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!

around my waist gets more firm, as if warn-

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

was the chairman of Harrington.co, this man

I really want to lie

squeezed me closer, another

notice on his ace, but his grandson was not far

box, unsure of how I’ll get

Aiden grits lowly in warning,

hear.

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

reason,

I sighed.

This was trouble.

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

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

Embarrassed beyond

Please forgive my mis- take.” I

sweep over to Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance

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

my waist like steel as he an- swers

very intelligent woman and would be your future

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

looks at the both of us, his eyes showing

was 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 to

want to feel these things with an au- dience,

and I can almost see all those bad things

displeasure and disgust swimming

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

did not know this was twenty

the irritation rolling off

regarded

I gotten myself

Don’t you think I deserve to know

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

In fact he looked like Aiden’s words had