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!

as if warn- ng me to not

to play this game or not. Especially when I had

the chairman of Harrington.co, this

I really want to

me

that you can notice on his ace, but his

was forced into a small box, unsure

lowly in warning, low for me alone

hear.

side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was

reason,

I sighed.

This was trouble.

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

mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my last

Embarrassed beyond

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

Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have

swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of myself and clearly,

waist like steel as he an- swers Sergio with blunt

intelligent woman and would

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

his eyes showing

me, Aiden being close to me did things to my

want to feel these things with an au-

and I can almost see all those bad things

under his stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming

eyes swang

did not know this was twenty

literally feel the irritation rolling off his

lift and he regarded Aiden with a

have I gotten

grandfather. Don’t you 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

like Aiden’s words