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 to not screw

wanted to play this game or not. Especially when

chairman of Harrington.co, this man was

to lie to

squeezed me closer, another

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

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

Aiden grits lowly in warning, low for me alone

hear.

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

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

reddened. Embarrassed beyond

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

and he asked

floor to open up and swal- low me

like steel as he an- swers Sergio

She’s a very intelligent woman and would be your future

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

of us, his eyes

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

want to feel these things with an au- dience, one being

my face and I can almost see all those bad things he thought about

squirmed under his stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and

His eyes swang

twenty questions about my relationship,”

literally feel the

regarded Aiden with

have 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. Must’ve slipped my

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