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!

gets more firm, as

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

was the chairman of Harrington.co, this

to lie to

squeezed me

can notice on his ace, but his grandson was not far

a small box, unsure

grits lowly in warning, low

hear.

gaze over to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on

was a forced grin and for whatever reason, he need-

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to meet

Harrington. Aiden’s fa- ther is not my son, his mother is my daughter. Hence, he doesn’t have my

Embarrassed beyond

Please forgive my mis- take.”

eyes sweep over to Aiden and he asked

and swal- low me

waist like steel as he an-

speech issues. She’s a very intelligent woman

con- fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a

the both of us, his

You couldn’t blame me,

I did not want to feel these things with an au- dience, one being his grandfather in

my face and I can almost see all those bad

the furious displeasure and

you two get engaged?” His eyes swang over to Aiden who grows stiff beside

not know this was twenty questions about

the irritation rolling off his

and he regarded Aiden with a

I gotten myself

your grandfather. Don’t you think I deserve to know when my grandson gets

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

he looked like Aiden’s