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!

firm, as if warn-

really wanted to play this game or not. Especially when I had no

of Harrington.co,

to

squeezed me closer,

that you can notice on his ace, but his grandson was

was forced into a small box, unsure of

Aiden grits lowly in warning,

hear.

my gaze over to the side of his face. He’s wearing

whatever reason, he need- ed me to lie with

I sighed.

This was trouble.

back to Sergio, smiling faintly. “Nice to

his mother is my

Embarrassed

so so-rry Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive my

asked tightly. “Does your fiance have a

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

arms tighten around my waist like steel as he

woman and would

fusing. But then I remembered that we were playing a role. And that role made him commit to defending me.

both of us, his

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

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

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

furious displeasure and disgust swimming through

engaged?” His eyes swang over to

know this was twenty questions about

feel the

lift and he regarded Aiden with

have I gotten myself

you think I deserve to know when my grandson

he answered. “I only got engaged last night. Must’ve slipped my mind

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