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!

waist gets more firm, as if warn- ng me to

really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had

the chairman of Harrington.co, this man was

to

me closer,

on his ace, but his grandson was

into a small box, unsure of how

warning, low for me

hear.

face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome

grin and for whatever reason,

I sighed.

This was trouble.

back to Sergio, smiling faintly.

fa- ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

so so-rry Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive my mis- take.”

eyes sweep over to Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does

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

tighten around my waist like steel as he an-

has no speech issues. She’s a very intelligent woman and would be your future

we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending me. If he want-

both of us, his eyes

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

surely I did not want to feel these things with an au-

almost

furious displeasure

get engaged?” His eyes swang over

this was twenty questions about my

literally feel the irritation rolling off his

he regarded Aiden

I

your grandfather. Don’t you think I deserve

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

In fact he looked like Aiden’s words had left a bad taste in his