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

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

the chairman of

to lie to his

squeezed me closer, another

was indeed powerful, that you can notice on his ace, but his grandson was not

forced into a small box,

in warning, low for me alone

hear.

wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was

was a forced grin and for whatever reason, he

I sighed.

This was trouble.

Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to meet

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

Embarrassed

Mr. Harring-ton. Please

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

want the floor to open up and swal- low me whole. I made a fool out of myself and clearly, Sergio

waist like steel as he an- swers Sergio with

has no speech issues. She’s a very intelligent woman and would be your future granddaughter-in-law. Please respect

defense was both shocking and con- fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to

both of us, his eyes showing that he did not

couldn’t blame me, Aiden being close to me did

did not want to feel these things with an au- dience,

on my face and I can almost see all

displeasure and

eyes swang over to

this was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden says

can literally feel the irritation

regarded

have I

you think I deserve to know when

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

In fact he looked like Aiden’s words