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 to not

a smile, unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had no

the chairman of Harrington.co, this man was

I really want to lie to his

me

indeed powerful, that you can notice on his ace, but his

a small box, unsure of how I’ll get

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low

hear.

He’s wearing

was a forced grin and for whatever reason, he need- ed me to lie with

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to

my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence,

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive my mis-

sweep over to Aiden and he asked

and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of myself and clearly, Sergio

around my waist like steel as he an- swers Sergio

very intelligent woman

con- fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending me.

his eyes showing that

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

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

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

furious displeasure and disgust

eyes swang over to Aiden who grows stiff beside

did not know this was twenty

the irritation rolling

he regarded Aiden with a cool ex-

have I gotten

your grandfather. Don’t you think I deserve to know when my grandson

teeth as he answered. “I only got

like Aiden’s