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!

around my waist gets more firm, as if warn- ng me

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

of Harrington.co, this man

to lie to

me closer,

on his ace, but his

forced into a small box,

lowly in warning, low for me

hear.

side of his face. He’s wearing a

a forced grin and for whatever reason, he need-

I sighed.

This was trouble.

Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to

darkened. “It’s Harrington. Aiden’s fa- ther is not my son, his mother is

reddened. Embarrassed

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

he asked tightly. “Does your fiance have

me whole. I

my waist like steel

a very intelligent woman and

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

of us, his eyes showing that he did

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

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

my face and I can almost see

displeasure and

swang over to Aiden who grows stiff

know this was twenty questions about my relationship,” Aiden

can literally feel the irritation rolling off his

and he regarded Aiden with

I

you think I deserve

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

look convinced. In fact he looked like Aiden’s words had left