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!

grip around my waist gets more firm, as if

smile, unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially

the chairman of

I really want to

squeezed me closer, another

you can notice on his ace, but his grandson

small box,

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low for me

hear.

of his face. He’s wearing a grin

a forced grin and for whatever reason, he need- ed me to

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to meet you

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

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

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

Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have a speech

up and swal- low me whole. I made a

steel as

intelligent woman and would be your future granddaughter-in-law. Please

I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending me. If he want- ed Sergio to be convinced that

looks at the both of us, his eyes showing

close. You couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close to me did things to my body I

with an au- dience, one being his

almost

displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as they

get engaged?” His eyes swang over

I did not know this was twenty questions

feel the

lift and he regarded

have I

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

teeth as he answered. “I only got engaged last

does not look convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s words had left