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

game or not. Especially when I had no clue why

chairman of Harrington.co, this

I really want to lie to

squeezed me closer, another

that you can notice on his ace, but his grandson

into a small box,

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low for me

hear.

his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but

forced grin and for whatever reason, he need-

I sighed.

This was trouble.

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

is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my last name.” He

Embarrassed beyond

Please

sweep over to Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does

the floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of myself and clearly, Sergio

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

a very intelligent woman and would be your future

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

of us, his eyes showing that he did not believe

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

feel these things with an au-

can almost

the furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as

swang over to Aiden who grows stiff

know this was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden says

feel the

brows lift and he regarded Aiden with

I gotten

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

answered. “I only got engaged

not look convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste in his