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 warn- ng me to not

if I really wanted to play this game or

of Harrington.co, this man

really want to lie to his

me

notice on his

was forced into a small box, unsure of how I’ll

in warning,

hear.

gaze over to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome

and for whatever reason, he need-

I sighed.

This was trouble.

to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to meet

is not my son, his mother is my daughter.

Embarrassed

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

he asked tightly. “Does your fiance

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

like steel as he an-

issues. She’s a very intelligent woman

fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending me. If

both of us, his eyes

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

want to feel these things with an

can almost see all those bad things

by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his

swang over to Aiden

I did not know this was twenty questions about my relationship,”

the irritation rolling off

he regarded Aiden with a cool ex-

I gotten

think I deserve to know when my grandson

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

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