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!

as

if I really wanted to play this game or

was the chairman of Harrington.co,

to lie

me closer,

on his ace, but his grandson

forced into a small box,

grits lowly in warning, low for

hear.

He’s wearing a

and for whatever reason, he need- ed me to lie with

I sighed.

This was trouble.

back to Sergio, smiling faintly.

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

Embarrassed beyond

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

to Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have

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

around my waist like steel as he an- swers Sergio with blunt

woman and would

I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made

the both of us, his eyes showing that he

as Aiden kept me close. You couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close to me

to feel these things with an au- dience, one being his grandfather

almost

under his stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as

His eyes swang over to Aiden who grows stiff beside

twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden says

feel the irritation rolling

lift and he regarded Aiden with a cool

I gotten myself

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

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

looked like Aiden’s