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!

waist gets more firm, as if

wanted to play this game or not.

chairman of Harrington.co, this man

I really want to

squeezed me closer, another

indeed powerful, that you can notice on his

box, unsure of how I’ll

grits lowly in warning,

hear.

over to the side of his face. He’s wearing a grin on his handsome face but I was

reason, he

I sighed.

This was trouble.

smiling faintly. “Nice to meet you

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

Embarrassed

Mr. Harring-ton. Please forgive

eyes sweep over to Aiden and he asked tightly. “Does

and swal- low me whole. I made a

arms tighten around my waist like steel

She’s a very intelligent woman and would be your future granddaughter-in-law.

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 he

of us, his eyes showing that he

kept me close. You couldn’t blame me,

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

and I can almost see all those bad

his stare, feeling violated by the furious displeasure and disgust swimming through his eyes as they pinned me

engaged?” His eyes swang over to Aiden who grows stiff

this was twenty questions about

can literally feel the irritation rolling off

regarded Aiden with a

have I

grandfather. Don’t you think I deserve to

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

he looked like Aiden’s words had left