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!

more firm, as if warn- ng me to

a smile, unsure if I really wanted to play this game

of

want to lie to his

squeezed me

you can notice on his ace, but his grandson was not

forced into a small box,

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low for

hear.

wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was not fooled by

was a forced grin and for whatever reason,

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to meet you Mr.

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

reddened. Embarrassed

Please forgive my mis-

he asked tightly.

open up and swal- low me whole. I made a

tighten around my waist like steel as he an- swers Sergio

very intelligent woman and would

both shocking and con- fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

can literally feel the irritation rolling off

regarded Aiden

have I

your grandfather. Don’t you think I deserve

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

like Aiden’s words had left a bad