and he asked tightly.

me whole. I made a fool out

waist like steel as he an-

a very intelligent woman and would be your future granddaughter-in-law. Please

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

looks at the both of us, his eyes showing that he

couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close to me

these things with an au- dience, one being his grandfather in the same

on my face and I can almost

displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as they pinned

His eyes swang over to Aiden who grows

I did not know this was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden says

the irritation

lift and he regarded Aiden with a cool

have I

deserve to know when my grandson gets

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

looked like