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-

out a smile, unsure if I really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had no clue why

was the chairman of Harrington.co, this man

want to lie

squeezed me

can notice on his ace,

forced into a small box,

warning, low for

hear.

sweep my gaze over to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was not

for whatever reason, he need-

I sighed.

This was trouble.

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

features darkened. “It’s Harrington. Aiden’s fa- ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my last name.”

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

Harring-ton. Please forgive my

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

open up and swal- low me whole.

my waist like steel as he an- swers

issues. She’s a very intelligent woman and would be

a role. And that role made him commit to defending me. If

us, his

Aiden kept me close. You couldn’t blame me, Aiden

with an au- dience, one being

my face and I can almost see all those

furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as they

eyes swang over to Aiden who grows stiff beside

not know this was twenty

feel the irritation rolling off his

regarded Aiden

I gotten myself

you think I deserve to

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

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